OJJDP FY 2023 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program | O OJJDP 2023 171617

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The OJJDP FY 2023 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program is a discretionary Department of Justice funding opportunity, administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), aimed at strengthening the national response to cases involving endangered, missing, and abducted children. Through this program, OJJDP seeks to expand and improve the training and hands-on technical assistance available to the many partners involved in AMBER Alert activations and related child recovery efforts. The overall purpose is practical and operational: increase the country s capacity to act quickly and effectively when a child is missing or believed to be abducted, and to support coordinated, well-informed decision-making across agencies.

The opportunity is grounded in broader Office of Justice Programs (OJP) priorities that emphasize civil rights and racial equity, increased access to justice, support for crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, stronger community safety, protection from evolving threats, and improved trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. OJJDP frames this work within its youth-centered philosophy of enhancing young people s welfare and expanding their opportunities. Applicants are encouraged to show how their proposed training and technical assistance approach aligns with OJJDP s stated direction for juvenile justice transformation, particularly the themes of treating children as children, serving children at home with their families and in their communities, and opening opportunities for system-involved youth. Even though the AMBER Alert mission is focused on emergency response and recovery, the solicitation makes clear that OJJDP wants funded work to reflect these values and priorities in how programs are designed, delivered, and evaluated.

A central expectation in this solicitation is meaningful youth and family partnership. OJJDP emphasizes that young people and family members with lived experience are critical to understanding how systems operate in real life and how to reach youth who are involved in, or at risk of involvement in, youth-serving systems. Applicants are required to explain how they will integrate and sustain youth and family partnerships in both the project plan and the budget, not as a one-time consultation but as an ongoing feature of the work. The solicitation describes partnership as something that can occur at multiple levels depending on the project design: at the individual level (for example, incorporating youth and family voice in case planning or direct service approaches before, during, and after system contact), at the agency level (influencing policy and practice design, program implementation, evaluation activities, staffing or advisory structures, and budget development), and at the system level (participating in strategic planning, system improvement initiatives, advocacy and reform strategies, and other cross-cutting efforts). In practice, this means a competitive proposal should show clear, resourced mechanisms for incorporating lived experience perspectives into training content, technical assistance methods, and program decision-making.

The AMBER Alert program itself is described as a multi-sector partnership that includes law enforcement, broadcasters and other media, transportation agencies, emergency management, telecommunications and call centers, additional public safety entities, and child protection organizations and professionals. The funded training and technical assistance effort is therefore expected to support collaboration across these groups, helping them operate as an integrated network during high-stakes incidents. While the solicitation text provided does not list specific deliverables, the program focus implies activities such as developing or delivering standardized and role-specific training, providing targeted technical assistance to jurisdictions or agencies seeking to improve AMBER Alert readiness, and helping partners strengthen coordination protocols so responses are faster, more consistent, and more effective.

This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement in guiding or partnering on the project during the award period. OJJDP anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of 4,400,000. The funding opportunity number is O OJJDP 2023 171617, and the CFDA number is 16.543. The posting (creation) date was April 5, 2023, and the original closing date was May 23, 2023.

Eligible applicants are broad and include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories), Native American tribal organizations other than federally recognized tribal governments, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests OJJDP is open to proposals from academic centers, nonprofits with national training capacity, and other organizations with demonstrated operational expertise and the ability to deliver training and technical assistance at scale, especially those able to embed youth and family partnership strategies in a sustainable and well-resourced way.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2023 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.543.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 05, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 23, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,400,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.

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