Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
Opportunity number: O-OJJDP-2026-172744
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2026-10-29 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 1,200,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; For profit organizations other than small businesses; Private institutions of higher education; Small businesses; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Federal synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance program. This opportunity will build the capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of missing and exploited children. The program provides assistance to multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary responses to cases of missing and exploited children and improve the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators.
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.