Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2019 14930
The OJJDP FY 19 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC): Enhancing Forensic Capacity Hiring Program for Wounded Veterans is a Department of Justice funding opportunity designed to strengthen the digital forensics capabilities of ICAC task forces. The central idea is that modern child exploitation investigations often depend on quickly and accurately extracting and analyzing digital evidence from devices, online accounts, and other technology sources. Because these cases can generate large volumes of data and require specialized technical skills, task forces can face delays and backlogs if they do not have enough trained forensic personnel. This solicitation targets that gap by supporting ICAC task forces in building and sustaining the forensic expertise needed to handle technology-facilitated child exploitation evidence efficiently.
Funding is provided through a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning award recipients should expect active collaboration and oversight consistent with a cooperative agreement structure rather than a simple pass-through grant. The program is listed under CFDA 16.543 and is administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) within the U.S. Department of Justice. The opportunity number is OJJDP 2019 14930. It was created on December 18, 2018, with an original closing date of February 18, 2019. OJJDP anticipated making about three awards, with each award capped at $200,000.
The focus of the funding is straightforward: OJJDP will support ICAC task forces in hiring wounded, injured, or ill veterans into analyst roles that directly expand digital forensic examination capacity. The hired veterans are intended to help task forces conduct more effective and efficient forensic exams in child exploitation and related technology-facilitated cases. The solicitation highlights three practical outcomes expected from this approach: first, increasing the task force's ability to perform digital forensic examinations by adding trained analyst capacity; second, improving overall task force effectiveness across the full mission set, including prevention, interdiction, investigation, and prosecution support for Internet crimes against children; and third, addressing operational bottlenecks by reducing forensic examination backlogs and/or increasing the total number of exams completed during the project period.
Eligibility is not stated in detail in the provided excerpt beyond the general category of "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," but the description makes clear the program is aimed at ICAC task forces as the intended recipients of support. In practical terms, the funding aligns staffing with mission-critical workload, with an emphasis on turning additional personnel into measurable improvements in case processing, timeliness of forensic results, and the ability of investigators and prosecutors to act on digital evidence in child exploitation matters.Apply for OJJDP 2019 14930
- 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 19 Internet Crimes Against Children: Enhancing Forensic Capacity Hiring Program for Wounded Veterans" 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 Dec 18, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 18, 2019. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the OJJDP FY 19 ICAC: Enhancing Forensic Capacity Hiring Program for Wounded Veterans?
This is a U.S. Department of Justice funding opportunity administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It is designed to strengthen the digital forensics capacity of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces by supporting the hiring of wounded, injured, or ill veterans into analyst roles that expand forensic examination capability in technology-facilitated child exploitation cases.
What problem is this program trying to solve?
Modern child exploitation investigations can require quick extraction and analysis of digital evidence from devices, online accounts, and other technology sources. These cases often generate large volumes of data and demand specialized forensic skills. When task forces do not have enough trained forensic personnel, delays and backlogs can build up. This solicitation targets that gap by supporting additional forensic analyst capacity to improve timeliness and throughput.
Who is administering this grant opportunity?
The program is administered by OJJDP within the U.S. Department of Justice.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The program is listed under CFDA 16.543.
What is the opportunity number?
The opportunity number is OJJDP 2019 14930.
What type of award is this (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
Funding is provided through a discretionary cooperative agreement. That means recipients should expect active collaboration and oversight consistent with a cooperative agreement structure rather than a simple pass-through grant.
Who is this funding intended to support?
Based on the description, this opportunity is aimed at ICAC task forces as the intended recipients of support. The excerpt notes eligibility as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," but does not provide additional eligibility details beyond indicating ICAC task forces are the target.
What is the main purpose of the funding?
The central purpose is to help ICAC task forces hire wounded, injured, or ill veterans into analyst roles that directly expand digital forensic examination capacity for child exploitation and related technology-facilitated cases.
What kinds of roles are being supported?
The solicitation emphasizes hiring veterans into analyst roles tied to digital forensic examination capacity. The intent is that the new analyst capacity results in more effective and efficient forensic exams supporting investigations and prosecutions.
What outcomes does OJJDP expect from hiring these analysts?
The solicitation describes three practical outcomes:
- Increased ability to perform digital forensic examinations by adding trained analyst capacity.
- Improved overall ICAC task force effectiveness across the mission set, including prevention, interdiction, investigation, and prosecution support for Internet crimes against children.
- Reduced forensic examination backlogs and/or an increased number of examinations completed during the project period.
Why does the program focus on digital forensics?
Digital evidence is often central to technology-facilitated child exploitation investigations. Quickly and accurately extracting, processing, and analyzing data can be critical for investigative steps and for providing usable results to investigators and prosecutors. When forensic capacity is limited, cases can slow down due to examination backlogs.
How much funding is available per award?
Each award was capped at $200,000.
How many awards did OJJDP anticipate making?
OJJDP anticipated making about three awards.
When was the opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on December 18, 2018.
What was the original closing date for applications?
The original closing date was February 18, 2019.
Does the program require measurable improvements in case processing?
The description emphasizes turning additional personnel into measurable improvements such as increased exam capacity, reduced backlogs, increased number of completed exams, improved timeliness of forensic results, and stronger support for investigations and prosecutions involving digital evidence.
Is this program focused only on investigations, or does it support other parts of the ICAC mission?
In addition to strengthening forensic examinations that support investigations and prosecutions, the solicitation states the additional capacity is expected to improve overall task force effectiveness across prevention, interdiction, investigation, and prosecution support.
What kinds of cases does this program relate to?
The program focuses on child exploitation and related technology-facilitated cases handled by ICAC task forces, where digital forensic examinations of devices, online accounts, and other technology sources are needed.
What should recipients expect because this is a cooperative agreement?
Recipients should expect active collaboration and oversight consistent with a cooperative agreement structure, rather than a purely hands-off funding relationship.
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