OJJDP FY 19 Internet Crimes Against Children: Enhancing Forensic Capacity Hiring Program for Wounded Veterans | OJJDP 2019 14930

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.

• 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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