The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the availability of more than $5 million in funding to address the high incidence of children’s exposure to violence.

The funding is available through the following program solicitations, administered by the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP’s) National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC):

1. The Attorney General’s Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I (OJJDP)
2. Evaluation of the Attorney General’s Children Exposed to Violence Demonstration Program: Phase I (NIJ)
3. Research and Evaluation on Children Exposed to Family Violence (NIJ)
4. Action Partnerships for Professional Membership and Professional Affiliation Organizations Responding to Children Exposed to and Victimized by Violence (OVC)
5. Public Awareness and Outreach for Victims in Underserved Communities (OVC)
6. Child Protection Division Fellowship Program on Children’s Exposure to Violence (OJJDP)

The programs are part of a DOJ-wide effort, led by OJP, the Office on Violence Against Women, and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to address children’s exposure to violence.

Resources:
For information about the above solicitations and other OJP funding opportunities, visit OJP’s Open Solicitations page at www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm.