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VOA
16.758
Improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases and support the development of CACs and/or multi-disciplinary child abuse teams in local communities. (1) To train criminal justice system professionals on innovative techniques for investigating, and prosecuting child abuse cases, including victims of child pornography; (2) to promote a multidisciplinary approach to coordinating the investigations and prosecution of child abuse cases and, thereby limiting the number of necessary pre-trial interviews for child victims, as well as to better assure the accuracy of each interview; (3) to increase the number of communities utilizing a Children’s Advocacy Center approach to the investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse cases; (4) to assist communities in developing child-focused programs designed to improve the resources available to children and families; (5) to provide support to non-offending family members; (6) to enhance coordination among community agencies, professionals, and provide medical support to health care and mental health care professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse cases; and (7) to improve the quality of child abuse prosecution by providing specialized training and technical assistance to prosecutors. Child Advocacy Training: A competitive grant program to support child advocacy training in undergraduate programming and continuing education on multiple evidence-based methods for identifying and screening children for exposure to violence. The grants should support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts across the country to train child protection professionals in the field, including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and prosecutors. The performance measures associated with these objectives are: PM 1: Percentage of new policies adhered to promising practices PM 2: Percentage of organizations who employed Enhanced Resource Guidelines PM 3: Percentage of new policies adhered to evidence-based practices
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VOCA Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Prosecutors - received two applications and made one award for $750,000
VOCA Support for Children’s Advocacy Centers: Category 1 – Membership and Accreditation: received one application and made one award for $1,400,000. Category 2 - CAC National Subgrant Program: received one application and made one award for $9,889,799. Category 3 – CAC National Subgrant Program for Victims of Child Pornography: received one application and made one award for $$2,000,000. Category 4 – CAC Military Partnership Pilot Project: received one application and made one award for $1,000,000.
The remaining programs listed in Fiscal Year section received continuation funding. One award was made under each continuation program.
A total of 88 CACs in 30 states and the District of Columbia received funds via the VOCA subgrant programs.
Between June and September 2020, the National District Attorneys Association held a series of OJJDP-sponsored webinars for juvenile prosecutors. The Role of the Juvenile Prosecutor provided a historical context to juvenile court, highlighted the ethical obligations juvenile prosecutors have toward victims and offenders, and explained the rehabilitative nature of juvenile programming. Additional webinars included Principles of Child and Adolescent Development, Building Relationships Between Communities and Police: What Prosecutors Need To Know, and Substance Use Issues in Juvenile Court. More than 1,500 participants were trained through the webinar series.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
