Children's Justice Act Grant Program

The Children's Justice Act (CJA), authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), provides funding intended to improve the investigation, prosecution, and judicial handling of child abuse and neglect cases. The program places particular emphasis on child sexual abuse and exploitation and on handling these cases in ways that limit additional trauma to child victims. The scope also includes child fatality cases in which abuse or neglect is suspected and, in some circumstances, cases involving children with disabilities and serious health problems who are victims of abuse or neglect. Since Fiscal Year 2000, $17 million in CJA funds have been made available annually from the Crime Victims Fund. The Crime Victims Fund collects fines and fees charged to persons convicted of federal crimes. State allocations consist of $50,000 per state plus an additional amount determined according to the population of children under 18 years of age in the applicant's jurisdiction. These allocations are administered by the United States Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, and awarded to the Administration of Children, Youth and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. For the Arizona program described in the source, GOYFF manages the funding through a two-year competitive grant application process. In Fiscal Year 2026, GOYFF allocated approximately $180,000 to support programs across the state. The source does not provide individual subgrant minimum or maximum award amounts, a stated number of awards for the next competition, or a required cost-share or matching contribution. It also does not provide detailed allowable-cost restrictions, indirect-cost limitations, subaward limits, or a defined performance period for individual subgrants. The source describes the federal CJA program as providing grants to states but does not provide explicit applicant eligibility requirements for organizations seeking GOYFF subgrants in the next Arizona competition. Organizations identified as subgrantees are Amberly's Place Family Advocacy Center, Childhelp, Inc., M.I.K.I.D - Mentally Ill Kids in Distress, Northern Arizona Healthcare, and Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center. These organizations demonstrate the types of entities that have received funding but are not treated as a definitive statement of eligibility for the next competition because the source does not expressly establish them as eligible applicant categories. No application form, application portal, required application components, pre-application requirement, evaluation criteria, or exact application deadline is provided in the supplied source. The page states that the next Request for Grant Applications is expected in Fall 2028. Because GOYFF manages the funding through a two-year competitive grant application process and specifically identifies Fall 2028 as the next request period, the opportunity is treated as a forecasted future round with biennial recurrence. An exact opening or closing date cannot be established from the available information. Questions about the program or requests to be connected with grantees providing prevention and educational programming in a community may be directed to Emily Uline-Olmstead, identified as the Justice Program Manager. The supplied text instructs interested parties to email their name, contact information, location, and the requested programming or training, but it does not provide Emily Uline-Olmstead's actual email address. The page footer provides a general contact telephone number of (602) 542-4043 and an address of 1700 W. Washington St., Suite 230, Phoenix, AZ 85007. The next Request for Grant Applications is expected in Fall 2028, while exact submission dates, application requirements, award notification timing, and the next performance period remain to be announced.