FY 2021 Guidance for Invited Application for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - IAA USSS | O OJJDP 2021 60001

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FY 2021 Guidance for Invited Application for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - IAA USSS is a discretionary federal funding opportunity released by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the federal agency typically expects to have substantial involvement in the funded work compared to a standard grant. The program sits in the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.543. The listing indicates a single anticipated award with an award ceiling of up to $6,000,000.

This solicitation is not broadly open competition; it is an invited application. In practical terms, OJP expects that only entities that receive an official OJP Invitation Letter are the intended applicants and are presumed eligible for funding as described in that invitation. The guidance also makes clear that an invitation does not guarantee an award or final eligibility. OJP reserves the right to determine, based on legal and programmatic review, that an invited applicant may ultimately not be eligible to receive the award under applicable rules.

Eligibility requirements emphasize nonprofit status and tax compliance where relevant. If the applicant is a nonprofit organization, it must qualify as a 501(c)(3) organization under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3) and be tax-exempt under 26 U.S.C. 501(a). The guidance also includes a specific restriction aimed at tax avoidance: nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding the unrelated business income tax described in 26 U.S.C. 511(a) are not eligible to apply. This condition is framed as an eligibility gate, not merely a compliance preference, so an organization meeting that description would be disqualified from consideration.

A notable financial condition applies to all recipients and subrecipients, including any for-profit organizations that might participate at any level under the award. The solicitation requires that they forgo any profit or management fee. That means project budgets must be structured so that funds support allowable project costs and program delivery rather than generating profit margins or charging management fees on top of direct or indirect costs. This requirement extends through the funding chain to subawards, reinforcing that federal dollars under this cooperative agreement are intended strictly for mission-related work tied to the program.

Key administrative details in the notice include the funding opportunity number (O-OJJDP-2021-60001), the original closing date (August 12, 2021), and the creation date of the notice (August 5, 2021). The eligible applicants field is listed as "Others," which is consistent with an invitation-only approach where eligibility is primarily controlled by the invitation letter and the specific legal criteria described in the guidance.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2021 Guidance for Invited Application for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - IAA USSS" 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 2021-08-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-08-12. (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 $6,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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