OJJDP FY25 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program – Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2025 172476

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The OJJDP FY25 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program - Invited to Apply is a continuation funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on strengthening how the national AMBER Alert network operates and how quickly and effectively communities respond when children go missing. The program is designed to deliver training and technical assistance that improves day-to-day readiness and coordination among law enforcement and key partners, with the broader goal of increasing the safe recovery rate of missing, endangered, and abducted children. A central theme is improving the practical, operational side of AMBER Alert use: helping agencies know when and how to activate alerts, how to coordinate across jurisdictions, and how to integrate AMBER Alert procedures into broader missing-children response protocols.

A major purpose of the award is to increase and improve law enforcement response capabilities. That includes building consistent practices around case assessment, rapid information sharing, investigative steps in the early hours of an abduction, and coordination with state and regional AMBER Alert plans. The opportunity also emphasizes enhancing public participation in recovery efforts, which generally means improving the quality, timeliness, and reach of alerts and related public-facing communications so the public can act as an effective force multiplier. In practice, this type of technical assistance often supports better messaging, clearer activation criteria, stronger interagency coordination, and improved connections with broadcasters, wireless emergency alert partners, transportation agencies, and other entities that can help disseminate time-sensitive information.

The opportunity specifically highlights continuing and strengthening AMBER Alert work in Indian country while implementing the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018. That component signals that the training and technical assistance are expected to address the unique jurisdictional, geographic, and infrastructure realities present in tribal communities, and to support implementation and operationalization of AMBER Alert-related capabilities and partnerships that serve tribal lands. The intention is to ensure that tribal communities are fully integrated into rapid child-recovery efforts and that systems and partnerships needed for successful alerts and coordinated response are in place, functional, and sustainable.

From an administrative standpoint, this is listed as a continuation opportunity under a cooperative agreement, meaning OJJDP anticipates substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on the work rather than simply issuing a standard grant with minimal federal interaction. The program is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services and is associated with CFDA 16.543. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $3,500,000, indicating a single, nationally focused provider is intended to carry out the training and technical assistance effort at scale. The listing indicates it is "Invited to Apply" and names Fox Valley Technical College, which strongly suggests the agency intends this continuation award for that organization as the designated provider for the national AMBER Alert training and technical assistance function.

Key opportunity details include the funding opportunity number O-OJJDP-2025-172476, a creation date of 2025-11-20, and an original closing date of 2025-11-26. Eligible applicants are listed as "Others," but the invited nature of the solicitation and the single expected award make it clear the competition is not broadly open in practice. Overall, the funding supports a national-level capacity-building effort intended to improve coordinated, technology-enabled, and community-supported responses to child abductions and other high-risk missing-children cases, with explicit attention to ensuring Indian country is supported in line with federal law and policy goals.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY25 AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program – Invited to Apply" 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 2025-11-20.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-11-26. (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 $3,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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