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OJJDP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children program. This opportunity supports the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which will continue to operate the National Resource Center and Information Clearinghou

Funding
Estimated total program funding: $42,976,147
Category
Uncategorized
Status
OPEN
Deadline
10/1/2026

About

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children program. This opportunity supports the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, which will continue to operate the National Resource Center and Information Clearinghouse, whose goal is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, find missing children, and provide technical assistance/training to victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

Eligibility

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 25
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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for OJJDP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: Other eligible applicants

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $42,976,147
  • Recorded deadline: October 1, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
  • Recorded focus: Law, justice and legal services
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Application checklist

How to apply for OJJDP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

  • • Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 25.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • Notice summary: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Focus areas: LJL

Recorded deadline

September 30, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

  1. 1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
  2. 2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
  3. 3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
  4. 4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Sep 29, 2026.