Each recipient of an OJP grant or cooperative agreement must comply with all federal statutes and regulations applicable to the award, as well as the particular award conditions included in the award document.
The webpages accessible at the links listed below are intended to give applicants for OJP awards a general overview of important statutes, regulations, and award conditions that apply to many (or in some cases, all) OJP grants and cooperative agreements awarded in 2023. Every recipient is expected to review and understand each condition included in the award document. OJP encourages applicants for OJP awards to review this general overview prior to submitting an application.
- "General Conditions" for OJP Awards in FY 2023
- Financial Requirements
- Organizational Requirements
- Civil Rights Requirements
- Requirements related to Research
- Reporting Requirements and Certain Other Requirements
Alert: Requirements Affecting FY 2023 Programs
Interacting With Minors/Background Screening: Additional Resources
Starting in FY 2019, OJP awards include a new award condition (entitled, "Determination of suitability to interact with participating minors") requiring advance suitability determinations for certain individuals who may interact with minors in the course of activities under the OJP award.
The following training programs may also assist recipients and subrecipients in their efforts to safeguard minors. These programs are available free of charge through the National Children's Advocacy Center (www.nationalcac.org), funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention:
- Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth-Serving Organizations (https://www.nationalcac.org/recorded_trainings/preventing-child-sexual-abuse-in-youth-serving-organizations/)
- Rethinking Sexual Violence Prevention: Innovations with Bystanders, The Internet & Youth Serving Organizations (https://www.nationalcac.org/recorded_trainings/rethinking-sexual-violence-prevention-innovations-with-bystanders-the-internet-youth-serving-organizations/)
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the "COPS Office") also funded the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to provide a 2021 update to its publication titled What You Need to Know about Background Screening, which addresses the importance of background screening and best practices in conducting background screening and acting upon the results. This publication is available free of charge at https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-p260-pub.pdf.