WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Children's Alliance
(NCA), under agreement with the United States Department of Justice Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), announces that it will
administer $10,125,000 in federal funds during the 2010 calendar year to
support Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) and Multidisciplinary Teams nationwide.
A request for proposal has been posted to the NCA website
www.nationalchildrensalliance.org. The deadline for grant proposals is
December 2nd, 2009 and awards will be announced January 1st, 2010. 

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The objective of the funding is to further the development and implementation
of multidisciplinary child abuse investigation and prosecution programs. The
multidisciplinary approach is a child-focused method in which representatives
from many disciplines, including law enforcement, child protection,
prosecution, mental health, medical and victim advocacy, work together to
conduct interviews and make team decisions about the investigation, treatment,
management and prosecution of child abuse cases.

Grants have been designated to support program development and expansion,
program improvement, urban initiatives, CAC Response for U.S., District of
Columbia and U.S. Territories, development of Native American CACs, and the
efforts ofNCA recognized state Chapters.

Each grant will be competitively awarded on a peer review basis to those
organizations that demonstrate a long-term plan for success and meet all
requirements as stated in the Request for Proposal distributed on October
21st, 2009.

For more information on the 2010 federal funds, please go to the NCA website
at www.nationalchildrensalliance.org.

National Children's Alliance (NCA) is a national association dedicated to
helping local communities respond to allegations of child abuse in ways that
are effective and efficient and put the needs of child victims of abuse first.
As the accrediting body for the over 700 Child Advocacy Centers around the
country, NCA provides training, financial support, technical assistance,
leadership, national advocacy and access to current research findings on a
national level to children's advocacy centers around the country as well as
numerous developing centers, multidisciplinary teams and child abuse
professionals. As the national authority on multidisciplinary approaches to
supporting child victims of abuse, NCA's purpose is to empower local
communities to provide comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate services
to victims of child abuse.


SOURCE  National Children's Alliance