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NEW | National Institute of Justice announces funding to conduct research and evaluation projects examining a broad range of topics to reduce violence against women.

To learn more about the FY25 Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women funding opportunity, click here: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2025-172572

NEW FUNDING: Research on the Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults

This NOFO seeks to fund applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects targeted toward developing a better understanding of the abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of older adults.

NIJ seeks proposals in five topical areas:

• Evaluation of programs that seek to prevent, intervene in, or respond to the abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of older adults.

• Research on financial fraud against older adults, including knowledge building around scam prevention messaging.

• Research on formal and informal caregivers who abuse (either financially, physically, sexually, and/or emotionally) or neglect older adults, to inform intervention and prevention program development.

• Forensic research involving the development of radiographic evidence and bioinformatic approaches relevant to the physical abuse of older adults.

• Research examining the role of emerging technologies in fraud and exploitation.

Apply: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2025-172574

that over 500k individuals were reported missing in the United States last year?

To help resolve these cases, investigators use the National Institute of Justice funded Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). Learn more about here: https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/

Discover Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded resources for missing and exploited children who may be victims of : https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/missing-and-exploited-children

All victims of deserve to feel safe and supported. Quality care, compassionate responses, and essential services can help them recover. To access resources to help victims and survivors receive the assistance they need click here: https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/human-trafficking/victims-survivors -survivors

Help raise awareness for resources available to child victims of during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month by visiting Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Human Trafficking Resources webpage: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/human-trafficking-resources

In recognition of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, discover Office for Victims of Crime’s Child Victims and Witnesses Support Materials which are available here: https://ovc.ojp.gov/child-victims-and-witnesses-support

Listen to this National Institute of Justice podcast episode to learn how we can help prevent human trafficking and discover when it has occurred. https://nij.ojp.gov/library/multimedia/podcasts/understanding-preventing-responding-to-human-trafficking #0-0

There is no single profile of a victim. To learn more about this issue and help raise awareness for National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, visit the Office for Victims of Crime website: https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/human-trafficking/overview