Child Protection Compact Annual Program Statement
This program funds projects to combat child trafficking through child victim care, prevention, and criminal justice capacity building in an applicant-proposed recipient country under a potential Child Protection Compact with the U.S. government.
⚑ Foreign governments are not eligible to apply; they may only be beneficiaries. · For-profit applicants may be subject to additional review and cannot earn profit on assistance awards beyond allowable costs. · Program is a Child Protection Compact mechanism with projects in a proposed recipient country and joint U.S.-host government planning. · Funding ceiling is $10,000,000.
This is primarily anti-trafficking, child protection, prosecution, and victim-services work in an international justice/social-services frame, which is outside IPPRA’s core risk, weather, energy, and education-policy lines. The team might contribute only peripherally on survey/evaluation components, but it is not a plausible PI-level fit for any roster member.
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Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds training education, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds training education (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The TIP Office invites applications for projects to combat all forms of child trafficking as part of a potential Child Protection Compact (CPC) between the United States and a recipient country proposed by the applicant. A CPC is a multi-year plan developed jointly by the United States and another government to strengthen capacity to effectively prosecute and convict child traffickers, provide comprehensive care and support for child victims, and prevent child trafficking in all its forms.
Eligibility
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
· Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations · Public and private educational institutions · For-profit organizations · Public International Organizations · U.S. government agencies
Applications submitted by for-profit entities may be subject to additional review following the panel selection process. Additionally, the Department of State prohibits profit to for-profit or commercial organizations under its assistance awards. Profit is defined as any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs. The allowability of costs incurred by commercial organizations is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR 30, Cost Accounting Standards Administration, and 48 CFR 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures.
While foreign governments are not eligible to apply, governments may be beneficiaries of programs pro
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