Combating Forced Child Recruitment by FTOs and TCOs
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: June 4, 2026
Close date: July 6, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362678
Opportunity number: OFOP0002934
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement
Agency code: DOS-INL
Award floor: $3,500,000
Award ceiling: $4,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants
- Others
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dos_inl
- category_of_funding_activity:law_justice_and_legal_services
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to combat forced child recruitment by Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) in Colombia. Combating forced child recruitment weakens illegal armed groups by depriving them of members and reduces their ability to engage in criminal activities that threaten U.S. national security. This project will support Colombian efforts to combat forced child recruitment by enabling law enforcement to investigate, arrest, and prosecute recruiters.