Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/06/2022
Grant Size: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches.
Goals
Under this solicitation, BJA seeks to accelerate justice by inviting the field to identify, define, and test innovative or promising solutions that address one of the priority focus areas faced by one or more components of the criminal justice continuum (including but not limited to law enforcement, courts, and corrections, as well as with community or behavioral health collaborations) and propose a strategy to translate and enhance capacity of the field overall to address these issues.
Solicitation Categories:
- Category 1: State, Local, Tribal, or Regional Research Partnerships
- Category 2: National Strategies
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $8,425,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) 36
- Category 1:
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/American Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Category 2:
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education)
- Public housing authorities/American Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Regional applications must be submitted by one eligible entity as listed above on behalf of multiple entities that include state, local, or tribal representation.
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