The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding for the second iteration of the Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant duration: 36 months
Details:
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications for administering the Census of Public Defender Offices (CPDO). BJS has conducted one iteration of data collection with public defender offices and will update that collection with this solicitation. The census will obtain information about the operations, workload, staff size, policies, and procedures of the approximately 1,000 public defender offices across the nation. A draft collection instrument will be provided by BJS. The grantee will be expected to assemble a complete roster and conduct a census of all state and local public defender offices.
This 36-month program includes (1) questionnaire development, (2) frame development, (3) fielding the CPDO, and (4) data cleaning, analysis, and delivery of raw and final datasets and a comprehensive final performance report. This study will continue BJS’s efforts to collect data on indigent defense in the United States. The CPDO will extend the findings of the Survey of Public Defenders (SPD) and National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS) to enhance BJS’s understanding of the work done by attorneys representing indigent clients.
The CPDO is a 36-month program with the goal of providing accurate and timely national statistics about public defender offices and their structures, staffing, expenditures, standards and guidelines, caseloads, and attorney training opportunities.
Objectives
The CPDO’s primary objectives are to (1) develop and test a questionnaire, (2) update the existing frame of public defender offices, (3) field the CPDO, and (4) clean, analyze, and deliver raw and final datasets and a comprehensive final performance report.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
- Award Floor: $500,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
For profit organizations other than small businesses, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
