The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding to administer the Law Enforcement Core Statistics (LECS) Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJS seeks applications for funding to administer the FY 2023 Law Enforcement Core Statistics (LECS) program. BJS has conducted surveys of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and will update that collection with this solicitation. The LECS will focus on the organizational characteristics of LEAs to provide accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States. The LECS includes BJS’s two core law enforcement collections: the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey and the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA).
Goals
The goal of the FY 2023 LECS Program is to provide accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States.
Objectives
To achieve the goal of providing accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States, the award recipient will work closely with BJS on the following main objectives:
- Field the LEMAS survey in 2024.
- Rebuild the agency universe and field the CSLLEA in 2026.
- Develop recommendations to administer the LEMAS on a more frequent, and potentially annual, basis, including determining what content would be covered regularly and if there is space for additional content either as part of the standard questionnaire or as a periodic addition.
- Develop, test, and field a LEMAS supplemental survey in 2027.
- Maintain an active roster of in-service LEAs with detailed documentation to track agency status and changes.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $5,000,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $5,000,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
60
Eligible Applicants
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Small businesses
- City or township governments
- For profit organizations other than Small businesses
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Individuals
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
For the 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.
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