DOJ/NIJ: 2023 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) seeks applications for funding under the OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI).

Donor Name: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Deadline: 05/22/2023

Size of the Grant: $5,000,000

Grant Duration: 60 months

Details:

With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications for funding under OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI). CVIPI provides resources to support evidence-informed violence intervention and prevention programs in communities across the United States. This solicitation includes four funding categories:

• Training and Technical Assistance to Support CVIPI Evaluation Capacity Building and Researcher and Practitioner Partnerships;
• Training and Technical Assistance to Support Violent Crime Problem Analyses of Jurisdictions not Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations;
• Site-Based Evaluations of Programs Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations, and
• Other Community-Violence Research and Evaluations.

NIJ will give special consideration to proposals with methods that include meaningful engagement with the people with lived experience of the subject of study, including, but not limited to, justice practitioners, community members, crime victims, service providers, and individuals who have experienced justice system involvement.

Applications proposing research involving partnerships with criminal justice or other agencies, should include a letter of support, signed by an appropriate decision-making authority from each proposed, partnering agency. A letter of support should include the partnering agency’s acknowledgement that de-identified data derived from, provided to, or obtained through an award funded by NIJ will be archived by the grant recipient with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) at the conclusion of the award.

Goals

This solicitation aims to enhance CVI evaluation capacity and produce practical knowledge that can advance the prevention and reduction of violent crime in communities.

Objectives

Funding projects under four different categories will achieve the goals of this solicitation:

• Category 1: Training and Technical Assistance to Support Researcher and Practitioner Partnerships, Performance Monitoring, and Documentation of the Programmatic Impact of OJP-funded CVIPI Programs/Sites.
• Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance to Support Violent Crime Problem Analyses of Jurisdictions not Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations.
• Category 3: Site-Based Evaluations of Programs Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations.
• Category 4: Other Community-Violence Research and Evaluations.

Priority Areas

• Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
• Minority Serving Institutions NIJ will give special consideration in award decisions to proposals from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
  • MSIs include:
    • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)
    • Hispanic-serving Institutions (HSI)
    • Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU)
    • Alaska Native-serving Institutions or Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions (ANNH)
    • Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
    • Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving Institutions (AANAPISI)
    • Native American-serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTI)

Funding Information

Category 1: Training and Technical Assistance to Support CVIPI Evaluation Capacity Building and Researcher and Practitioner Partnerships

• Dollar Amount for Award: $5,000,000
• Performance Duration (Months): 60 months

Category 2: Training and Technical Assistance to Support Violent Crime Problem Analyses of Jurisdictions not Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations

• Dollar Amount for Award: $2,000,000
• Performance Duration (Months): 60 months

Category 3: SiteBased Evaluations of Programs Funded under the OJP FY22 and FY23 CVIPI Solicitations

• Dollar Amount for Award: $833,000 to $1,250,000
• Performance Duration (Months): 60 months

Category 4: Other Community-Violence Research and Evaluations

• Dollar Amount for Award: $600,000 to $1,000,000
• Performance Duration (Months): 60 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Special district governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• City or township governments
• Small businesses
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Independent school districts
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
• County governments
• State governments
• Private institutions of higher education

For more information, visit Grants.gov.