The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to provide training and technical assistance to support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/04/2023
Size of the Grant:$2,000,00
Grant Duration: 48 months
Details:
This program furthers DOJ’s mission by assisting state, local, and tribal efforts to prevent or reduce crime and violence and to improve the administration of the criminal and civil justice system, including adjudication processes.
The companion solicitation provides funding to states and subrecipients for the creation and/or implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings, extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives. These programs can include efforts to leverage the capacity and expand the scope of existing problem-solving courts such as drug courts, mental health courts, and veterans’ treatment courts to assess the risks and needs of persons with gun offenses and provide research-driven approaches to address their underlying needs to prevent further violence. In addition, this TTA program will also support recipients of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program, as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 modified the JAG program statute to include a program area for the implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs, and it added a reporting and evaluation component for grants awarded for crisis intervention programs or initiatives.
Goals
The goals of this initiative are to develop and deliver training and technical assistance that will ensure the Byrne SCIP grantees and their subrecipients can successfully create, implement, or enhance ERPO programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives; assist Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees with collecting data elements for the statutorily required report; and prepare for potential participation in the evaluation of the program.
Objectives
This initiative has the following objectives:
- Provide outreach, and develop and deliver model training, to the community and those engaging with at risk individuals regarding ERPO and related initiatives that will reduce gun violence and address the threat/risk of gun violence.
- Ensure Byrne SCIP grantees and subrecipients have measures in place to safeguard the constitutional rights of an individual subject to a crisis intervention program or initiative.
- Support the creation of State Firearms Crisis Intervention Program Advisory Boards.
- Provide assistance to state and local courts in screening and assessing court-involved individuals to identify those who might be in crisis and designing appropriate responses.
- Provide ongoing assistance to Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees and associated research partners for evaluation suitability.
- Provide ongoing support to Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees on data collection required for the statutory required report.
This solicitation contains three separate categories. Applicants may apply to more than one category but must submit a separate, complete application for each.
Category 1- Developing and Supporting Extreme Risk Protection Order Programs
BJA is soliciting a TTA provider to assist Byrne SCIP state grantees and their subrecipients in implementing extreme risk protection order programs. To the extent practicable, the TTA provider should work to ensure that tools and resources are also made available to non-Byrne SCIP grantees who wish to work in the programmatic areas identified in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The TTA provider must also work with BJA to identify and promote national best practices and model programs, including the use of validated risk assessment tools.
Category 2 – Supporting State, Local, and Tribal Courts Implementing Safer Communities
In Category 2, BJA seeks a TTA provider to support state, local, and tribal courts in the examination of current court capacity to screen, assess, and assign to appropriate case processing, which could include assessment for services/programming, for individuals in crisis, as well as the court capacity to meet the needs of those identified as at risk of harm to themselves or others with a firearm, including judicial and other court staff training and safety considerations.
Category 3 – Implementing Safer Communities Training and Technical Assistance
The purpose of this category is to seek a TTA provider that will support both Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees awarded for crisis intervention programs or initiatives in gathering sufficient information to meet the reporting requirements outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022. The TTA provider will also support Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees awarded for crisis intervention programs or initiatives in data collection and to prepare for potential participation in an evaluation on the effectiveness of the crisis intervention programs or initiatives in preventing violence and suicide. The TTA provider will also support capacity to refer Byrne SCIP and JAG grantees to other BJA programs and resources.
Award Information
- Category 1
- Developing and Supporting Extreme Risk Protection Order Programs
- Number of Awards 2
- Dollar Amount for Award $2,000,000.00
- Performance Start Date 1/1/23
- Performance Duration (Months) 48
Category 2
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- Supporting State, Local, and Tribal Courts Implementing Safer Communities
- Number of Awards 1
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,000,000.00
- Performance Start Date 1/1/23
- Performance Duration 48
Category 3
- Implementing Safer Communities Training and Technical Assistance
- Number of Awards 1
- Dollar Amount for Award $1,000,000.00
- Performance Start Date 1/1/23
- Performance Duration 48
Awards, Amounts and Durations
Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation $4,000,000.00
Performance Duration 48
Eligible Applicants
- National nonprofit organizations
- For-profit (commercial) organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations)
- Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) that have expertise and experience in managing training and technical assistance (TTA) for evidence-based criminal justice programs
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
