The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding under the Smart Prosecution – Innovative Prosecution Solutions (IPS) Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $385,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
This program furthers the Department’s mission by assisting prosecutors to develop innovative and effective strategies to improve public safety.
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with funding to reduce crime and increase public safety and trust in the criminal justice system. The program encourages prosecutors and agencies to use data in the development of their strategies and projects and to develop fair, effective, cost-effective, and innovative responses to crime within their jurisdictions.
Goals
The program’s goal is to test data-driven approaches that address one or more of the objectives listed below. Successful applicants will work closely with BJA staff and the training and technical assistance provider to assist prosecutorial agencies in incorporating innovative or evidence based prosecution strategies as a fundamental component of their efforts to reduce crime and ensure public safety.
Objectives
- Test, establish, and/or expand programming that enhances prosecutors’ ability to effectively and sustainably prevent and respond to crime, especially violent crime, which could include the hiring of new prosecutors.
- Foster innovative, effective, formalized, and consistent collaborations with external agencies, and the communities they serve, to increase public safety and trust in the criminal justice system.
- Use technology, intelligence, and data in innovative ways that enable prosecutors’ offices to focus resources on the people and places associated with high concentrations of crime and to allow state and local prosecutors’ offices to improve their operations to more efficiently and effectively work with communities in reducing crime.
- Enable prosecutors’ offices to reduce caseloads to manageable levels by modernizing offices, hiring analytical or support staff, and updating information technology.
Priority Areas
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
- Priority Considerations Supporting Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Funding Information
Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards $385,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
24
Eligibility information
State and local prosecutorial agencies Federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform prosecution functions Tribal consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian tribes (including tribal consortia operated as nonprofit organizations) acting as a fiscal agent for one or more prosecutor agencies.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
