The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding to develop, collect, analyze, and disseminate the Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/21/2023
Size of the Grant: $625,000
Grant Duration: 27 months
Details:
This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by gathering critical criminal justice data from state and federal prisons and providing these data to support innovative strategies to handle the challenges confronting the justice system.
With this solicitation, BJS seeks to fund the 2024 Census of State Adult Correctional Facilities (CCF). The awardee will collect, process, and deliver to BJS the 2024 CCF dataset. The award recipient will also be responsible for verifying the frame and identifying the appropriate respondents to the data collection.
Goals
BJS views the CCF as the primary means to produce national- and state-level statistics describing adult correctional facility characteristics that complement population data obtained through other BJS data collections and periodically obtain a universe for sample selection of facilities for SPI. During the 27-month project, the recipient of funds will complete the CCF data collection and deliver high-quality data on facility operations, conditions of confinement, and inmate characteristics.
Objectives
- Meet BJS data security requirements.
- Ensure an accurate and complete list of respondents and roster of facilities to administer the CCF.
- Conduct activities in preparation for administration of the 2024 CCF.
- Produce materials to promote and publicize the upcoming data collection.
- Conduct CCF data collection and perform quality assurance activities.
- Develop accurate and reliable statistics that describe the characteristics of adult prison confinement for BJS to disseminate.
- Implement strategies to ensure good project management and communication with the BJS project manager.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $625,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $625,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
27
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
