With this solicitation, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to support the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low level criminal offenses.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Goals
To improve community safety and quality of life by identifying, implementing, and testing promising new or innovative community safety strategies that will reduce and prevent crime, address quality of life, improve community residents’ perceptions of procedural fairness, and build capacity via TTA to sustain and translate these lessons to the field.
Objectives
- To develop and test an effective community-based safety model to serve as an alternative to traditional enforcement processes for addressing lower-level types of crime and quality of life issues that will improve community safety.
- To increase community safety and build trust and credibility between law enforcement and residents by partnering with community-based organizations, local government agencies, and other entities within the proposed area(s) to enhance the model’s capacity and sustainability. Engaging residents, local leaders, and other community stakeholders in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in designing and refining the safety strategy, with the community stakeholders participating as partners.
- To design and deliver TTA and funding to support project sites and build the capacity of the project sites and the field at large in reducing and preventing less serious/low-level offenses and enhance community engagement in these partnerships.
Funding Information
- Category 1: Reimagining Justice Project Sites: Up to $2,000,000
- Project Period: 36
- Category 2: Reimagining Justice Training and Technical Assistance: $1,000,000
- Project Period: 36
Eligibility Criteria
For Category 1
- Public– and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Local non-law enforcement government agencies
For Category 2
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
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