With this solicitation, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmittal of records to state and federal systems used by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This funding will assist states and tribes with finding ways to make more records available to the NICS, including records in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), criminal history record information available through the Interstate Identification Index (III), and records in the NICS Indices. Therefore, through the funded activities, BJS expects that more records (including improved quality, completeness, and timeliness) will become available in these systems.
Objectives
The objectives of NARIP are as follows:
- To improve the completeness, automation, and transmittal of records to state and federal systems used by the NICS. These records include criminal history, felony convictions, warrants, protective orders, convictions for misdemeanors involving domestic violence and stalking, drug arrests and convictions, mental health adjudications, and other information that may disqualify an individual from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal law.
- Awards made under this solicitation will include a condition (the specific terms of which will govern the award) related to supplying records to the NICS. Generally speaking, the condition will require recipients that use the award for a project or program resulting in court dispositions, information, or other “eligible records” relevant to the NICS, or for a purpose of establishing or improving any of the foregoing, to promptly make available to the NICS or the state repository accessed by the NICS all such dispositions, information, and other “eligible records.” Recipients will also update, correct, modify, or remove these records as appropriate.
Funding Information
Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $25,000,000.
Period of Performance
12 to 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments – Agencies designated by the governor of their respective state to administer NCHIP (34 U.S.C. § 40301)
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Courts – The state central administrative office or similar entity designated by statute or regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the jurisdiction’s court system
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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