With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund four national training and technical assistance (TTA) programs to support law enforcement and criminal justice stakeholders in Task Force Leadership, Operations and Management (Category 1), Specialized Units TTA (Category 2), Crime Gun Intelligence Center TTA (Category 3) and Police Recruiting and Retention Among Underrepresented Groups (Category 4).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/05/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The overarching goal is to deliver TTA to local jurisdictions across the country that supports their efforts to reduce crime, train law enforcement, and enhance community trust. Specifically, the goals for each category are as follows:
- Category 1: To provide resources to increase the effectiveness and ensure the success of state and local multijurisdictional law enforcement and tribal task forces created to address local crime issues.
- Category 2: To support the development of standards that will aid law enforcement agencies in the creation of specialized units that focus on violent crime suppression and deliver TTA to local law enforcement agencies on evidence-based practices that can be implemented by specialized units to help reduce violent crime.
- Category 3: To provide TTA to CGIC grantee sites and other jurisdictions looking to implement CGIC business practices.
- Category 4: To identify, encourage, and support the next generation of law enforcement workforce and leaders with an emphasis on historically underrepresented groups.
Objectives
- Category 1: Provide training, technical assistance, and guidance that addresses the management, organization, operation of multijurisdictional law enforcement and tribal task forces.
- Category 2: Develop consensus guidance that improves the creation and/or evaluation of specialized law enforcement units focused on violent crime reduction.
- Category 3: Deliver onsite, in-depth TTA to departments that are implementing crime gun intelligence centers as a means of improving investigations related to shootings as well as provide site assessments for CGIC grantees.
- Category 4: Provide specialized TTA to communities and policing agencies with an emphasis on broadening applicant pools to include historically underrepresented groups and strengthening career/education pipelines leading to careers in policing and criminal justice for underrepresented groups.
Funding Information
- Category 1 – Enhancing Task Force Leadership, Operations, and Management: $475,000
- Project Period: 24 months
- Category 2 – Specialized Units TTA: $665,000
- Project Period: 24 months
- Category 3 – Crime Gun Intelligence Center TTA: $1,000,000
- Project Period: 24 months
- Category 4 – Police Recruiting and Retention Among Underrepresented Groups: $950,000
- Project Period: 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
For Category 1
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
For Category 2
- National nonprofit organizations
- For-profit (commercial) organizations (including tribal non-profit or for-profit organizations)
- Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) that have expertise and experience in managing TTA for evidence based criminal justice programs.
For Category 3
- Public– and State-controlled institutions of higher education
- 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
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
For Category 4
- 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
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
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