BJA FY 14 Smart Prosecution Initiative

Post Date

March 24th 2014

Application Due Date

April 22nd 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

BJA-2014-3835

CFDA Number(s)

16.825

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Other

Eligible applicants are limited to state, local, and tribal prosecutor agencies or a government agency acting as fiscal agent for the applicant.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $450000

Grant Description

The Smart Prosecution Initiative, administered by BJA, is part of BJAуs рSmart Suiteс of crime fighting programsяSmart Policing, Smart Supervision, and now Smart Prosecution. BJA established the first program within this Smart Suite over 4 years ago with the launch of the Smart Policing Initiative (SPI). SPI supports law enforcement agencies in building evidencebased, data-driven law enforcement tactics and strategies that are effective, efficient, and economical. Smart Policing represents a strategic approach that brings more рscienceс into police operations by leveraging innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidencebased practices. The goal of the SPI is to improve policing performance and effectiveness while containing costs; an important consideration in todayуs fiscal environment. For more information on SPI, see the programуs most recent fact sheet, available at: www.smartpolicinginitiative.com/sites/all/files/SPI_One_Pager_2013.pdf BJAуs Smart Prosecution Initiative is designed to promote effective data-driven, research-based approaches to prosecution and prosecutor-led justice systems innovations and reforms. The Smart Prosecution model will build off of the lessons learned from BJAуs рSmart Suiteс of crimefighting programs described above. Smart Prosecution will seek to pair an operational, resultsfocused researcher with a prosecutorуs office to develop data-driven solutions which create effective, efficient, and just prosecution strategies which will ultimately improve public safety. It will provide other valuable resources to equip a prosecutorуs office to access data across various criminal justice and non-criminal justice information systems to improve results for communities. BJA hopes that the lessons learned will develop a rich body of evidence for use by prosecutors nationally as they seek to work with communities to solve chronic problems and fight violent crime.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting a concept paper, contact the
  Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to
  support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Technical Application Support

• Agency Email Address:

  support@grants.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Justice Assistance

• More Information:

  Full Announcement