BJA FY 14 National Initiatives: Reaching Criminal Justice Policymakers

Post Date

April 11th 2014

Application Due Date

June 2nd 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

BJA-2014-3886

CFDA Number(s)

16.751

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations (Except Small Businesses)
Other

Eligible applicants are limited to national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit or nonprofit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), tribal jurisdictions, and units of local government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $800000

Grant Description

The purpose of this program is to provide the nationуs criminal justice policymakers with objective, fact-based information, resources, and training and technical assistance (TTA) on timely and pressing criminal justice issues of potential concern to them. The intent is to support pathways for evidence-based best practices to reach policymakers in various roles. Category 1 of this solicitation seeks a provider to deliver training, technical assistance, and strategic planning services to State Administering Agencies (SAAs) on topics most relevant to them. Category 2 of this solicitation seeks multiple TTA providers to provide specialized information, training, and technical assistance to policymakers at all levels of state and local governmentя such as governors, state legislators, county officials, and mayorsяon criminal justice topics most relevant to them. Category 3 of this solicitation seeks a provider to deliver training, technical assistance, and specialized information to paroling authorities on evidence-based practices most relevant to them. Category 4 of this solicitation seeks a provider to deliver training and technical assistance to state and local departments of corrections designed to reduce the use of segregation.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Office of Justice Programs

• Agency Contact:

  For technical assistance with submitting an application, 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