BJA FY 15 Smart Defense Initiative: National Training and Technical Assistance

Post Date

February 23rd 2015

Application Due Date

April 8th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

BJA-2015-4102

CFDA Number(s)

16.817

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
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

Applicants are limited to for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and consortiums with demonstrated experience providing national and local-level training and technical assistance. For-profit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fees for services.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $500000

Grant Description

The Smart Defense Initiative, administered by BJA, is part of BJAмs ЯSmart SuiteН of criminal justice programs including Smart Pretrial, Smart Policing, Smart Supervision, and Smart Prosecution. BJA established the Smart Suite over 5 years ago with the creation of the Smart Policing Initiative. The Smart Suite supports criminal justice professionals in building evidencebased, data-driven criminal justice strategies that are effective, efficient, and economical. BJAмs smart programs represent a strategic approach that brings more ЯscienceН into criminal justice operations by leveraging innovative applications of analysis, technology, and evidence-based practices. The purpose of Smart Defense is to improve the quality of public defense delivery systems guided by the Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, promulgated by the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System (the ABA Ten Principles) represent fundamental building blocks for implementing quality legal representation for indigent criminal defendants. Released in 2002, the ABA Ten Principles list the American Bar Associationмs recommendations for government officials and other parties who are charged with improving public defense delivery systems. These principles address defendersм appropriate function, workload, resources, training, and quality, and have been recognized by the Attorney General Яas [an] essential guidepost for ensuring that our indigent defense efforts are as effective- and as efficient _ as possible.Н To help jurisdictions strengthen state and local public defense delivery systems, BJA released a separate competitive grant announcement, the Smart Defense Initiative, to fund state and local sites. This competitive grant announcement specifically requests applications for one national training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to support and build capacity in the field and among those jurisdictions selected to be Smart Defense sites. This grant announcement does not solicit applications from individual jurisdictions to fund local Smart Defense programs. This program is funded under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.

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 Support

• Agency Email Address:

  support@grants.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of Justice Assistance

• More Information:

  Full Announcement