16.039: Rural Violent Crime Initiative

16.039

Active

Office of Justice Programs (OJP) [DOJ]

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 21, 2022

Goal: BJA is committed to helping law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve reduce violent crime. While high violent crimes rates are often associated with urban settings, violence is also endemic in many rural settings. The manifestation and challenges of addressing rural violent crime are not identical to those in urban settings and deserve focused attention The goal of this program is to assist and support local rural law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices as they plan, implement, and assess identified violent crime problems in their jurisdiction. Training and technical assistance (TTA) will be made available to site-base awardees to assist them in achieving these goals. The TTA provider will work with BJA to coordinate assistance and will compile a final report which includes an assessment of individual site efforts, overarching findings, and lessons learned. Objectives: - Assist rural jurisdictions in reducing their violent crime problems. - Identify strategies that will be designed and targeted to the unique characteristics of violent crime occurring in rural jurisdictions - Contribute to the professional literature and research on violent rural crime. - Develop an evidence-based resources to support intervention strategies to address rural violence. This initiative seeks to is award grants on a competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices in rural locations. These grants will support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim services providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve in order to address the unique criminal justice challenges in rural areas.

B - Project Grants

Agencies eligible for site-based awards include state and local governments (including Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments and State-designated Indian Tribes) The expectation is the site-based funding will be used to support programs involving law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices. Entities eligible to apply for the training and technical assistance award include for profit organizations other than small businesses, 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, and Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

The main beneficiaries of this solicitation will be rural jurisdiction that are experiencing persistently high or recently precipitous incidences of violent crime. The particular the types, causes, and solution of rural violent crime are often unique and different than those for urban violent crime. Accordingly, rural violent crime deserves focused attention and targeted solutions.

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