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BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider

ID: O-BJA-2021-20002 • Type: Posted

Description

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. This solicitation includes support for a rural violent crime training and technical assistance (TTA) initiative, with microgrants to be awarded on a competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies in rural locations. Grants are to support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim service providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to address the unique criminal justice challenges in rural areas. The organization awarded under this solicitation would be expected to provide TTA services for the site-based awardees receiving funding under the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative. That solicitation can be found here.

Overview

Category of Funding
Affordable Care Act
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 5/17/21 the Bureau of Justice Assistance posted grant opportunity O-BJA-2021-20002 for BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider with funding of $1.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 16.039 Rural Violent Crime Initiative. It is expected that one grant will be made.

Timing

Posted Date
May 17, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 12, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
July 11, 2021, 9:43 a.m. EDT
Version
3

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Info
To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.  For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated experience in working with rural law enforcement agencies, with knowledge and experience in violent crime reduction strategies, and with previous experience in managing federal awards. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.BJA will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$1,000,000
Floor
Not Listed
Estimated Program Funding
$1,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
1

Contacts

Contact
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Contact Email
Email Description
Technical Assistance
Contact Phone
(202) 514-9354

Documents

Posted documents for O-BJA-2021-20002

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