Deadline: 28 May 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding to continue the Task Force Training Program.
The program provides training and technical assistance nationwide to increase the effectiveness and ensure the success of state and local multijurisdictional, and tribal law enforcement task forces created to address local crime issues. This program furthers the Department’s mission by assisting state and local jurisdictions in addressing violent crime.
Objectives and Deliverables
- Required objectives:
- Provide nationwide training to increase the effectiveness and ensure the success of state and local multijurisdictional law enforcement and tribal task forces created to address local crime issues.
- Increase information provided to BJA and the criminal justice community.
- To achieve these objectives, applicants must describe how they will produce the following deliverables:
- Provide specialized TTA services on task force leadership to local, state, and tribal law enforcement throughout the United States.
- Deliver diverse training modules in person and/or that delineate and clarify the roles and responsibilities for task force executive leadership, task force commanders, and task force members. Modules should include: task force leadership, management, and operations; safeguarding privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties in task force operations; fair and impartial policing; officer safety and deconfliction (in coordination with BJA’s VALOR program); collaboration and effective partnerships; working with research partners and using evidence-based and data-driven strategies; innovative approaches to task force operations, crime analysis; personnel selection; task force oversight and accountability; and adoption of sound business practices as part of the task force’s organizational and operational philosophies.
- Provide semi annual reports to BJA listing all graduates from the training, broken out by type of task force and source of BJA funding.
- Ensure training for all task forces focuses on performance and performance measurement. The training should assist task forces with developing and implementing robust performance measures that orient activity toward reducing crime.
- Maintain a restricted-access website that offers the above-described training and additional resources.
- Coordinate peer-to-peer technical assistance, which may include on site visits or innovative use of technology to connect peer to peer.
- Offer services in accordance with adult learning theory and that use a variety of delivery methods. This includes, but is not limited to, leveraging a variety of online services (i.e., webinars, podcasts, Learning Management Systems (LMS), teleconferencing, and other technologies for delivery of technical assistance.
- Maintain a cadre of subject-matter experts approved by BJA and conduct curricula enhancements to ensure that the training reflects the latest trends and emerging issues, recent case study examples, sophisticated multimedia aids, and relevant data.
Award Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount up to $500,000.
- Period of performance duration 24-month period of performance.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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).
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- Applicants must also demonstrate experience in delivering criminal justice training and technical assistance nationwide.
How to Apply
Applicants must register themselves via the given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314217