Deadline: 12-Jun-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding to administer the Law Enforcement Core Statistics (LECS) Program.
As the primary source for criminal justice statistics in the United States, BJS is responsible for collecting, analyzing, publishing, and disseminating statistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operations of criminal justice systems at all levels of government. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission by promoting cooperative law enforcement partnerships and advancing effective criminal justice programs using rigorous research and statistics.
Goals
- The goal of the FY 2023 LECS Program is to provide accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States.
Objectives
- An applicant should address the objectives in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
- To achieve the goal of providing accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States, the award recipient will work closely with BJS on the following main objectives:
- Field the LEMAS survey in 2024.
- Rebuild the agency universe and field the CSLLEA in 2026.
- Develop recommendations to administer the LEMAS on a more frequent, and potentially annual, basis, including determining what content would be covered regularly and if there is space for additional content either as part of the standard questionnaire or as a periodic addition.
- Develop, test, and field a LEMAS supplemental survey in 2027.
- Maintain an active roster of in-service LEAs with detailed documentation to track agency status and changes.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
- Award Floor: $2,500,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 60
Deliverables
- Consistent with the use of a cooperative agreement, BJS will be substantially involved in the program. This includes direct oversight and involvement in implementing the program but does not involve day-to-day program management. The following deliverables describe the scope of work necessary for the successful applicant to prepare, design, and carry out the LECS and the target end dates.
- The applicant should briefly describe how it would accomplish each deliverable in the time frame specified and estimate the costs associated with each. This should include
- a description of the specific strategies or innovative approaches the applicant would conduct to meet each outcome,
- a description of the capabilities and demonstration of the expertise that will enable the applicant to successfully meet each outcome, and
- cost estimates for performing the work. The application should describe the applicant’s knowledge of the challenges and complexities associated with developing the survey instrument, designing the samples, achieving adequate response rates to minimize bias, and the proposed approaches to collecting data.
- The recipient of funds will complete all work associated with successfully fielding and delivering data for these collections, according to the time frames BJS establishes. The specific tasks for each collection are described below. Although they may vary, the tasks generally include instrument design; frame development or sample design; OMB clearances; survey administration procedures, including mixed mode as necessary; data collection and verification; sample maintenance and assessments of bias in responses; weighting and imputation; and dataset preparation and delivery, including codebooks and documentation.
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
- An applicant entity may submit more than one application, if each application proposes a different project in response to the solicitation. Also, an entity may be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.