Deadline: 10-Aug-20
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications to fund a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider that will provide law enforcement agencies with information and expertise from multiple organizations or consortia via a one-stop, dedicated response center.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by assisting state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in reducing crime and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, specifically through support for innovative and evidence-based policing practices, more effective information sharing, and multi-agency collaboration.
Objectives and Deliverables
The ability to provide TTA encompasses a host of tools and methods, including training, peer-to-peer consultation, analysis, coaching, and strategic planning. Specifically, the objectives under this solicitation are to:
- Coordinate TTA provided by the national leaders.
- Develop information and resources for the field.
- Deliver TTA to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
The required activities and deliverables for this solicitation are:
- Assess TTA requests, matching each request with an appropriate response. Then monitor the delivery of the TTA, assessing the quality of the TTA engagement, and report on the TTA activity and assessment.
- Collect lessons learned and other examples of use for law enforcement and disseminate them via publications, media platforms, and conference presentations.
- In close consultation with BJA, propose and develop a minimum of six original publications or white papers to address current or emerging law enforcement/criminal justice topics.
- Routinely update BJA about TTA requests, TTA responses, and overall progress.
- Toolkits, reports, and publications
- Webinars and live online training
- In-person training
- Virtual mentoring by subject matter experts to share information on promising practices
- Meeting facilitation
- On-line consulting
Funding Information
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award $3,000,000
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation $3,000,000
- Period of performance start date October 1, 2020
- Period of performance duration 24 Months
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply:
- For-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations) with experience providing high level TTA to law enforcement agencies
- Nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit organizations) with experience providing high level TTA to law enforcement agencies
- Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) with experience providing high level TTA to law enforcement agencies
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328061