Deadline: 22-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Training and Technical Assistance Program.
The purpose of the PSN National TTA Program is to support the needs of the 94 PSN Teams and to provide TTA, resources, instruction, and information that will enable them to improve their capacity to reduce violence in the communities and support survivors of violence.
Because of the breadth of deliverables and the diversity of the population served under Project Safe Neighborhoods, the successful applicant should suggest a collaborative model of assistance comprised of a consortium of experienced technical assistance entities in its project design.
Goals
- Creation of a TTA team or consortium supported by relevant subject matter experts (SMEs) with expertise in a wide range of topics to support strategic plan development by all 94 PSN Teams.
- In collaboration with local USAOs, BJA, and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), support the creation and sustainment of coordinated crime reduction efforts among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement while cooperatively engaging and educating the communities they serve and assisting survivors and witnesses of violence.
- Support PSN Teams with the creation and testing of strategic messaging related to their efforts, including the production of assets/products/materials that can be used for measuring the impact of outreach materials, as well as the identification of effective marketing strategies and dissemination platforms.
- Support PSN Team members and partners in the effective use of intelligence and data to identify high crime areas and prolific violent offenders, and identify opportunities to prevent further violence.
- Support PSN Team members’ and partners’ efforts to prevent violent crime, especially focused on populations that have been traumatized by high levels of violence in their communities and who could benefit from additional support.
Objectives
- Enable PSN Teams to develop and operationalize strategic plans to measure their effectiveness related to the prevention of, response to, and reduction in violent crime and support for survivors and witness of violence.
- Provide information and subject matter expert advisement to support the specific activities and resource requirements of requesting PSN Teams in collaboration with all relevant partners and stakeholders.
- Have regular, productive, and documented contact with PSN coordinators and partners in each of the 94 PSN Districts.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $2,000,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $2,000,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Deliverables
- Periodic reports to BJA as required by the terms of the cooperative agreement.
- The establishment of strategic plans for all operational PSN Teams.
- In close coordination with BJA, plan and conduct national and/or regional meetings, workshops, or other educational sessions for individual districts, one or more regions, or the larger PSN community.
- Publications, web-based resources, and other materials that assist PSN Districts in learning about best practices related to evidence-based crime reduction, community engagement, and victim/witness support practices.
- Create and maintain a dynamic and interactive platform for resources, outreach materials, information sharing, and dissemination to include the maintenance of a PSN TTA website and related web resources, social media outreach, online newsletter, webinars, and virtual and in-person training curricula and platforms.
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses, 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, Other
- Only applicants that have experience delivering training and technical assistance on a national level are eligible to apply.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, 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.
- 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=333719