Deadline: 07-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications to enhance, test, implement, and evaluate policies, practices, and technology to address and reduce the use of contraband cellphones in correctional facilities.
Goal: The goal of this program is to assist state and local correctional agencies, as well as federally recognized Indian tribes that have detention capacity, to develop and implement managed access systems to end the use of cellphone contraband.
Applicants may propose to:
- Operationalize effective and secure managed access systems.
- Ensure state, local, and tribal governments are in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission and laws governing the interception of electronic communications, including the rules that criminalize actions aimed at disabling aircraft.
- Provide technological solutions to detect and disrupt drones.
Objective:
- Awardees will test, implement, document, and share changes to policy, practice, and tactics as they relate to preventing, detecting, seizing, and stopping the presence and use of contraband cellphones by detainees and inmates.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $1,700,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $425,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 4
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 24
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments.
- For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
- 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 no later than January 31, 2021, to be eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding.
- To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:
- the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws; and
- the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333344
