Deadline: 14 May 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Effective Administration of Criminal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program, as part of the Justice For All Reauthorization Act of 2016. 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 statewide strategic planning and protection of constitutional rights under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Categories
The FY 2019 solicitation seeks applications for funding under the following two categories:
- Category 1: Statewide Strategic Planning Training and Technical Assistance
- Category 2: Sixth Amendment Training and Technical Assistance
Award Information
- BJA expects to make at least two awards for a minimum of $5,000,000 in total funds.
- In Category 1, BJA expects to make one award up to or exceeding $2,500,000 for a 36-month period of performance to begin on October 1, 2019.
- In Category 2, BJA expects to make one award up to or exceeding $2,500,000 for 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are limited to any national nonprofit organization, for-profit (commercial) organization (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), or institution of higher learning (including tribal institutions of higher education) that has expertise and experience in managing the provision of training and technical assistance (TTA) for evidence-based criminal justice programs. In addition, the applicant must show the capacity to provide technical expertise in implementing action research partnerships between criminal justice researchers and practitioners. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- BJA welcomes applications that involve two or more entities that would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire TTA program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
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=313736