Deadline: 1-Aug-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to create and implement training and technical assistance programs for criminal justice stakeholders that support local law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in the development of violence reduction strategies, training of law enforcement officers, and implementation of ethical technological strategies that build digital trust and promote community engagement.
This program furthers DOJ’s mission by supporting and assisting state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions in improving the criminal justice system and enhancing efforts to prevent, investigate, and respond to crime.
Categories
- Category 1: Smart Policing Initiative National Training and Technical Assistance Program
- Category 2: Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Training and Technical Assistance
- Category 3: De-escalation and Crisis Intervention Model Training Curriculum Development Initiative
- Category 4: Violent Crime Reduction Playbook
- Category 5: Virtual Reality De-escalation Training and Technical Assistance Initiative
- Category 6: Mass Violence Advisory Initiative.
Goals
- The overarching goal is to deliver national TTA to local jurisdictions that supports their efforts to reduce violent crime, train law enforcement, and enhance community trust. Specifically, the goals for each category are as follows:
- Category 1: To provide resources and opportunities to enable law enforcement agencies that receive Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) grants to identify and define their most pressing crime problems, as well as institute lasting operational and organizational changes that foster reliance on and effective use of evidence-based practices, data, and technology.
- Category 2: To improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to address the unique criminal justice challenges facing rural and small law enforcement agencies.
- Category 3: To support the development of standards and a model curriculum that improves law enforcement interactions with individuals experiencing a mental health crisis through deescalation.
- Category 4: To support the delivery of TTA to requests made in response to the Violent Crime Reduction Playbook.
- Category 5: To support the delivery of TTA to agencies receiving funding under the Virtual Reality De-escalation Training Initiative.
- Category 6: To provide advisory assistance to jurisdictions that experience extraordinary acts of violence that result in mass casualties under the Mass Violence Advisory Initiative (MVAI).
Objectives
- Category 1: Deliver training, technical assistance, and guidance that addresses the management, organization, and project implementation needs of SPI grantees.
- Category 2: Assist rural and/or small law enforcement agencies with the development of violence reduction plans that address the unique needs of their communities.
- Category 3: Develop consensus guidance that improves law enforcement responses to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, develop a model Crisis Response Intervention Training curriculum, and advance the goals of the Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act of 2022.
- Category 4: Assist local jurisdictions with enhancing their capacity to reduce violent crime through implementation of strategies identified in the Violent Crime Reduction Playbook.
- Category 5: Deliver TTA to state and local law enforcement agencies that supports their efforts to implement strategies and/or programs that de-escalate interactions between law enforcement and community members, with a focus on safely serving individuals with mental health issues and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Category 6: Develop and deliver resources to support the delivery of peer-to-peer assistance and related resources to law enforcement executives in jurisdictions that experience incidents of mass violence.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Category 1: $800,000
- Category 2: $1,400,000
- Category 3: $2,000,000
- Category 4: $500,000
- Category 5: $500,000
- Category 6: $500,000
- Period of Performance Duration (Months) Varies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- 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
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.