The US Govt seeking Applications from Nonprofits ($1,000,000 in funding)

Deadline: 17-Jul-2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in cooperation with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), is seeking applications for funding.

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

With this solicitation, the Office of Justice Programs seeks to support a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to facilitate the delivery of national-scale, high-quality TTA for justice-focused community-based organizations that primarily serve historically marginalized and underserved communities, including rural communities, to improve the quality of their programming and service delivery, increase their capacity for applying for and accessing OJP funding opportunities, and strengthen their infrastructure and administrative and financial controls to successfully meet OJP program goals and objectives, if funded.

This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep the country safe, and to protect civil rights.

Goals 

• The goals of this program are to:
  • increase access and remove barriers to applying for OJP funding by building the organizational and programmatic capacity of justice-focused community-based organizations (CBOs) designed to primarily serve historically marginalized and underserved communities, including rural communities;
  • provide comprehensive training and technical assistance (TTA) to enhance the quality of services to communities disproportionately impacted by crime, delinquency, violence, and victimization and increase the participation and input of these communities in OJP programming; and,
  • build the capacity and infrastructure of organizations primarily serving historically marginalized and underserved communities, including rural communities, to enable them to have the support they need to be effective partners in public safety and justice solutions.
• The recipient will be expected to track that its TTA efforts to community-based justice-focused organizations support approximately 25 percent of victim serving CBOs and 25 percent of CBOs serving youth in or at risk for involvement with the juvenile justice system.

Objectives 

• Identify and engage in targeted outreach to justice-focused community-based organizations designed to serve and working within communities that have been historically marginalized and underserved, with a focus on organizations serving and working within communities of color, Indigenous and rural communities, organizations designed to primarily serve persons with disabilities, and organizations led by and designed to advocate for the interests of LGBTQ+ individuals to raise awareness of OJP resources, tools, technical assistance, and funding opportunities.
• Conduct a needs assessment with the targeted organizations to identify: barriers and obstacles that organizations designed to serve historically marginalized and underserved communities face in applying for and securing OJP funding opportunities; gaps in the administrative, financial, and programmatic capacity of such community-based organizations to obtain and maintain funding; and the professional development needs of leadership and staff of these organizations to support and strengthen a sustainable network of organizations that serve the previously underserved and a diverse representation of professionals working on justice issues in communities throughout the nation.

Priority Areas 

• In order to further OJP’s mission, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following:
  • Applications that propose project(s) that are designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
    • To receive this consideration, the applicant must describe how the proposed project(s) will address identified inequities and contribute to greater access to services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. Project activities under this consideration may include but are not limited to the following: improving victim services, justice responses, prevention initiatives, reentry services and other parts of an organization’s or community’s efforts to advance public safety. Applicants should propose activities that address the cultural (and linguistic, if appropriate) needs of communities, outline how the proposed activities will be informed by these communities, and implement culturally responsive and inclusive outreach and engagement.
  • Applicants that demonstrate that their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they (or at least one proposed subrecipient that will receive at least 40 percent of the requested award funding, as demonstrated in the Budget web-based form) are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
    • For purposes of this solicitation, population specific organizations are nonprofit, nongovernmental, or Tribal organizations that primarily serve members of a specific underserved population and have demonstrated experience and expertise providing targeted services to members of that specific underserved population.
    • To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants must describe how being a population specific organization (or funding the population specific subrecipient organization(s)) will enhance their ability to implement the proposed project(s). Applicants should also specify which historically underserved populations are intended or expected to be served or have their needs addressed under the proposed project(s).
• Note: Addressing these priority areas is one of many factors that OJP considers in making funding decisions. Receiving priority consideration for one or more priority areas does not guarantee an award.

Funding Information

• Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $1,000,000
• Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: up to $1,000,000
• Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36 months
• Period of Performance Start Date: October 1, 2024
• Anticipated Number of Awards: 1

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
• BJA will consider applications under which two or more entities (project partners) would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant for the solicitation. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).

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