Deadline: 11 June 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for its Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Program.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by enhancing efforts to reduce violent crime associated with gun violence and gang activity, by assisting communities struggling with drug abuse, and by supporting law enforcement agencies.
This program focuses on high crime communities with concentrated distress and hot spots of crime and directly supports the Department’s priorities to reduce violent crime (sometimes associated with gang activity), assist communities struggling with drug abuse, and support law enforcement officers by integrating officers and enforcement strategies into community-based crime reduction efforts.
Objectives
- Action plan development phase (6-12 months):
- Identify and verify chronic crime hot spots within the target neighborhood, working with law enforcement, research partners, and crime analysts.
- Identify strategies to reduce serious and violent crime, particularly drugs and gun violence, that includes a comprehensive plan that articulates the range of strategies that the CBCR partners plan to pursue.
- Engage community stakeholders in trust building with law enforcement and other partners.
- Create an action plan with the priority hot spots and strategies to reduce crime, and submit to BJA for approval.
- Action plan implementation phase:
- Implement strategies developed in the approved action plan.
- Build the capacity of residents and the CBCR management team to coordinate and engage in a crime problem-solving approach. Implement, modify, and evaluate strategies, as appropriate; redirect program activities when ongoing analysis indicates program goals are not being met.
- Continue to engage partners and community residents and to build trust between partners, including law enforcement.
- Identify and develop a sustainability strategy for long-term implementation of CBCR including the active role of community stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $9,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Private institutions of higher education
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325419