Deadline: 22-Jun-21
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding to provide assistance and training and translate knowledge to enhance the use of data and research to understand and target priority crime issues, identify and implement proven and effective practices with fidelity, analyze performance and outcomes to enhance approaches, and support further research.
Goal: The goal of the Smart Suite TTA Program is to support the development, enhancement, and translation of research and knowledge of researcher-practitioner partnerships in each of the Smart Suite programs.
Objectives
The objectives are to coordinate, manage, facilitate, and support training and technical assistance to support:
- Establishing or expanding evidence-based practices in all of the Smart Suite programs.
- Collecting and analyzing criminal justice and public safety data.
- Using data to identify criminal justice- and public safety-related problems.
- Assessing implementation fidelity.
- Measuring program outcomes.
- Using data to determine program effectiveness.
- Evidence translation and how to communicate findings to diverse audiences.
- Making recommendations for program improvement and sustainability.
- Developing “real-time” products and resources for strategic decisionmaking.
- Tracking and supporting dissemination of research and knowledge in the Smart Suite Program.
- Communicating with a wide variety of audiences.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $750,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $750,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 24
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses, 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Other.
- For-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal organizations), faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) with demonstrated expertise in providing and coordinating training and technical assistance for partnerships between researchers and practitioners are eligible. In addition, the applicant must show the capacity to provide technical expertise in implementing action research partnerships between local criminal justice researchers and practitioners in multiple criminal justice subject matter areas.
- 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 to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
- All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333651