Deadline: 30-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 address illegal firearm-related crime and forensics through the establishment of Crime Gun Intelligence Centers (CGICs).
Goal: The primary goal of a CGIC is to develop leads that will identify armed violent offenders for investigation and prosecution.
Objective: The objective is to adhere to the BJA–ATF CGIC ATF model as outlined in the deliverables below, which includes intensive, timely, ongoing collaboration with ATF, local and tribal police, local crime laboratories, probation and parole, prosecuting attorneys, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs), crime analysts, community groups, and academic organizations.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $700,000.00
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $5,000,000.00
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 7
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Deliverables
Awardees will be required to provide the following deliverables at the conclusion of their grants, in accordance with the BJA–ATF CGIC model:
- A collaborative working group, the CGIC integration team, including representatives from ATF, local/tribal police, probation and parole, prosecuting attorneys, USAO, local crime laboratory, crime analysts, community groups, and academic organizations. This working group will be formed using an MOU detailing partner roles and responsibilities.
- A Crime Gun Intelligence Center business process utilizing NIBIN and crime gun tracing through eTrace, including purchasing appropriate technology, if necessary. This process includes developing policy that governs a crime scene response and delivery of forensic evidence to the crime laboratory in a timely fashion, is an investigative priority for NIBIN cases, and prioritizes prosecution.
- Effective investigations and prosecutions of violent crime involving feloniously used firearms.
- A comprehensive training program that provides criminal justice partners with the skills necessary to effectively investigate and prosecute gun crime.
- Violent crime prevention strategies in collaboration with community and nongovernmental organizations.
- Improved response to gun shots fired.
- Collection of performance data that reinforce the CGIC goal.
- A final analysis report describing the CGIC’s implementation and outcomes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Other
- State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies;
- Governmental non-law enforcement agencies;
- 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 eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:
- the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws; and
- the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law.
- The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward.
- 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=333603
