Recovery Act: Research and Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

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	Federal Grant Title:	Recovery Act: Research and Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance
	CFDA Number:	16.808
	CFDA Description:	Recovery Act - CFDA Byrne ARRA Competitive
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institute of Justice
	Category of Funding Activity:	Recovery Act
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	NIJ-2009-2142
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 19, 2009
	Creation Date:	Mar 19, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 18, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	May 18, 2009
	Archive Date:	Jun 30, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$0
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants include States (including territories), local governments (including federally-recognized Indian tribal governments), nonprofit and profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education. Certain eligibility requirements apply that relate to the Recovery Act.
Grant Description: This grant program is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) (the "Recovery Act"). The Recovery Act provides funding for various competitive grant programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice. Subject to the availability of funds, OJP's National Institute of Justice seeks applications that promote the goals of the Recovery Act through research and evaluation that supports the purposes of three Recovery Act competitive grant announcements issued by the OJP's Bureau of Justice Assistance: (1)Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program; (2) Recovery Act: Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs; and (3) Recovery Act: Combating Criminal Narcotics Activity Stemming from the Southern Border of the United States. Targeted areas include: increasing the capacity of State and local criminal justice systems; learning more about the impact of preserving and creating positions in the criminal justice workforce; developing data-driven strategies that provide information to law enforcement to help prevent and combat rural crime; and improving efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement in combating criminal narcotics activity along or stemming from the Southern border. Applications for funding should be submitted through the on-line OJP Grants Management System (GMS). For additional information on the Office of Justice Programs' Recovery Act Grant Programs, please visit the OJP website at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/recovery/.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000876.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Katharine Browning, Senior Social Science Analyst, 202-616-4786, Katharine.Browning@usdoj.gov; Linda Truitt, Senior Social Science Analyst, 202-353-9081, Linda.Truitt@usdoj.gov; or Brett Chapman, Social Science Analyst, 202-514-2187, Brett.Chapman@usdoj.gov

Agency Point of Contact E-mail Address [Katharine.Browning@usdoj.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • OJJDP FY 09 Recovery Act National Youth Mentoring Programs; • Opportunity OJJDP-2009-2120; • Opportunity OJJDP-2009-2118; • FY 2009 Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program