BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider

The summary for the BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider: The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. This solicitation includes support for a rural violent crime training and technical assistance (TTA) initiative, with microgrants to be awarded on a competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies in rural locations. Grants are to support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim service providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to address the unique criminal justice challenges in rural areas.The organization awarded under this solicitation would be expected to provide TTA services for the site-based awardees receiving funding under the Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative. That solicitation can be found here.

Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance (USDOJ-OJP-BJA)
Grant Categories:	Affordable Care Act
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	O-BJA-2021-20002
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	16.039
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	July 12th, 2021
Original Application Deadline:	July 12th, 2021
Posted Date:	May 17th, 2021
Creation Date:	May 17th, 2021
Archive Date:	August 18th, 2021
Total Program Funding:	$1,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$1,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No
Last Updated:	July 11th, 2021

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - 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 - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
Additional Information on Eligibility: To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, 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.  For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated experience in working with rural law enforcement agencies, with knowledge and experience in violent crime reduction strategies, and with previous experience in managing federal awards. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.BJA will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2021-120002
Grant Announcement Contact: For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage , or email at [email protected]. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.

For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or [email protected]. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time, Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.
An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at [email protected] within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline.
For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at [email protected]. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.
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