FY 2016 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

The summary for the FY 2016 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) 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 Statistics, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
FY 2016 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP): This program is intended to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information used for criminal justice and noncriminal justice background checks. Four objectives are targeted: (1) providing direct financial and technical assistance to states and tribes to improve their criminal records systems and other related systems in an effort to support background checks; (2) ensuring the infrastructure is developed to connect criminal history records systems to the state record repository or appropriate federal agency record system and ensuring records are accessible through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records systems; (3) providing the training and technical assistance needed to ensure that records systems are developed and managed to conform to FBI standards of practice with respect to privacy and confidentiality; and (4) using systematic evaluation and standardized performance measurement and statistics to access progress made in improving in improving in national records holdings and background check systems.
Federal Grant Title: FY 2016 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
Federal Agency Name: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Grant Categories: Information and Statistics
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: BJS-2016-9016
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 16.554
CFDA Descriptions: National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
Current Application Deadline: Apr 28, 2016
Original Application Deadline: Apr 28, 2016
Posted Date: Feb 12, 2016
Creation Date: Feb 17, 2016
Archive Date: Feb 17, 2016
Total Program Funding: $48,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $500,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $0
Expected Number of Awards: 43
Cost Sharing or Matching: Yes
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants are limited to the agency designated by the governor in each state to administer the NCHIP program and federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, States and tribes may choose to submit applications as part of a multi-state consortium, multi-tribe consortium, or other entity. In such cases, please contact the BJS program manager for further information.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
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Grant Announcement Contact
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General Information

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