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

The summary for the Recovery Act: Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance 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 National Institute of Justice, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Recovery Act: Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance: The Recovery Act provides funding for various competitive grant programs that are being administered by OJP. NIJ seeks applications that promote the goals of the Recovery Act through evaluations that support the purposes of three OJP Recovery Act competitive grant programs. Targeted areas include: (1) programs that increase the capacity of State and local criminal justice systems in some of the areas identified in the Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program; (2) programs or strategies that assist law enforcement in preventing and combating rural crime (especially drug-related crime); and (3) improving efficiency and effectiveness of law enforcement in combating criminal narcotics activity along or stemming from the southern border.