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BJA FY 19 Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Assistance Grants

Bureau of Justice Assistance · BJA-2019-16289

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $200K

Total Program Funding

$6.0M

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 2, 2019

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

BJA FY 19 Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Information Sharing and Interdiction Assistance Grants. Bureau of Justice Assistance. The BJA Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Violent Crime Reduction Initiative is an innovative new program that seeks to provide resources, training, and technical assistance to rural law enforcement agencies along the Southwest Border to assist with the reduction of violent crime, including... up to $200,000 per award; $6,000,000 total program funding; ~10 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•The eligible applicants for this solicitation are limited to the following entities within California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas: County sh...
•Deadline: 2019-07-02

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Competitiveness: High — limited number of awards

What This Grant Funds

The BJA Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Violent Crime Reduction Initiative is an innovative new program that seeks to provide resources, training, and technical assistance to rural law enforcement agencies along the Southwest Border to assist with the reduction of violent crime, including drugs and human traffickers. The initiative will include two areas of funding; (1) field based initiatives, and (2) a TTA initiative.

Who Can Apply

The eligible applicants for this solicitation are limited to the following entities within California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas: County sheriffs offices of any size Rural law enforcement agencies (excluding county sheriffs offices) serving jurisdictions with populations of fewer than 100,000 Federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) Priority consideration will be given to applicants that represent jurisdictions located within 25 miles of the border between the United States and Mexico.

Eligible Applicant Types

Other (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $200K
Total Program Funding: $6.0M
Expected Number of Awards: 10
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: cooperative_agreement

Key Dates

Posted: April 30, 2019

Application Deadline: July 2, 2019 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline in order to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues in the How to Apply section. For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicants control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800-851-3420; via TTY at 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301-240-5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. support@grants.gov

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