BJS FY 2016 National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) Implementation Assistance Program: Phase II - Support for State Programs

Eligible applicants are limited to— (1)Agencies that oversee the state Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Programs, responsible for reporting crime data to the FBI’s UCR Program, in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, or Utah. By mutual agreement with the state UCR Program, another agency in these states may apply for and administer funds under this solicitation. Such mutual agreement must be demonstrated in writing via a memorandum of understanding or similar agreement between the two state agencies and must be included in the application. (2)The state agency in Indiana or Mississippi (the states that currently do not have a state UCR Program) authorized by statute or executive order to collect and report crime data from local LE agencies to the FBI’s UCR. The 15 eligible states identified in this solicitation either do not have an incident-based crime reporting component that is certified by the FBI to submit data to NIBRS, have a program that is NIBRS-certified but the LE agencies in the state that report incident-based data cover less than 80% of the state population, or do not have a state UCR Program at this time. In general, BJS is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, states (including territories), units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform LE functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), nonprofit and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and certain qualified individuals. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign institutions of higher education are not eligible to apply.