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National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020

National Institute of Justice · NIJ-2020-18233

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $1.0M

Total Program Funding

$1.0M

Expected Awards

Deadline

May 26, 2020

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

National Youth Gang Survey, Fiscal Year 2020. National Institute of Justice. This solicitation seeks applications for funding to design, pilot test, and implement a national survey of law enforcement agencies in order to illuminate the magnitude of youth gang activity and law enforcement responses to it. Study objectives will include: 1) developing a sampling plan and... up to $1,000,000 per award; $1,000,000 total program funding; ~1 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

Special district governments, Other eligible entities, For-profit organizations, Public universities/colleges, Nonprofits (501c3) (+5 more)

Who Should NOT Apply

Organizations not matching the eligible applicant types listed above

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•See announcement for full eligibility information
•Deadline: 2020-05-26

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Competitiveness: Very high — extremely limited awards available

What This Grant Funds

This solicitation seeks applications for funding to design, pilot test, and implement a national survey of law enforcement agencies in order to illuminate the magnitude of youth gang activity and law enforcement responses to it. Study objectives will include: 1) developing a sampling plan and collecting data from a nationally representative sample of U.S. law enforcement agencies; 2) producing accurate and reliable national estimates of gang presence, gang membership, gang-related crime in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the United States; 3) acquiring detailed data about the characteristics of these crimes; 4) analyzing how the prevalence and characteristics of such crimes, as well as gang presence and membership have changed over time; and 5) obtaining information about law enforcement strategies for gang prevention, intervention and suppression.

Attachments

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NIJ-2020-18233

NIJ-2020-18233.pdf

Who Can Apply

See announcement for full eligibility information.

Eligible Applicant Types

Special District GovernmentsOther (see NOFO for details)For-Profit OrganizationsPublic Colleges & Universities501(c)(3) NonprofitsFederally Recognized Tribal GovernmentsNonprofits without 501(c)(3)City/Township GovernmentsCounty GovernmentsState Governments

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $1.0M
Total Program Funding: $1.0M
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: cooperative_agreement

Key Dates

Posted: March 24, 2020

Application Deadline: May 26, 2020 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1-800-851-3420; 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. General information on applying for NIJ awards can be found at https://nij.ojp.gov/funding. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/frequently-asked-questions-about-applying-grants-and-cooperative-agreements. grants@NCJRS.gov

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