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BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement Agencies

Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2021-20001

Closed

Award Range

$0 – $150K

Total Program Funding

$5.5M

Expected Awards

Deadline

July 6, 2021

GRANTQUICK SUMMARYPlain-English Overview

BJA FY 21 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement Agencies. Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative... up to $150,000 per award; $5,500,000 total program funding; ~45 awards expected.

Who Should Apply

County governments, City/township governments, Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments, Other eligible entities

Who Should NOT Apply

Individuals and organizations outside the specified eligible types

Key Requirements (Plain English)

•This solicitation is limited to agencies serving rural communities
•Deadline: 2021-07-06

💡 GrantQuick Tip

Clearly demonstrate alignment with funding priorities and provide measurable outcomes.

Competitiveness: Moderate to high — federal grants are always competitive

What This Grant Funds

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative is awarding grants on a competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies and prosecutors' offices in rural locations. These grants will support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim services providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve in order to address the unique criminal justice challenges in rural areas.

Who Can Apply

This solicitation is limited to agencies serving rural communities. The following entities are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity: Sheriff’s offices serving rural population areas Local or county law enforcement agencies serving rural populations Tribal law enforcement agencies operating in rural areas or reservations County prosecutors’ offices or functional equivalents serving rural populations To qualify as rural for the purposes of this solicitation, an applicant must provide services in a rural area, although the jurisdiction’s service area need not be exclusively rural. This definition holds for all entity types. For any municipality (e.g., town, village, or borough), the area must be considered rural and the population served must not exceed 15,000, based on the latest U.S. Census enumeration. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Eligible Applicant Types

County GovernmentsCity/Township GovernmentsFederally Recognized Tribal GovernmentsOther (see NOFO for details)

Funding Details

Maximum Award: $150K
Total Program Funding: $5.5M
Expected Number of Awards: 45
Cost Sharing Required?: No
Funding Instrument: grant

Key Dates

Posted: May 17, 2021

Application Deadline: July 6, 2021 (0 days remaining)

Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or at 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov

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