BJA FY 18 National Officer Safety Initiatives | BJA 2018 14602

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2018 14602

The BJA FY 18 National Officer Safety Initiatives grant (Funding Opportunity Number BJA-2018-14602) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), designed to strengthen law enforcement officer safety nationwide. It was developed in line with the February 9, 2017 Executive Order focused on officer safety, reflecting DOJ's broader priority to reduce preventable injuries and deaths and to improve safety outcomes for officers in the field. The program is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement in guiding or collaborating on project implementation rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back.

The core focus of the solicitation is to fund innovative, practical approaches in three major areas that have been persistent contributors to officer harm and loss. First, it supports initiatives addressing law enforcement suicide, including strategies that improve prevention, early identification of risk, access to culturally competent mental health support, peer support models, and organizational policies that reduce stigma and encourage help-seeking. Second, it targets traffic safety, a long-standing area of risk for officers that can include traffic-related fatalities, roadside encounters, and risks linked to patrol operations, driving practices, and roadway stops. Third, it calls for a national public awareness and education campaign, intended to reach beyond law enforcement agencies themselves and influence public knowledge and behavior in ways that improve officer safety, such as safer driver behavior around stopped emergency vehicles and broader community awareness of officer safety concerns.

Funding under this opportunity is associated with CFDA number 16.738. The award ceiling is $1,500,000 per award, and BJA anticipated making three awards, suggesting a competitive process aimed at selecting a small number of strong, potentially high-impact projects that could be national in scope or capable of producing widely adoptable models. The opportunity was posted on May 31, 2018, with an original closing date of July 2, 2018, placing it on a relatively short application timeline typical of many federal discretionary solicitations.

Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding universities under that category); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. This wide eligibility range indicates BJA was open to proposals from governmental agencies as well as academic, nonprofit, and certain private-sector entities, so long as the applicant could credibly design and deliver an initiative that advances officer safety in one or more of the three priority areas.

Overall, this solicitation is best understood as a targeted federal investment in scalable officer safety solutions, emphasizing innovation, measurable impact, and national relevance. It aims to support efforts that not only respond to immediate safety challenges, but also build sustainable practices and public-facing messaging that can reduce risk over time across the law enforcement profession.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the employment, labor and training, health, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics, law, justice and legal services, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 18 National Officer Safety Initiatives" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 31, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 02, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.

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