BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement | O BJA 2024 172255

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The BJA FY24 Invited to Apply - Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement opportunity is a Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) discretionary funding announcement that will make up to six awards through cooperative agreements to continue or expand previously funded work that supports law enforcement training, technical assistance, and projects focused on law enforcement innovation and crime reduction (often referred to as LEICR). It is explicitly non-competitive, meaning it is not an open solicitation to the general public; instead, BJA is requesting applications only from a small set of organizations that have already been funded for related initiatives and have been formally invited to apply again.

The main purpose of this opportunity is to sustain and advance established projects that provide practical support to state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice agencies, practitioners, and communities. In practice, that typically means efforts like delivering training and technical assistance, developing or refining model policies and practices, providing implementation support for evidence-informed strategies, and helping agencies adopt innovations intended to reduce crime and improve public safety outcomes. Because the funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, applicants should expect substantial federal involvement during the project period, such as ongoing coordination with BJA, required collaboration, federal input on project direction, and more structured reporting and performance management than is common in simpler grant awards.

Eligibility is tightly restricted. Applications will only be accepted from organizations that received an official invitation letter from BJA for these law enforcement initiatives projects, and some invited organizations may receive more than one invitation if they are being asked to apply for multiple related efforts. The only entities named as eligible to submit applications under this invitation are: Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR), Research Triangle Institute, Aequitas, Police Foundation, Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), and Wichita State University. Although the listing in the source data shows "EligibleApplicants: Others," the narrative makes clear that eligibility is limited to this invited cohort; organizations outside this list, or those without a BJA invitation letter, are not eligible to apply.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a law, justice, and legal services funding opportunity administered by BJA, with CFDA (Assistance Listing) numbers 16.051, 16.054, and 16.738 referenced in the source data. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172255, and the original application closing date is September 27, 2024. BJA anticipates making six total awards, consistent with the six invited recipients described in the announcement.

Funding levels indicate relatively large, project-scale awards. The maximum (ceiling) amount per award is listed as $3,900,000, suggesting that each cooperative agreement may support significant national-level training and technical assistance capacity, multi-jurisdictional work, or other broad-reaching deliverables designed to benefit a wide range of criminal justice stakeholders. As with many continuation or invited-to-apply opportunities, the expectation is that proposed work will build directly on existing investments and infrastructure, rather than starting from scratch, with deliverables and performance measures aligned to BJA priorities and the specific scope outlined in the invitation.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.051, 16.054, 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-09-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-27. (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 $3,900,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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