BJA FY 18 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: National Training and Technical Assistance | BJA 2018 13603

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2018 13603

The BJA FY 18 Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI): National Training and Technical Assistance opportunity is a discretionary federal grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). It is designed to fund organizations that can operate at a national level as training and technical assistance (TTA) providers and as subject matter experts, supporting state, local, and tribal jurisdictions that want to adopt a Justice Reinvestment Initiative approach or apply JRI principles to public safety and criminal justice challenges. The core emphasis of JRI in this solicitation is using data-driven problem analysis and evidence-based solutions to diagnose crime and justice-system issues and then implement practical responses that improve public safety and system performance.

Funding is provided through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the awarding agency expects substantial involvement in the project (for example, coordination with BJA, alignment with federal priorities, and ongoing collaboration and reporting). The opportunity number is BJA 2018 13603, and it falls under CFDA 16.827. The activity categories listed include law, justice, and legal services, along with related areas such as information and statistics, employment/labor/training, and humanities/cultural affairs classifications used in federal grant taxonomy.

The intended work under this grant is not direct service delivery in one jurisdiction, but rather national-level capacity building. Successful applicants would be expected to help jurisdictions pursue a JRI-style strategy, which commonly involves assembling and analyzing relevant criminal justice data, identifying the key drivers of crime and system costs, selecting proven interventions, and supporting implementation in a way that can be sustained. In practice, that can include structured training curricula, targeted technical assistance, analytic support, facilitation with stakeholder groups, and guidance on adopting policies and practices that reflect what research shows is most effective.

Eligible applicants include a range of organizations with the infrastructure to provide national assistance, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions where applicable). The solicitation also lists an “Others” category, with additional eligibility details referenced in the full text of the opportunity, which typically clarifies whether certain governmental entities, tribal organizations, for-profit entities, or other specialized organizations may apply under specific conditions.

From a funding and competition standpoint, the grant set an award ceiling of $3,500,000, with an anticipated total of four awards. The opportunity was created on November 8, 2018, and originally closed on January 7, 2019. This structure suggests BJA was looking to support a small set of high-capacity national providers that could deliver significant technical expertise and scalable assistance across multiple jurisdictions, rather than distributing many small awards.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as an investment in nationwide technical leadership for justice reinvestment: helping jurisdictions use rigorous analysis to understand their public safety problems, choose interventions backed by evidence, and implement changes that can reduce crime, improve outcomes, and use justice-system resources more effectively.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), information and statistics, law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 18 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: National Training and Technical Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.827.
• This funding opportunity was created on Nov 08, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 07, 2019. (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 $3,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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