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Federal Funding Updates
David P. Lewis
Bureau of Justice Assistance
BJA Background
• A component of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
Department of Justice, which also includes:
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National Institute of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office for Victims of Crime
Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment,
victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that
strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system
BJA comprised of 3 components;
• Policy
• Programs
• Planning
These components administer grant programs, shape and
promote sound justice policy, and plan for fiscal and
legislative changes affecting over 7,000 grants.
BJA provides leadership, services, and funding to
America’s communities by:
• Emphasizing local control;
• Increasing training;
• Building relationships in the
field;
• Technical assistance;
• Creating accountability of projects;
• Developing collaborations
and partnerships;
• Promoting capacity building
through planning;
• Streamlining the
administration of grants;
• Encouraging innovation;
• Ultimately communicating the
value of justice efforts to decisionmakers at every level.
Training and Technical Assistance:
• BJA-sponsored training and technical assistance
provides direct assistance to develop and
implement comprehensive, system-wide
strategies for public safety and improving
criminal justice systems.
• BJA’s TTA supports;
• State
• Local
• Tribal jurisdictions
Supporting state, local, and tribal through:
• Onsite technical assistance
• Information sharing
• Offsite technical assistance
(via telephone, e-mail,
Internet, distance learning,
etc.)
• Conferences, workshop, and
training events (agenda
development, speaker
identification, and logistical
support)
• Peer-to-peer information
exchange and mentoring
(individual, group, or
jurisdictionwide)
• Publication drafting and
dissemination
• Curriculum development
• GTTAC – GJXDM Training
and Technical Assistance
Committee
Types of TTA;
• Problem assessment
• Strategic planning and
development
• Program sustainability
• Cutting-edge practice(s)
documentation and
identification
• Evidence-based practice(s)
identification and
development
• Team building and
collaboration
• Community partnership
development
• Staff development
• Resource identification and
management
• Information management
• Program evaluation
http://it.ojp.gov/topic.jsp?topic_id=247
Examples of BJA Information Sharing Projects:
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28 CFR Part 23
Applying Security Practices
CAD/RMS Functional Specs and IEPDs
Capabilities Assessment Toolkit
CISAnet
Executive Intelligence Training
Federated ID/Privilege Management
Fusion Center Guidelines
Gang Information Sharing Initiative
GJXDM
GJXDM Policy Academy
GJXDM Tools (SSGT, Listserv, Bugzilla, etc.)
GJXDM User's Conference/Implementer's
Course/Executive Briefing
GJXDM User's Guide
IEPD Clearinghouse
IEPD Guidelines
JIEM Tool
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Justice Reference Architecture
Justice Resources CD
Justice Standards Clearinghouse (JSC)
Knowledgebase/Helpdesk
NCISP
NIEM
NMVTIS
NSOPR
NVPS
Pegasus
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Privacy Policy Development Guide
Promoting SOA
Regional Sharing Initiatives
RISS
SAVIN guidelines
Technical Assistance
Training and Outreach
LEITS Council
Promote, facilitate, and
encourage the development
and adoption of IT standards
for the Law Enforcement
community
www.iacptechnology.org
BJA Resource CD
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Fusion Center Guidelines
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Privacy Policy Development
Guide
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Global JXDM Information
Exchange Packaged
Documentation (IEPD)
Guidelines
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Global JXDM User’s Guide
(SEARCH)
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Funding Justice Information
Sharing (NCSL)
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Sharing Justice Information: A
Capability Assessment Toolkit
(SUNY-CTG)
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Monographs
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Success Stories
http://www.it.ojp.gov/jsr
http://it.ojp.gov/iepd/
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/
26 Federal Agencies
Funding Opportunities
http://www.grants.gov
CFDA# 16.580
BJA-2007-1627
Eligible Applicants
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Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
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Small businesses
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For profit organizations other than small businesses
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City or township governments
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Private institutions of higher education
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County governments
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Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
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State governments
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Special district governments
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Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of
higher education
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Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
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Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal
governments)
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Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher
education
Funding Categories
• CATEGORY I:
TARGETING VIOLENT CRIME
• CATEGORY II:
PREVENTING CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE
• CATEGORY III:
ENHANCING LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT
• CATEGORY IV:
ENHANCING LOCAL COURTS
• CATEGORY V:
ENHANCING LOCAL CORRECTIONS
• CATEGORY VI:
FACILITATING JUSTICE INFORMATION
SHARING
CATEGORY
I: TARGETING
VIOLENT
CRIME who:
Priority
consideration
will be given
to applicants
Applicants are solicited under Category I to:
1)
document
via Uniform Crime
Reports
(UCR) data a
• Establish
an intelligence-led,
data-driven,
multi-jurisdictional
recent increase
in violent
crime rates;
response
to violent crime
and gangs.
• Applicants
must
document
existing or proposed
2)
document
a history
oran
commitment
to formmulti-agency,
a multimulti-jurisdictional
partnership,
jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary violent crime response;
• Required to have an ongoing partnership with at least one
3) federal
demonstrate
a data-driven
law enforcement
agency analysis capacity or a
• e.g., the DrugtoEnforcement
Administration; Federal
Bureau
willingness
adopt intelligence-led
policing
forof
Investigation;
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms
and Explosives;
planning
and
implementing
violent
crime
initiatives;
U.S. Marshals Service; or the relevant U.S. Attorney's Office
and
throughout the project period.
• Must
a state, local,
law enforcement
agency,
4)
use be
a minimum
of or
10tribal
percent
of grant funds
for justice
information sharing related to the proposed violent
• Combined
populations-served totals may be used to increase
crime
problem.
available funds.
CATEGORY II: PREVENTING CRIME AND DRUG ABUSE
Applications are solicited under Category II to:
• prevent crime and drug abuse in the United States.
• Key priorities include:
• crime prevention efforts designed to reach residents through
proven media campaign(s),
• Neighborhood Watch capacity-building tools, coordination of
crime prevention practitioners,
• crime prevention materials and resources for practitioners,
projects that can be implemented and replicated in
communities and schools, and
• programs that help build partnerships among law enforcement,
youth, and youth-serving organizations.
CATEGORY III: ENHANCING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Applications are solicited under Category III to:
• improve or enhance the administration and operations of the
law enforcement function in local adult criminal justice
systems.
• Key priorities include local, regional, and/or national projects
that address law enforcement
• officer safety,
• improving crime scene investigation,
• tactical training,
• training to support volunteer programs within law enforcement,
• drug- and alcohol-impaired driving prevention efforts,local antigang programs, and
• gun violence intervention and enforcement.
CATEGORY IV: ENHANCING LOCAL COURTS
Applicants are solicited under Category IV to:
• improve or enhance the administration and operations of
the court function in local adult criminal justice systems.
• Key priorities include:
• improving the effectiveness of the prosecutorial function,
• training for judicial officers,
• court management and
• improvement efforts including automation, and support for
court problem-solving efforts such as mental health courts.
CATEGORY V: ENHANCING LOCAL CORRECTIONS
Applicants are solicited under Category V to:
• improve or enhance the administration and operations
of the corrections function and offender reentry
initiatives in local adult criminal justice systems.
• Key priorities include:
• improving the effectiveness of offender reentry,
• improving the ability of community corrections to hold
offenders accountable, and
• efforts to improve the efficiency of institutional and
community corrections.
CATEGORY VI:
FACILITATING JUSTICE
INFORMATION SHARING
Applicants are solicited under Category VI to:
• improve or enhance the sharing of information within the
criminal justice system.
• Key priorities include:
• improving the sharing and use of criminal intelligence within
law enforcement,
• developing common standards to facilitate information sharing
within the justice system,
• providing technical assistance to improve justice information
sharing, and
• enhancing or developing local, regional, and/or national
systems to improve information sharing within and among
regions and states.
David P. Lewis
Senior Policy Advisor
Justice Information Sharing
DOJ/OJP/BJA
[email protected]
202-616-7829