BJA FY24 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level Training and Technical Assistance | O BJA 2024 172152

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is offering a discretionary funding opportunity called "BJA FY24 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level Training and Technical Assistance." The purpose of this solicitation is to fund organizations that can serve as training and technical assistance (TTA) providers to help states carry out Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) work. In practice, that means supporting states as they analyze their criminal justice systems, identify the specific drivers of crime, incarceration, and recidivism, and then design and implement policy and practice changes that improve results.

JRI is described as a flexible, tailored, and data-driven approach. Instead of using a one-size-fits-all model, the initiative emphasizes customizing strategies to each state's unique challenges and the structure and dynamics of its criminal justice system. The overall goals are to enhance fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency across the system, while also reducing crime and recidivism. A major theme is better and more equitable allocation of resources, meaning states are supported in shifting time, staffing, programming, and funding toward interventions and policies that are shown through analysis to improve outcomes.

This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial federal involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 16.827. The agency is seeking to make an expected total of two awards, with an award ceiling of $8,106,761, indicating this is intended for large-scale, high-capacity providers that can deliver robust assistance across multiple states or at significant scale.

Eligibility is broad and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, small businesses, and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments). This range of eligible applicants signals BJA is open to partnerships and provider models that may include universities, research and evaluation organizations, technical assistance firms, and nonprofit intermediaries with deep criminal justice expertise.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-BJA-2024-172152, an original application closing date of July 18, 2024, and a posting/creation date of May 23, 2024. Overall, the solicitation centers on building state capacity through expert guidance, analytics, training, and implementation support so that states can adopt evidence-informed reforms that improve public safety outcomes while promoting greater equity and system efficiency.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level 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 2024-05-23.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-18. (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 $8,106,761.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have 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, Small businesses.

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