Email updatesATTENTION: $71 Million Available in Funding for Preventing School Violence!
BJA recently posted the FY2020 Preventing School Violence: STOP School Violence solicitation. This solicitation is designed to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. The program’s objective is to increase school safety by implementing training to improve school climate, school threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students; technological solutions, such as anonymous reporting technology that can be implemented as a mobile phone-based app, a hotline, or a website in the applicant’s geographic area to enable students, teachers, faculty, and community members to anonymously identify threats of school violence; or other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. The available funding for this solicitation is approximately $71 million.
You can find the funding announcement here: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2020-17312.
BJA will host another funding webinar on April 30 at 1:00 PM EDT. Interested applicants can register for the webinar at: https://ncss.catalog.instructure.com/courses/psvb2w0420
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, Office on Violence Against Women, and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services post new solicitations for grant funding opportunities daily, many of which are open to Native American Tribes and Tribal Consortia, as well as Alaska Native Villages. Funding opportunities can be found online at the URLs provided below:
National Institute of Justice New Grant Opportunities
Office for Victims of Crime Announces New Grant Opportunities
Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention New Grant Opportunities
Office for Community Oriented Policing Services New Grant Opportunities
Office of Violence Against Women New Grant Opportunities
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Solicitation, FAQs, Fact Sheet for CTAS FY-2020:
Solicitation
Application Quick Start Guide
General FAQs
General Fact Sheet
General Templates for CTAS FY-2020:
Sample Application Timeline Template
Sample Application Cover Sheet Template
Sample Tribal Community & Justice Profile Template
Purpose Area Specific Narrative Templates for CTAS FY-2020:
Sample Purpose Area #1 COPS Office
Sample Purpose Area #2 BJA, COPS Office, OVC, OJJDP, OVW
Sample Purpose Area #3 BJA
Sample Purpose Area #4 BJA
Sample Purpose Area #5 OVW
Sample Purpose Area #6 OVC
Sample Purpose Area #8 OJJDP
Sample Purpose Area #9 OJJDP
*“Purpose Area 7 is not included in CTAS this year. OVC will be funding a comprehensive victim services solicitation in FY 2020, however, it will be a stand-alone solicitation not included in CTAS.”
Legal Documents for CTAS FY-2020:
Assurances
Certifications
Additional Requirements
Supplanting Guidelines
Table of Statutory Authorities
Purpose-Area Specific Fact Sheets for CTAS FY-2020:
Purpose Area #1 COPS Office
Purpose Area #2 BJA, COPS, OVC, OJJDP, OVW
Purpose Area #3 BJA
Purpose Area #4 BJA
Purpose Area #5 OVW
Purpose Area #6 OVC
Purpose Area #8 OJJDP
Purpose Area #9 OJJDP
*“Purpose Area 7 is not included in CTAS this year. OVC will be funding a comprehensive victim services solicitation in FY 2020, however, it will be a stand-alone solicitation not included in CTAS.”
Miscellaneous Documents for CTAS FY-2020:
CTAS FY-2020 Pre-application Webinar Schedule
OVW-PA #5 Required Pre-Award Risk Assessment Questions
Sample Performance Measures
COPS Office-PA #1 Allowable Costs List
OVW-PA #5 Sample Letter of Support
OVW-PA #5 Confidentiality Notice Form
Human Subjects Form
Privacy Certificate Form
Past Successful Application Packet
Grant Opportunities
To improve the crime-fighting and criminal justice administration capabilities of tribal, state, and local governments, we must ensure that tribes and communities have access to additional resources. Provided are links to funding opportunities available from The Justice Department and from the federal government.
Grants.gov
The federal government has established Grants.gov, which is the single access point for competitive discretionary funding opportunities offered by all federal agencies. Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for more than $400 billion in Federal grants.
Office of Justice Programs
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that provides innovative leadership to federal, state, local, and tribal justice systems by disseminating state-of-the art knowledge and practices across America, and providing grants for the implementation of these crime fighting strategies.
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
COPS — the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services — is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice that advances the practice of community policing in America’s state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies.
Office on Violence Against Women
The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, is to provide federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.