Opportunity Information: Apply for 2011 BJS 2994
Apply for 2011 BJS 2994
- The Bureau of Justice Statistics in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.734 Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 29, 2011 and posted on Mar 29, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 27, 2011. (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 $1,200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Applicants are limited to for profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faithbased and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortia with demonstrated organization and community based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including tribal for profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. However, consistent with OJP fiscal requirements, for profit organizations are not allowed to make a profit as a result of this award or to charge a management fee for the performance of this award.
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Opportunity Summary:
The 2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 2011 BJS 2994) was a discretionary funding program released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to support the design, development, and implementation of the 2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS). The central purpose of the award was to produce a national statistical picture of how indigent defense services are provided across the United States, focusing on both state-level systems and local jurisdictions. In practice, this meant building a data collection effort that could gather consistent, comparable information on the structure, resources, and delivery of public defense for people who cannot afford an attorney, and then turning those collected data into usable statistics for policymakers, researchers, and justice stakeholders.
The award was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically signals a closer working relationship between the funding agency and the recipient than a standard grant. Under this structure, the selected awardee would be expected not only to carry out the technical work of survey development and data collection, but also to coordinate closely with BJS on methodological decisions, instrument design, data standards, and reporting expectations. The funding activity category was "Information and Statistics," and the opportunity was tied to CFDA 16.734 (Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies), reinforcing that the primary deliverable was high-quality national statistical data rather than direct service provision.
BJS anticipated making a single award under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $1,200,000 and no cost sharing or matching requirement. The solicitation was posted on March 29, 2011, with an application deadline of May 27, 2011, and it was later archived on June 26, 2011. Because only one award was expected, applicants needed to demonstrate that they could manage a complex, nationwide survey effort end-to-end, including planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection operations, quality control, and the production of final datasets and analytic outputs.
Eligibility was relatively broad but still targeted to organizations with the capacity to execute a large-scale statistical collection. Eligible applicants included for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortia. The eligibility language also highlighted the value of demonstrated organizational and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities, including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia. That emphasis suggests BJS wanted to ensure the survey design and implementation could appropriately include and reflect jurisdictions and systems serving tribal communities, where indigent defense structures and governance can differ significantly from those in state and local settings.
A key restriction applied to for-profit entities: consistent with Office of Justice Programs (OJP) fiscal requirements, a for-profit recipient could not earn profit from the award or charge a management fee for performing the work. This condition is common in certain federal cooperative agreements and is intended to ensure that federal funds are used strictly for allowable project costs tied to carrying out the survey and producing the statistical deliverables.
Overall, the opportunity funded a national measurement effort: creating a survey instrument (and associated methodology) capable of capturing how indigent defense is organized and resourced across varied jurisdictions, collecting the information systematically, and producing credible statistics that could support oversight, planning, and research. Questions about accessing the full announcement were directed to Lisa Price Grear, Program Analyst at BJS, at 202-616-3561.
FAQs: 2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense (NSIDS) Grant (BJS)
What is this grant opportunity?
This was a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) discretionary funding opportunity titled the "2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense" (Funding Opportunity Number 2011 BJS 2994). It funded the design, development, and implementation of the 2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS).
What was the main purpose of the award?
The central purpose was to produce a national statistical picture of how indigent defense services are provided across the United States, covering both state-level systems and local jurisdictions. The intent was to gather consistent, comparable information and turn it into usable national statistics for policymakers, researchers, and justice stakeholders.
What does "indigent defense" mean in the context of this opportunity?
In this opportunity, indigent defense refers to public defense services for people who cannot afford an attorney. The survey effort was aimed at documenting how those services are structured, resourced, and delivered across different jurisdictions.
What kinds of activities and deliverables were expected under the award?
Based on the opportunity description, the award supported an end-to-end national data collection effort, including survey design and development, methodological planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection operations, quality control, and the production of final datasets and analytic/statistical outputs.
Was this a grant or a cooperative agreement?
The award was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates a closer working relationship between BJS and the recipient than a standard grant.
What does it mean that the award was a cooperative agreement?
Under the cooperative agreement structure described, the selected awardee would be expected to coordinate closely with BJS on methodological decisions, instrument design, data standards, and reporting expectations, in addition to performing the technical work of developing and implementing the survey.
What was the funding activity category?
The funding activity category was "Information and Statistics."
What CFDA number was associated with this opportunity?
The opportunity was tied to CFDA 16.734 (Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies).
What was the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling was $1,200,000.
How many awards did BJS anticipate making?
BJS anticipated making a single award under this solicitation.
Was there any cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The opportunity stated that there was no cost sharing or matching requirement.
When was the solicitation posted?
The solicitation was posted on March 29, 2011.
What was the application deadline?
The application deadline was May 27, 2011.
When was the opportunity archived?
The opportunity was later archived on June 26, 2011.
Who was eligible to apply?
Eligibility was broad and included for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher learning, and consortia.
Did the eligibility language mention anything about tribal communities?
Yes. The eligibility language highlighted the value of demonstrated organizational and community-based experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities. It referenced tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations, tribal colleges and universities, and tribal consortia.
Why did the opportunity emphasize experience with American Indian and Alaska Native communities?
The description suggests BJS wanted the survey design and implementation to appropriately include and reflect jurisdictions and systems serving tribal communities, where indigent defense structures and governance can differ from state and local settings.
What restriction applied to for-profit recipients?
Consistent with Office of Justice Programs (OJP) fiscal requirements, a for-profit recipient could not earn profit from the award or charge a management fee for performing the work.
What was the overall focus of the funded project?
The focus was national measurement and statistics: creating a survey instrument and methodology that could capture how indigent defense is organized and resourced across varied jurisdictions, collecting the information systematically, and producing credible statistics to support oversight, planning, and research.
Was this opportunity intended to fund direct legal services?
The description frames the primary deliverable as high-quality national statistical data (Information and Statistics; CFDA 16.734), rather than direct service provision.
What capacity did applicants need to demonstrate, given only one award was expected?
Because only one award was expected, applicants needed to show they could manage a complex nationwide survey effort end-to-end, including planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection operations, quality control, and producing final datasets and analytic outputs.
Who could be contacted with questions about accessing the full announcement?
Questions about accessing the full announcement were directed to Lisa Price Grear, Program Analyst at BJS, at 202-616-3561.
What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this solicitation?
The Funding Opportunity Number was 2011 BJS 2994.
What is the name of the survey supported by this award?
The award supported the 2011 National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems (NSIDS).
What types of jurisdictions were the survey intended to cover?
The survey was intended to cover both state-level indigent defense systems and local jurisdictions across the United States, producing comparable information across varied settings.
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