Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2012 3313
Apply for BJA 2012 3313
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 12 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Training and Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.817 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 7, 2012 and posted on May 7, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 20, 2012. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible applicants are limited to any national nonprofit organization, for profit (commercial) organization, or institution of higher learning that have expertise and experience in managing training and technical assistance for multifaceted place based, community oriented, problem solving justice programs that improve outcomes in distressed communities. In addition, the applicant must show the capacity to provide technical expertise in implementing action research partnerships between local criminal justice researchers and practitioners. Applicants are strongly encouraged to partner with other organizations to submit joint applications for the required services and deliverables. For profit organizations must agree to waive any profit or fees for services. BJA may elect to make awards for applications submitted under this solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations in future years.
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Opportunity Summary:
The BJA FY 12 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to select a single national TTA partner to help launch and support the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) initiative. BCJI is built around the idea that crime is often concentrated in small geographic areas, sometimes described as hot spots, and that focusing coordinated resources in those places can produce outsized public safety gains. At the same time, the initiative is not limited to enforcement or short term suppression. It is designed to pair targeted, evidence based crime reduction strategies with community driven neighborhood revitalization work that strengthens the conditions that help prevent crime over the long run.
At its core, BCJI funds place based, community oriented strategies in distressed neighborhoods, bringing together local and tribal leaders, criminal justice agencies, researchers, service providers from multiple sectors, and community members. The goal is to reduce and prevent crime while improving residents quality of life. The program reflects two decades of research and practice showing that strategies work best when they are grounded in data about local crime patterns, when they address drivers of crime and disorder, and when communities have the capacity to collaborate and sustain progress. The initiative explicitly emphasizes strengthening neighborhood conditions that influence crime, including physical disorder, socioeconomic status and access to resources, and collective efficacy, meaning the communitys ability to work together to solve problems and maintain informal social control.
The grant described in this announcement does not primarily fund local interventions directly. Instead, it funds the national organization (or partnership of organizations) that will provide training, hands on technical assistance, tools, and field resources to the local BCJI grantee sites. The selected TTA provider is expected to support two types of BCJI sites: implementation grantees, who will plan and carry out a place based crime strategy in a targeted neighborhood, and enhancement grantees, who already have a broader community initiative underway and will strengthen it by adding or deepening a place based, community oriented crime strategy as part of a neighborhood revitalization approach. In addition, the TTA provider must offer limited support to a group of unsuccessful applicants, helping them build capacity to compete for future resources and move toward readiness for place based crime reduction and revitalization work.
The expected TTA scope is wide and practical. It includes helping sites analyze local crime and disorder patterns, engage residents meaningfully, and refine strategies during an initial planning period. It also includes supporting the development of strong cross sector partnerships so that criminal justice efforts are aligned with services and neighborhood improvement activities. A key requirement is support for action research partnerships, linking local practitioners with researchers so sites can use data, research, and innovation to design, implement, and adjust their strategies. The TTA provider is also expected to help communities leverage additional resources, develop sustainability plans so work can continue beyond the grant period, and improve the collection and use of outcome and performance data so progress can be measured and lessons can be shared broadly.
BCJI is positioned within the Administrations broader Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI), which aims to coordinate place based federal investments and break down traditional funding silos. As part of that interagency approach, the Department of Justice intends to coordinate with and encourage alignment among local efforts and other federal programs, including those of HUD, the Department of Education, HHS, and the Department of the Treasury. As a result, the TTA partner should be prepared for coordination with federal interagency work and related technical assistance efforts, and for helping local sites navigate partnerships and alignment opportunities across systems such as housing, education, health, workforce, and community development.
From the funding and eligibility standpoint, this opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number BJA-2012-3313; CFDA 16.817) was posted May 7, 2012, with an application deadline of June 20, 2012, and an award ceiling of $1,000,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants are limited to national nonprofit organizations, for profit organizations, or institutions of higher education that can demonstrate experience managing TTA for multifaceted, place based, community oriented, problem solving justice initiatives in distressed communities. Applicants also must show they can provide technical expertise in establishing and supporting action research partnerships between criminal justice researchers and practitioners. Partnerships and joint applications are strongly encouraged to cover the full range of required services and deliverables, and for profit entities must agree to waive any profit or fees for services. The solicitation also notes that BJA may make awards based on applications submitted under this announcement in future fiscal years, depending on application merit and future appropriations.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the BJA FY 12 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program?
This is a discretionary grant opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to select a single national training and technical assistance (TTA) partner to help launch and support the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) initiative.
2) What is the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) initiative?
BCJI is a place-based initiative built on the idea that crime is often concentrated in small geographic areas (often called hot spots). It supports coordinated, evidence-based crime reduction strategies in targeted locations while also pairing those strategies with community-driven neighborhood revitalization work intended to improve long-term conditions that help prevent crime.
3) Is BCJI focused only on enforcement or short-term suppression?
No. BCJI is designed to go beyond enforcement and short-term suppression by combining targeted, evidence-based crime reduction strategies with neighborhood revitalization activities that strengthen long-term crime prevention conditions.
4) What kinds of approaches does BCJI fund at the local level?
BCJI funds place-based, community-oriented strategies in distressed neighborhoods. These efforts bring together local and tribal leaders, criminal justice agencies, researchers, service providers from multiple sectors, and community members to reduce and prevent crime and improve residents' quality of life.
5) What does BCJI emphasize about how strategies should be developed and sustained?
BCJI reflects research and practice indicating strategies work best when they are grounded in data about local crime patterns, address drivers of crime and disorder, and are supported by community capacity to collaborate and sustain progress.
6) What neighborhood conditions does BCJI explicitly emphasize strengthening?
The initiative emphasizes neighborhood conditions that influence crime, including physical disorder, socioeconomic status and access to resources, and collective efficacy (the community's ability to work together to solve problems and maintain informal social control).
7) Does this specific grant primarily fund local crime reduction interventions?
No. This solicitation primarily funds a national organization (or partnership of organizations) to provide training, hands-on technical assistance, tools, and field resources to local BCJI grantee sites rather than directly funding local intervention activities.
8) Who will the selected TTA provider support?
The selected TTA provider is expected to support two types of local BCJI sites: implementation grantees and enhancement grantees. The provider must also offer limited support to a group of unsuccessful applicants.
9) What are BCJI implementation grantees?
Implementation grantees are sites that will plan and carry out a place-based crime strategy in a targeted neighborhood.
10) What are BCJI enhancement grantees?
Enhancement grantees are sites that already have a broader community initiative underway and will strengthen it by adding or deepening a place-based, community-oriented crime strategy as part of a neighborhood revitalization approach.
11) What support must be provided to unsuccessful applicants?
The TTA provider must offer limited support to a group of unsuccessful applicants to help them build capacity to compete for future resources and move toward readiness for place-based crime reduction and revitalization work.
12) What is included in the expected scope of training and technical assistance?
The expected scope includes practical support such as helping sites analyze local crime and disorder patterns, engage residents meaningfully, and refine strategies during an initial planning period. It also includes supporting cross-sector partnership development, action research partnerships, resource leveraging, sustainability planning, and improved collection and use of outcome and performance data.
13) What kinds of data and analysis support is the TTA provider expected to deliver?
The provider is expected to help sites analyze local crime and disorder patterns and improve the collection and use of outcome and performance data so progress can be measured and lessons can be shared broadly.
14) What does the solicitation say about community engagement?
The TTA provider is expected to help sites engage residents meaningfully as part of refining and implementing place-based strategies.
15) What does "cross-sector partnerships" mean in this solicitation?
It refers to building strong partnerships so criminal justice efforts are aligned with services and neighborhood improvement activities across multiple sectors (as described in the solicitation), supporting a neighborhood revitalization approach.
16) What are "action research partnerships" and why are they required?
Action research partnerships link local practitioners with researchers so sites can use data, research, and innovation to design, implement, and adjust their strategies. Supporting these partnerships is described as a key requirement for the TTA provider.
17) What is expected regarding sustainability beyond the grant period?
The TTA provider is expected to help communities develop sustainability plans so work can continue beyond the grant period and to help communities leverage additional resources.
18) How does BCJI relate to the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI)?
BCJI is positioned within the Administration's broader Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI), which aims to coordinate place-based federal investments and break down traditional funding silos.
19) Which federal agencies and programs may be relevant for coordination and alignment under this approach?
The Department of Justice intends to coordinate with and encourage alignment among local efforts and other federal programs, including those of HUD, the Department of Education, HHS, and the Department of the Treasury.
20) What coordination capabilities should the TTA partner be prepared to support?
The TTA partner should be prepared to coordinate with federal interagency work and related technical assistance efforts and help local sites navigate partnerships and alignment opportunities across systems such as housing, education, health, workforce, and community development.
21) What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA number?
Funding Opportunity Number: BJA-2012-3313. CFDA: 16.817.
22) When was this opportunity posted and what was the application deadline?
The opportunity was posted on May 7, 2012, and the application deadline was June 20, 2012.
23) What is the award ceiling for this opportunity?
The award ceiling listed in the solicitation is $1,000,000.
24) Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The solicitation states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
25) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants are limited to national nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, or institutions of higher education that can demonstrate experience managing TTA for multifaceted, place-based, community-oriented, problem-solving justice initiatives in distressed communities.
26) What experience must applicants demonstrate?
Applicants must demonstrate experience managing training and technical assistance for multifaceted, place-based, community-oriented, problem-solving justice initiatives in distressed communities.
27) What technical expertise must applicants demonstrate related to research?
Applicants must show they can provide technical expertise in establishing and supporting action research partnerships between criminal justice researchers and practitioners.
28) Are partnerships or joint applications allowed or encouraged?
Yes. Partnerships and joint applications are strongly encouraged to cover the full range of required services and deliverables.
29) Are there special conditions for for-profit applicants?
Yes. For-profit entities must agree to waive any profit or fees for services.
30) Will BJA only make awards in FY 2012?
Not necessarily. The solicitation notes that BJA may make awards based on applications submitted under this announcement in future fiscal years, depending on application merit and future appropriations.
31) How many TTA providers will be selected?
The announcement states BJA intends to select a single national TTA partner.
32) What is the overall goal of BCJI-supported work at the neighborhood level?
The goal is to reduce and prevent crime while improving residents' quality of life through place-based, community-oriented strategies and neighborhood revitalization efforts.
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