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Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2015 4095

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 15 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation 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 Mar 12, 2015 and posted on Feb 19, 2015.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 21, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $175,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 18 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education City or township governments Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) County governments.
• Eligible entities to serve as fiscal agent include states, units of local governments, non profit organizations (including tribal non profit organizations), and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.For this solicitation, community is defined broadly as a geographic area that has social meaning to residents. In urban areas, the term community may be used interchangeably with neighborhood to describe a specific geographic area that is delineated by major streets or physical topography. In urban areas, a community is typically less than two miles wide, while in rural and tribal areas it is often larger and part of an entire county.The BCJI application requires a consortium of partners (hereinafter referred to as cross sector partnership ) to plan or implement a targeted strategy addressing crime in a specific community. The cross sector partnership must designate one eligible entity to serve as the fiscal agent.1 The fiscal agent must ensure that the cross sector partnership is committed to and can successfully oversee key enforcement, prevention, intervention, and community engagement strategies AND access and analyze key data (crime and other) with regular input from the research and law enforcement agency partners.The fiscal agent will oversee coordination of the cross sector partnership and manage any subawards for services. The fiscal agent will be legally responsible for complying with all applicable federal rules and regulations in receiving and expending federal funds. The application must demonstrate that the fiscal agent has the capacity, commitment, and community support to serve as fiscal agent. The fiscal agent must demonstrate such capacity by1 Throughout this solicitation, fiscal agent and applicant are used interchangeably.BJA 2015 40952showing experience engaging residents as well as core criminal justice and other partners in the implementation and sustainment of community justice strategies, especially in the targeted area.Jurisdictions are strongly encouraged to coordinate with and seek the support of their local U.S. Attorney and local policymakers.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.

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