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The National Pretrial Reporting Program (NPRP) grant opportunity is a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) initiative to build the next generation of national data collection on how pretrial release works in state courts, including outcomes such as misconduct while on release. The purpose is largely developmental: BJS is looking for a recipient to design, refine, and test practical strategies for collecting standardized, case-level pretrial information from state trial courts in a way that supports reliable national estimates. In other words, the award is intended to fund the groundwork needed to launch a new long-term statistical series, not just a one-time study.

NPRP is explicitly intended to replace the older State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) program, which served as BJSs primary series on state-court pretrial processing for many years but had major limitations in coverage. Historically, SCPS drew from a sample of felony defendants whose cases were filed during the month of May, and it focused only on the 75 most populous U.S. counties. It did not cover misdemeanor or other non-felony defendants, it excluded filings from the rest of the year, and it left out jurisdictions outside those largest counties. SCPS was conducted every two years from 1988 through 2006. NPRP represents a major shift away from that narrow frame toward a broader, more inclusive approach.

The central goal of NPRP is to expand beyond large counties and generate national estimates on pretrial release and misconduct in state courts. To get there, the successful applicant is expected to carry out a design and development effort that produces a defensible plan for a nationally representative sample of state trial courts. This means working through the technical and operational details that make a national statistical program feasible: identifying what key pretrial measures should be captured, determining how those measures can be consistently obtained from court records and related justice system sources, testing collection procedures, and resolving challenges that arise from differences in local court practices, terminology, and data systems. A major deliverable is an implementation plan that lays out how the first wave of NPRP data collection would actually be conducted, including processes, staffing approaches, timelines, and quality assurance methods.

The award is offered as a discretionary cooperative agreement under the BJS information and statistics activity area, which typically implies close coordination with the federal agency during the project period. The anticipated project length is 20 months. The funding opportunity number is BJS-2012-3323, and the maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $350,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed.

Eligibility is broad across organizational types but includes a specific condition for for-profit applicants. Eligible applicants include for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, and consortia. The solicitation language also notes eligibility for entities with 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. For-profit organizations are required to agree to forego any profit or management fee. The CFDA number associated with this opportunity is 16.734 (Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies).

Key administrative details included in the posting are: it was posted and created on April 25, 2012; the application closing date was June 8, 2012; and the archive date was July 8, 2012. BJS anticipated making one award under this solicitation (even though an "ExpectedAwards: 7" field appears in the source data, the narrative description states one award for the 20-month period). For technical issues accessing the full announcement, the contact listed is Cathy Maston, Program Analyst, at 202-307-5992.

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