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Opportunity Summary:

The State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) Redesign grant opportunity is a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) discretionary funding announcement focused on modernizing and strengthening a long-running national data collection effort that tracks how felony cases move through state courts. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning BJS expects to be actively involved with the recipient during the redesign work rather than simply issuing funds with minimal federal engagement. The overall goal is to redesign SCPS in a way that improves the project and expands or enhances its data collection capabilities so the resulting statistics remain useful, timely, and methodologically sound for understanding felony case processing in large U.S. jurisdictions.

SCPS itself is described as a recurring data collection program built around a sample of 40 large urban counties. These counties are selected to represent the 75 most populous counties in the United States, which is important because large counties handle a substantial share of felony caseloads and often reflect complex justice system operations. The project tracks roughly 15,000 felony cases that are filed on specific sampling days in May of every even-numbered year. After filing, each sampled case is followed for up to one year, allowing the program to capture key decision points and outcomes from the initial filing period through pretrial stages and, when applicable, adjudication and sentencing within that one-year window.

The opportunity emphasizes the breadth of information SCPS collects and therefore the types of improvements a redesign might target. Data elements include the current arrest charges as well as defendant demographic characteristics, which can be essential for describing who is entering the felony court system and for examining case processing patterns. It also includes prior arrests and convictions, along with the defendant's criminal justice status at arrest, which can capture whether the person was already under supervision or had other justice-related conditions at the time of the new arrest. On the pretrial side, SCPS captures whether the defendant was released or detained, the type of release mechanism used, and bail amount where applicable. It also records court appearance information, which speaks to compliance with conditions of release and can influence later court decisions. Finally, the dataset includes adjudication outcomes and, if a conviction occurs, the sentence imposed, giving a view of how cases ultimately resolve within the tracking period.

Administratively, the funding opportunity number is 2008 BJS 1833, and the title is State Court Processing Statistics (SCPS) Redesign. It falls under the funding activity category of Information and Statistics and is associated with CFDA number 16.734 (Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies). BJS anticipated making one award under this solicitation. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which can lower barriers to participation for organizations that may not have access to non-federal matching funds.

Eligibility is broad, allowing both nonprofit and for-profit (commercial) organizations to apply. A key condition is that for-profit recipients must follow Office of Justice Programs (OJP) fiscal rules that prohibit earning profit from the award or charging a management fee for performing the work. The solicitation was posted on April 14, 2008, with the closing date set for May 15, 2008, and it was later archived on June 14, 2008, reflecting that it is a past opportunity rather than an active one.

For applicants needing help accessing the full program announcement, the contact listed is Lisa Price Grear, Program Analyst, reachable by phone at 202-616-3561.

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