The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding to provide assistance and training and translate knowledge to enhance the use of data and research to understand and target priority crime issues, identify and implement proven and effective practices with fidelity, analyze performance and outcomes to enhance approaches, and support further research.
Sponsoring Agency: U.S. Department of Justice
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/22/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $500,000 to $1 Million
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for funding to provide assistance and training and translate knowledge to enhance the use of data and research to understand and target priority crime issues, identify and implement proven and effective practices with fidelity, analyze performance and outcomes to enhance approaches, and support further research.
This program is managed in coordination with other BJA training and technical assistance (TTA) partners in the Smart Suite programs and supports building partnerships between researchers and practitioners locally to improve outcomes, programs, and communities in a set of Smart Suite site-based programs.
Goal
The goal of the Smart Suite TTA Program is to support the development, enhancement, and translation of research and knowledge of researcher-practitioner partnerships in each of the Smart Suite programs.
Objectives
The objectives are to coordinate, manage, facilitate, and support training and technical assistance to support:
• Establishing or expanding evidence-based practices in all of the Smart Suite programs.
• Collecting and analyzing criminal justice and public safety data.
• Using data to identify criminal justice- and public safety-related problems.
• Assessing implementation fidelity.
• Measuring program outcomes.
• Using data to determine program effectiveness.
• Evidence translation and how to communicate findings to diverse audiences.
• Making recommendations for program improvement and sustainability.
• Developing "real-time" products and resources for strategic decisionmaking.
• Tracking and supporting dissemination of research and knowledge in the Smart Suite Program.
• Communicating with a wide variety of audiences.
Funding Information
• Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $750,000.00
• Period of Performance Duration (Months): 24
Eligibility Criteria
• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• For profit organizations other than small businesses
For-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal organizations), faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) with demonstrated expertise in providing and coordinating training and technical assistance for partnerships between researchers and practitioners are eligible. In addition, the applicant must show the capacity to provide technical expertise in implementing action research partnerships between local criminal justice researchers and practitioners in multiple criminal justice subject matter areas.
More information at: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333651
Eligible Countries:
United States
