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O-BJA-2023-171458: BJA FY 2022- 2023 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation

Closed Closed March 13, 2023 Opportunity O-BJA-2023-171458 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program (O-BJA-2026-172793). Status: Closes December 1, 2026 (24 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$29.2 million
• Total funding$258 million
• Expected awards56
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Only states may apply under this solicitation, and states must designate a single State Administering Agency (SAA) that has authority to apply on their behalf. For the purposes of Byrne SCIP, the term “states” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. (Throughout this solicitation, each reference to a “state” or “states” includes all 56 jurisdictions.) The expected eligible allocations by state for fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023 Byrne SCIP can be found at: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/fy-2022-2023-byrne-scip-allocations.pdf. Note: This solicitation combines the funds available for FY 2022 and FY 2023. Only one application per state should be submitted. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. Subrecipients may include but are not limited to courts (state, county, local, and tribal), institutes of higher learning, law enforcement, supervision agencies, prosecutors, public defenders, behavioral health, emergency communications, etc. Additional information can be found in the Byrne SCIP Frequently Asked Questions at https://bja.ojp.gov/doc/byrne-scip-faq.pdf.

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program awards averaged $414,240; this notice allows up to $29.2 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (87% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP) provides funding for the creation and/or implementation of extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives. Background On June 25, 2022, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 into law to reduce gun violence and save lives, and to make progress toward keeping guns out of dangerous hands. In signing the bill into law, the President noted that this historic act "invests in antiviolence programs that work — that work directly with the people who are most likely to commit these crimes or become victims of gun crimes." An extreme risk protection order (ERPO) is a common-sense, effective measure to empower family members, health care providers, school officials, or law enforcement officers to petition a court to temporarily prevent a person from accessing firearms if they are found to be a danger to themselves or others (see the June 7, 2022, Statement of Administration Policy). In 2021, the Department of Justice released model legislation to help states create their own extreme risk protection order systems and provide for such intervention before warning signs turn into tragedy. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act also seeks to ensure that extreme risk protection order laws — commonly referred to as "red flag laws" — and programs are implemented in accordance with the Constitution and provide for adequate due process protections. Programs must ensure the accused has the right to an in-person hearing, the right to know opposing evidence, and the right to be represented by counsel at no expense to the government.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-BJA-2026-172793, which is open now.

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