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O-BJA-2023-171798: BJA FY 23 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Training and Technical Assistance

Closed Closed July 31, 2023 Opportunity O-BJA-2023-171798 ☆ 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 2023.

• Award ceiling$750,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits, colleges and universities and tribes.

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than 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

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program awards averaged $414,240; this notice allows up to $750,000 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 Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program is a strategic approach to crime reduction that leverages community knowledge and expertise and focuses efforts on neighborhoods where crime is concentrated, which may also have crime "hotspots," micro-locations where crime is focused. After years of disinvestment, these neighborhoods have faced increasing crime and a range of challenges that contribute to increased risk for crime problems, so BCJI employs a multifaceted approach that addresses root causes of crime in order to generate sustainable long-term impacts. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund one provider to support community leaders from BCJI sites and their law enforcement partners by delivering a wide range of training and technical assistance (TTA) services designed to build trust and promote coordination of community-based crime prevention and reduction efforts with enforcement strategies. The selected TTA provider will support all current BCJI grantees to plan and implement data-driven, cross-sector strategies to reduce crime and violence, and will also work with current and former leaders and researchers in BCJI sites to document lessons learned and research supported over the last decade of this initiative. The results of the BCJI sites’ efforts will be shared widely to assist other communities with improving and enhancing their crime reduction efforts. This program focuses on high crime communities experiencing increases in crime in locations that are distressed and hotspots of crime.

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.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.