# BJA FY 2024 Enhancing Correctional Practices to Protect Vulnerable People: Technical Assistance and Microgrant Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-bja-2024-172047-bja-fy-2024-enhancing-correctional-practices-to-protect/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353062

> Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grants of up to $2.5 million to nonprofits, colleges and universities, small businesses and businesses. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on June 13, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-BJA-2024-172047 |
| Agency | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 13, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $2.5 million |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.735 |

## Who can apply

- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- 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
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses

## What the grant funds

With this solicitation, BJA will award one cooperative agreement to fund an organization to administer a competitive microgrant program and provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to agencies working to protect vulnerable people in prisons, jails, and other confinement settings, and to reduce reliance on restrictive or punitive approaches. Vulnerable people include, but are not limited to, those with one or more physical disability, severe/persistent mental illness, or who are LGBTQ+, youthful inmates in adult facilities, blind, deaf, or non-English speaking.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-BJA-2024-172047 still open?

No. It closed on June 13, 2024.

### Who can apply for BJA FY 2024 Enhancing Correctional Practices to Protect Vulnerable People: Technical Assistance and Microgrant Program?

Bureau of Justice Assistance accepted applications from nonprofits, colleges and universities, small businesses and businesses.

### What is the deadline for BJA FY 2024 Enhancing Correctional Practices to Protect Vulnerable People: Technical Assistance and Microgrant Program?

Closed June 13, 2024. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $2.5 million each.

### Who has won PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation  grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Impact Justice, The Urban Institute, Community Resources for Justice, Inc. The program made 176 awards worth $35.5 million in that time.