Federal grant programs / Department of Justice

Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (16.817)

Also known as BCJI

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$26.5 million
• Grant awards34
• Typical award$998,528
• Awarded in FY 2025-$892,122
• Size rank1,226 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants (discretionary)

Key findings

• It is the 1226th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 79% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 22 states and territories.

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Reduce crime and improve community safety through cross-sector partnerships and using data-driven strategies. Program goal(s) description: Through a two-phase process, jurisdictions develop an Action Plan that describes specific hot spots and crime drivers; use of various data sources to understand and prioritize crime hot spots; and a direct link between the strategies proposed and the crime drivers analyzed. During the second phase partners implement the strategies identified in Action Plan and develop a sustainability strategy for longer-term implementation. Program objective(s) name: Assess, develop, and implement coordinated strategy to address crime challenges and sustain those efforts. Program objective(s) description: Identify a neighborhood with a concentration of crime hot spots which have for a period of time composed a significant proportion of crime or types of crime; Engage with residents and other partners, including coordination in the development or implementation of a comprehensive and coordinated strategic plan; Develop and/or implement a plan that outlines a set of strategies that offers a continuum of approaches to address crime drivers including enforcement, prevention, intervention, and revitalization strategies; Demonstrate commitment and a clear history of the partners, including the local law enforcement agency and a research partner or team, to support the data collection and analysis throughout the life of the grant; Demonstrate ability to hire and support a skilled lead site coordinator that will oversee and facilitate coordination and collaboration among criminal justice and service providers; Facilitate, as appropriate, collaboration with relevant local, state, or federal initiatives located in, adjacent, or overlapping the jurisdiction that addresses issues that relate to the crime issues identified; and support the planning, implementation and sustainment of the program through proactive program management tied to data analysis, program assessment, and leverage other funding and resources.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Planning and Implementation Award: up to $1 million

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 62% of the money, nonprofits 34% and colleges and universities 4.3%.

By state

13 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.