The following list of police grants was published by California Consulting, Inc.
BSCC - Edward Byrne State Crisis Intervention (SCIP) Grant Program Deadline: LOI due March 15th, full app due April 5, 2024
Eligible Applicants: Units of Local Government - Competitive applicants should demonstrate how they intend to implement new activities, strategies, or programs, OR expand existing activities, strategies, or programs.
Match: The Byrne SCIP Grant does not have a match requirement
Amount: $10,694,933 Program Total. An illustration of the funding categories, maximum grant awards, and total available funding by category is provided below:
Description: The goal of BSCC's Edward Byrne SCIP Grant is a mult-ipronged approach to decreasing gun violence in California, supporting local jurisdictions in their efforts to improve firearms relinquishment procedures and supporting the enhancement of collaborative court programs that address behavioral health issues, with a focus on people who are at higher risk for gun violence. Applicants must propose activities, strategies, or programs that address a minimum of one of the following Byrne SCIP Program Purpose Areas (PPAs) and include one or more related Program Activity:
● PPA 1: Communication, Education, Outreach, and Public Awareness;
● PPA 2: Behavioral health deflection for those at risk to themselves or others; ● PPA 3: Funding for law enforcement agencies to safely secure, store, track, and return relinquished guns.
Letter of Intent (LOI) to Apply: Prospective applicants are asked and encouraged, but not required, to submit a non-binding letter indicating their intent to apply. These letters will aid the BSCC in planning for the proposal evaluation process. Please submit the letter as a Microsoft Word or PDF file. There is no formal template for the Letter of Intent, but it should include the following information:
1) Name of the applicant city or county;
2) Name and title of a contact person; and
3) A brief statement indicating the applicant’s intent to submit a proposal.
*Note: Failure to submit a Letter of Intent is not grounds for disqualification. Prospective applicants that submit a Letter of Intent and decide later not to apply will not be penalized. Please email your LOIs by Friday, March 15, 2024.Please identify the email subject line as “Byrne SCIP Program Letter of Intent to Apply” and submit the letter to: [email protected].
Lead Public Agency (LPA): All applicants are required to designate an appropriate and willing LPA to serve as the coordinator for all grant activities. The LPA is a governmental agency with local authority within the applicant city or county. The applicant may choose to fill the role of LPA itself or it may designate a department, agency, or office under its jurisdiction to serve as the LPA. The role of the LPA is to coordinate with local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations to ensure successful implementation of the grant program. The LPA is responsible for data collection and management, invoices, meeting coordination (virtual and/or in-person) and will serve as the primary point of contact with the BSCC.
Grant Period: Proposals selected for funding will be under agreement with the BSCC from July 15, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The term of the Grant Agreement includes a two-year service delivery period and an additional two and a half months to finalize and submit the required Final Local Evaluation Report.
Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) Grant Program
Deadline: April 1, 2024
Amount: Up to $100,000
Match: No
Link: https://www.abc.ca.gov/enforcement/alcohol-policing-partnership/
The mission of the Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) Program is to work with law enforcement agencies to develop an effective, comprehensive and strategic approach to eliminating the crime and public nuisance problems associated with problem alcoholic beverage outlets. These grants will enable the selected agencies to expand their present efforts in addressing alcohol-related problems through a comprehensive ABC program that will encompass a wide range of strategies. Particular consideration will be given to those agencies that identify and emphasize a strong enforcement effort toward licensed establishments that operate in a disorderly manner, create an undue burden on law enforcement services, or contribute to quality-of-life problems for the surrounding community. Agencies are limited to submitting one proposal per agency.
U.S. Department of Justice: Community Policing Development (CPD) – Implementation of De-Escalation Training Act
Deadline: April 3, 2024 at 4:59 PM ET
Amount: up to $750,000
Match: No
Eligibility: Open to all for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit institutions, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations
Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/de-escalation_training_act
CPD is a competitive grant program designed to advance the practice of community policing by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The goal of the CPD – Implementation of De-Escalation Training Act solicitation is to develop and support a training approval program as specified in the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022. The project must focus on the development and pilot implementation of a standards-based approval process and promotion of its use and benefits to the law enforcement field.
Firehouse Subs LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT Grant
Previous Deadline: Quarter 3 2024: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Quarter 4 2024: Thursday, July 11, 2024
Quarter 1 2025: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Amount: $15,000 to $35,000
Match: No
Link: https://grants.firehousesubs.com/
The primary focus of the Life-Saving Equipment Grant revolves around providing first responders with the appropriate, quality much-needed equipment and technology to improve their life-saving capabilities. This includes, but is not limited to: License plate readers, Body cameras, Building exhaust removal systems, Crash data boxes; Dash Cams; Drones and drone accessories; Guns/Firearms/Use of Force equipment (e.g., riot gear, laser pointers/designators, tasers); Cardiac Science Powerheart G3 AEDs & Philips FR3 AEDs; Recording devices; Radar detectors; Traffic road barriers; Throw bots; Portable message signs; Narcan/TruNar analyzers; Shop sticks; Power load stretchers; and Security/Surveillance equipment.
US Department of Justice: Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program
Previous Deadline: April 30, 2024 at 4:59 PM ET
Amount: max of $200,000
Match: No
Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/lemhwa
The Fiscal Year 2023 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program funds are used to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs. The FY23 LEMHWA program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs. The FY23 LEMHWA program has two open solicitations:
· LEMHWA Implementation Projects
· LEMHWA National Level Resources, Training, and Technical Assistance
Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program Previous Deadline: Anticipated Application Open Date: March 1, 2024
Anticipated Application Deadline in FEMA GO: May 2, 2024
Amount: $50,000 to $2 million (typical grant size: $575,000)
Match: No
Link: https://www.dhs.gov/tvtpgrant
The TVTP Grant Program provides financial assistance to eligible applicants to develop sustainable, multidisciplinary targeted violence and terrorism prevention capabilities in local communities, to pilot innovative prevention approaches, and to identify prevention best practices that can be replicated in communities across the country. All projects submitted to the TVTP Grant Program must meet the objectives of the program as outlined below: • Implementing Prevention Capabilities in Small and Mid-Sized Communities; • Advancing Equity in Awards and Engaging Underserved Communities in Prevention; • Addressing Online Aspects of Targeted Violence and Terrorism;
• Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism; and
• Enhancing Local Threat Assessmen\t and Management Capabilities.
Reducing Recidivism
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $25,000
Match: No
Link: https://www.bobbarkerfoundation.org/
The Bob Barker Foundation's mission is to develop and support programs that help incarcerated individuals successfully reenter society and stay out for life.We seek to fund organizations that are well managed, have a financial and fundraising plan, engage in strategic planning, and have
strong leadership and engaged governance. Your organization must meet the following requirements in order to be considered for funding:
* Your organization’s work must result in reducing recidivism.
* Your organization must work with a minimum of 100 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals annually.
* Your organization must have a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or a governmental, educational or research institution with tax-exempt status.
* Your methods must be “Evidence Based” or use “Best Practices.”
Officer Wellness and Mental Health Grant
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Funds distributed to Fiduciary Agent cities for dispersal to local law enforcement entities–Automatic Allocation Basis
Link: https://www.bscc.ca.gov/officer-wellness-and-mental-health-grant-program/
Match: Not required
This program intends to improve community trust and relations, build resilient officers, decrease stress and limit stress-induced trauma, and improve the general health and well-being of the peace officer workforce. Grant funding will support eligible programs including but not limited to: 1) Stress management training; 2) Nutrition education; 3) Improving exercise opportunities; 4) Promoting self-care; 5) Providing mental health counseling; 6) Development of mentorship programs; 7) Increasing access to crisis hotlines; and 8) Incentivizing mental and physical health checks.
Arson Dog Program
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: Awards are valued at $25,000 per team of arson dogs
Match: No
Link: https://www.arsondog.statefarm/about/
To help combat arson fraud and increase community awareness of the problem, State Farm has been providing financial support for the acquisition and training of an arsonist’s worst nightmare: accelerant detection canines, better known as the arson dog. Accelerant detection canines are trained to sniff out minute traces of accelerants (gasoline, lighter fluid, etc.) that may have been used to start a fire. Each dog works and lives with their handler, a law enforcement officer or firefighter trained to investigate fire scenes. The canine and handler are required to complete 200 hours of training.
Fallen K9 Replacement Grant
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: $10,000
Match: No
Link: https://thestantonfoundation.org/canine-welfare/fallen-k9-replacement-grant To honor the lives of K9s lost in the line of duty, grants of up to $10,000 are being offered to help fund the purchase of a new K9 and a bulletproof vest. The Stanton Foundation makes a binding commitment to provide the funds when an application is accepted. The funds become available to the Department within two weeks of receiving an invoice for the purchase of the K9 and the vest.
To be eligible, the department must:
*Have lost an active, on-duty K9 on or after January 1, 2017;
*Be a local police department; and
*Be financially prepared to send the new K9 to appropriate training.
Reach out to [email protected], if interested. Police K9 Program
Deadline: Rolling
Amount: In-kind (not monetary)
Match: No
Link: https://www.k9cop.org/grant
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Since 2001, NACOP has assisted police departments throughout the United States with their K 9 programs. The K-9 Partnership program has proven to be one of our most successful and rewarding programs. Unfortunately, many police agencies do not have the funding to maintain a police canine program. Many of these are small to midsize departments that simply do not have the budget to include this service. In many cases these small communities have become a haven for drug traffickers. These criminals know that the police do not have the resources to adequately protect the public from them. For most of these communities, it would only take one dog, one trained police canine to help rid the community of this criminal element.
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First Responders – Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Grant Program Previous Deadline: 3/14/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $800,000
Match: No
Link: https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant-announcements/ti-21-009
The purpose of this program is to support first responders and members of other key community sectors to administer a drug or device approved or cleared under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) for emergency reversal of known or suspected opioid overdose. Recipients will train and provide resources to first responders and members of other key community sectors at the state, tribal, and local levels on carrying and administering a drug or device approved or cleared under the FD&C Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-based Program Previous Deadline: JustGrants deadline, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $1,000,000 to $6,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-
171527#:~:text=Funding%20%26%20Awards-
,FY%202023%20Comprehensive%20Opioid%2C%20Stimulant%2C%20and,Substance%20Us e%20Site%2Dbased%20Program&text=This%20program%20provides%20funding%20to,%2C %20stimulants%2C%20or%20other%20substances.
This program provides funding to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impacts of use and misuse of opioids, stimulants, or other substances. This program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to respond to illicit substance use and misuse; reduce overdose deaths; promote public safety; and support access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system.
FY 2023 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Previous Deadline: TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $2,500,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171565
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to address the issue and impact of unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) in law enforcement agencies as well as other violent crime cold cases. This program improves state and local jurisdictions’ capacities to respond to violent crime and the functioning of the criminal justice system through the investigation and prosecution of cases resulting from SAK evidence and the collection of lawfully owed DNA from convicted offenders. Solicitation Categories: Purpose Area 1: Comprehensive Approach to Unsubmitted SAKs Purpose Area 2: SAKI for Small Agencies Purpose Area 3: Collection of Lawfully Owned DNA Purpose Area 4: Investigation and Prosecution of Cold Case Sexual Assaults Purpose Area 5: Developing and Implementing a Sustainability Plan Purpose Area 6: National Cold Case Initiative
BJA FY 2023 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program
Previous Deadline: TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $215,053
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171572
With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for funding under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program (PSN). PSN is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community-based partners, and other stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. BJA expects applicants to use funds to support one or more of the following four PSN design features:
1) Community Engagement - and other stakeholders is an essential component of an effective
violence reduction strategy. Absent community trust, support, and legitimacy, violence reduction strategies are likely to have only short-term, limited, or no effect and may create divisions between law enforcement agencies and prosecutors and the communities they serve. Ongoing engagement involves open communication and builds relationships, trust, and shared public safety values between community members and law enforcement.
2) Prevention & Intervention - Effective PSN Teams engage in problem-solving approaches that address violent crime using all the tools at their disposal. This includes utilizing strategies to address risk and protective factors, which often involves building relationships with representatives of agencies and organizations most suited to provide education, social services, job training and placement, reentry programs, or similar resources to those in need. Prevention and intervention activities can provide individuals and families with skills, opportunities, and alternatives that can ultimately help to reduce violent crime in communities. 3) Focused & Strategic Enforcement - number of problem places and individuals driving violent crime. Violent crime is often driven by a small number of prolific offenders; they are often involved in gangs, neighborhood crews, and violent street groups and are typically concentrated in hotspots and small “micro-places” (e.g., a street segment with abandoned homes; a problem bar, gas station, or convenience store; or an open-air drug market). In some jurisdictions, intimate partner violence is the main violent crime concern. Critical elements of strategic enforcement include understanding the most significant drivers of violence and resources, leveraging technology and analytics, developing and implementing enforcement strategies, and deterring others from engaging in violence, which could also be through public awareness about enforcement actions and available assistance.
4) Accountability - capital, and other resources at the national, state, and local levels. Since the ultimate goal of PSN is to reduce the level of violence in our communities, analyzing and assessing information about the incidence of violence and the effectiveness of strategies to address it are important for PSN’s success and credibility. A research partner is an especially valuable partner who can assist with measuring the impact of PSN strategies on violent crime and community health.
BJA: FY 2023 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies
Previous Deadline: Spring 2024
Amount: Up to $2,000,000
Match: 50%
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171562
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding law enforcement agencies, prosecutors’ offices, and correctional agencies performing law enforcement functions to purchase or lease body-worn cameras (BWCs) to establish or expand comprehensive body-worn camera programs with a specific and demonstrated plan to implement this technology to maximize the benefits of BWCs. Funding under this program also supports agencies with existing BWC programs that are seeking to improve the management, sharing, and integration of digital evidence generated from BWCs; optimize how prosecutors leverage BWC footage to improve operations; or use BWC footage to enhance officer training or constitutional policing practices.
FY 2023 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program Previous Deadline: 4/11/2023 - Grants.gov deadline 4/18/2023 - JustGrants deadline, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $100,000 to $150,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-
171570#:~:text=The%20Strengthening%20the%20Medical%20Examiner,of%20medicolegal%2 0death%20investigations%20nationwide
The Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner (ME/C) System Program is a competitive and discretionary grant program that seeks to increase the number of qualified forensic pathologists and enhance the quality of medicolegal death investigations nationwide. This program helps address the extreme shortage of board-certified forensic pathologists and also provides ME/C offices with the resources to become accredited and maintain that accreditation. Solicitation Categories:
Purpose Area 1: Forensic Pathology Fellowships
Purpose Area 2: ME/C Office Accreditation
Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE
Previous Deadline: 4/18/2023 - Grants.gov deadline, 4/25/2023 - JustGrants deadline, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $800,000 per award
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171621
Through this opportunity, BJA seeks applications for funding for state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies to develop and test new or enhanced applications of the swift, certain, and fair (SCF) principles of intervention to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people on community supervision. Under this solicitation, “community supervision agencies” include: adult probation, parole, or pretrial supervision or their equivalents such as prosecutor led, post-adjudication diversion.
Research and Evaluation on Hate Crimes
Previous Deadline: 4/25/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $1,500,000
Match: Varies depending on applicant
Link: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-nij-2023-171634
The purpose of this solicitation is to support research and evaluation to: 1) Understand the motivations and pathways to hate crime offending; 2) Determine whether programs targeted at hate crime offenders are effective at reducing reoffending; 3) Determine whether programs that work with victims of hate crimes and their communities are effective at reducing the harms caused by hate crimes; and 4) Provide information that will improve investigative and prosecutorial outcomes.
STOP School Violence Training and Technical Assistance (STOP TTA) Program Previous Deadline: 5/1/2023 - Grants.gov deadline. 5/10/2023 - JustGrants deadline
TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $8,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171653
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding training and technical assistance (TTA) to support awardees under the BJA Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services School Violence Prevention Program. The successful applicant will serve as BJA's STOP School Violence National Training and Technical Assistance Center.
School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
Deadline: May 2024 (est.) TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: up to $500,000
Match: Yes, 25%
https://cops.usdoj.gov/svpp
SVPP funding will provide up to 75% funding for the following school safety measures in and around K-12 (primary and secondary) schools and school grounds:
● “Coordination with law enforcement”
● “Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self”
● “Metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures”
● “Technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency” ● “Any other measure that the COPS Office determines may provide a significant improvement in security”
The following school safety measures are available through the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA’s) section of the STOP School Violence Act of 2018:
● Development and operation of anonymous reporting systems
● Hotlines
● Internet websites
● Mobile telephone applications
● Development and operation of a school threat assessment
● Specialized training for school officials in responding to mental health crises ● Training for school personnel and students to prevent student violence against others and self
● Any other measure the BJA determines may provide a significant improvement in security
U.S. Department of Justice: Community Policing Development (CPD) – Implementing Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT)
Previous Deadline: May 2024 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Each award is two years (24 months) in duration for a maximum of $400,000 per award. There is no local match.
Match: No
Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/cit
CPD is a competitive grant program designed to advance the practice of community policing by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative
strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The CPD – Implementing Crisis Intervention Teams solicitation will provide grants directly to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies for the creation or expansion of crisis intervention teams and to embed mental and behavioral health services with law enforcement agencies so they can better respond to individuals in crisis in the community
U.S. Department of Justice: Community Policing Development (CPD) – Microgrants Previous Deadline: May 2024 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: There is approximately $5.88 million in funding for multiple awards available through the FY 2023 CPD Microgrant program. Each award is one year (12 months) in length.
Match: There is no local match.
Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/cpdmicrogrants
CPD is a competitive grant program designed to advance the practice of community policing by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. Under the CPD – Microgrants solicitation, local, state, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies may propose demonstration or pilot projects that offer creative ideas to advance crime fighting, community engagement, problem solving, or organizational changes to support community policing in one of the following areas: officer recruitment, retention, and workforce diversification; underserved populations; building trust and legitimacy with the community; hate crimes and domestic terrorism; and community violence intervention.
U.S. Department of Justice: FY 2022 COPS Hiring Program
Previous Deadline: May 2024
Amount: Up to $125,000
Match: 25% local cash match
Link: https://cops.usdoj.gov/chp
The goal of the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management
in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities
U.S. Department of Justice: FY 2023 Smart Policing Initiative Grant Program
Previous Deadline: May 2024
Amount: Up to $800,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-
171650?utm_campaign=funding_opportunities_23&utm_content=march_9&utm_source=newsf rombja
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to support innovative and evidence-based policing practices, more effective information sharing, and multi agency collaboration under the Smart Policing Initiative Program. Category 1: Smart Policing Innovation
Category 2: Smart Policing Approaches to Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Category 3: Smart Policing Technology Development and Implementation
Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIG) Integration Initiative Previous Deadline: 5/19/2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $700,000 max
Match: No
Link:
https://crimegunintelcenters.org/bja/#:~:text=The%20Local%20Law%20Enforcement%20Crim e,entities%20that%20are%20 experiencing%20 precipitous
The purpose of this initiative is to support local and tribal jurisdictions’ capacity to work with their ATF partners to utilize intelligence, technology, and community engagement to swiftly identify unlawfully used firearms and their sources, and effectively prosecute perpetrators engaged in violent crime. Priority consideration will be given to jurisdictions with: 1) High volume of nonfatal shootings; 2) High volume of firearm-related homicides; and 3) Demonstrated strong partnerships, including with tribes and sheriffs’ offices. To receive priority consideration, applicants must provide data demonstrating the high volume of nonfatal shootings and/or firearm-related homicides. BJA may also give priority selection consideration to those jurisdictions that have never received CGIC funding in previous years.
Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers & Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative
Previous Deadline: 5/20/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $3,000,000
Match: No
Link:
https://bja.ojp.gov/program/valor/overview#:~:text=The%20Officer%20Robert%20Wilson%20I II,our%20 nation's%20law%20 enforcement%20 officers.
The Officer Resilience Program provides training, resources, and technical assistance to assist officers and law enforcement agencies in order to improve their immediate and long-term safety and wellness. The program provides knowledge and skills in resiliency concepts that can be applied throughout an officer’s career. It is based on research, work, and studies that have been done in the field of resiliency. The TTA provider must continue to draw from research and evidence and should include, when appropriate, information learned from different fields (for example, law enforcement, military, victim services, medical). Through a multi-faceted
approach that includes delivering no-cost training, conducting research, developing and providing resources, and establishing partnerships that prove beneficial as the VALOR Initiative provides our law enforcement with innovative, useful, and valuable tools and resources.
Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement
Previous Deadline: 5/24/23, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $400,00 to $5,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171700
This program seeks to improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government. Under the Coverdell Program, state administering agencies (SAAs) may apply for both formula and competitive funds. Coverdell aims to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science and medical examiner/coroner offices' services.
U.S. Department of Justice: BJA FY 23 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
Previous Deadline: May 25, 2023 (grants.gov deadline May 18, 2023) TENTATIVELY 2024 Amount: Categories 1–2 $2,000,000; Categories 3–4 $4,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-
171647?utm_campaign=funding_opportuniti%20es_2%203&utm_content=march_9&utm_so urce=newsfrombja
Program supports efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders. Through this CVIPI opportunity, BJA seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs.
Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime
Previous Deadline: May 26, 2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $500,000 to $2,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://ovc.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ovc-2023-171676
Through this program, OVC will support national-scope initiatives and regional initiatives (that can be replicated nationally) to maximize the use of technology to improve and increase access to crime victim services. Funding under this initiative may support technology development and
maintenance; the staff required to operate, update, and maintain the proposed platform or service; training and technical assistance on the purpose and use of the technology (including outreach and publicity activities); and staff engaged in coalition-building activities regarding the
use of technology. Applicants who propose to use this funding for ongoing, rather than new, initiatives must specify how these funds would be used to expand or enhance current services while not duplicating existing efforts.
Connect & Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response
Previous Deadline: 5/27/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Average grant size is approximately $550,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171520
Through this opportunity, BJA seeks applications for funding to support law enforcement behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)
Previous Deadline: 5/27/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Average grant size is approximately $1,200,000
Match: No
Link: https://www.sakitta.org/
This program engages in multi-disciplinary policy development, implementation, collaboration to enhance: 1) State and local jurisdictions’ capacities to respond to violent crime; and 2) the functioning of the criminal justice system through the investigation and prosecution of cases resulting from SAKI evidence and the collection of lawfully owed DNA. SAKI ultimately improves practices related to investigation, prosecution and victim engagement, while also providing further support in connection with evidence/cases resulting from the testing process. Increasing access to the training needed for proper inventorying, testing, and tracking sexual assault kits will directly address the issue and impact of unsubmitted sexual assualt kits at law enforcement agencies.
FY 2023 Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
Previous Deadline: 5/31/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: max $750,000
Match: No
Eligibility: Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171683
Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding from community-based nonprofit organizations and federally recognized tribal governments to enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system.
Intellectual Property Enforcement Program (IPEP)
Previous Deadline: 6/1/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $375,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171289
IPEP enhances the capacities of state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice systems to address intellectual property enforcement (including prosecution, prevention, training and TA) with the program specifically designed to better protect public health, safety, and the economy from counterfeit goods and product piracy. This will be accomplished by building partnerships with federal agencies and prosecutors, while working to actively prevent/reduce intellectual property theft and related crimes through community and buyer awareness. Applicants must detail how they intend to aggressively investigate and prosecute IP crimes, with a particular focus on: 1) Public health and safety; 2) Theft of trade secrets and economic espionage; and 3) Large-scale commercial counterfeit and piracy.
Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training
Previous Deadline: 6/1/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Average grant size is approximately $250,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171627
Through this opportunity, BJA seeks applications for funding support to law enforcement on how to effectively partner with mental health, substance use disorder, and community service agencies to promote public safety and ensure appropriate responses to individuals who have behavioral health conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, or physical disabilities (disabilities).
Smart Reentry and Supervision: Grants, Tools, and Technical Assistance to Facilitate Change
Previous Deadline: June 8, 2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $850,000 to $7,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171302
This program provides resources to support states and units of local government in planning, implementing, or expanding effective reentry and supervision practices and service delivery systems that address individuals’ needs and reduce recidivism. There are three solicitation categories: 1) Smart Reentry; 2) Smart Supervision; 3) Training and TA. In all these cases, promoting success requires addressing underlying risk and needs among the target population (adults in reentry or on supervision). At the same time, both institutional and community corrections agencies are balancing a shrinking workforce with a complicated mission to facilitate successful outcomes for their target populations.
FY 2023 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation
Previous Deadline: June 8, 2023; TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: Up to $1,000,000
Match: No
Eligibility: City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (federally recognized), IHEs
Match: Not Required
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues.
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171755
Tobacco Grant Program
Deadline: June 2024 (est.)
Amount: Reimbursement grant–up to $400,000
Match: No
Link: https://oag.ca.gov/tobaccogrants
Grantees may use grant funds to enforce a local ordinance or state law related to the illegal sale and marketing of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to minors and youth. These enforcement efforts may include, but are not limited to: ● Retailer compliance checks
● Enforcement of flavor ban laws/ordinances
● Consumer protection enforcement
● Illegal online sales and marketing, including use of door-to-door delivery services
● Retailer training programs
● Public education outreach
● Tobacco retail license inspections
Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Program
Previous Deadline: 6/13/2023 TENTATIVELY 2024 Amount: Up to $300,000
Eligibility: City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
Match: Not Required
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171729
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to support small and rural agencies in their efforts to combat violent crime. This program will provide funding to small and/or rural agencies and/or to prosecutors who are interested in implementing or improving the capacity of their organization around one or more critical elements found in the Violent Crime Reductions Operations Guide or the Prosecutors’ Guide to Reducing Violence and Building Safer Communities. The Operations Guide and Prosecutor’s Guide both specifically list
technology as a critical element, and within that element it specifically lists ALPRs. The Flock camera network is something Chief Hofford would like to bring to Irwindale PD. Even more important that Flock is the technology of BWCs. BWCs produce video evidence at crime scenes, use of force encounters, pursuits, etc. It is a critical need for this agency.
The Community Courts Program and Initiative
Previous Deadline: 6/21/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $600,000
Match: 25%
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171297
Community courts are neighborhood-focused court programs that combine the power of the community and the justice system to address local problems. They connect persons committing less serious crimes—often misdemeanor cases—to judicially supervised drug treatment, alternative sanctions, and other community-based services. Community courts enhance public safety by addressing underlying issues that lead to criminal behavior, including substance use and behavioral health issues. By engaging communities in planning and operational processes, they provide justice system officials with more effective options in dealing with lower-level offenses, enhance public trust in the conduct of justice, and help to reduce unnecessary incarceration. The types of cases community courts accept vary depending on the communities that they serve. Courts in residential neighborhoods are more likely to address housing, environmental issues, and youth crime, whereas those in downtown areas prioritize issues such as homelessness and disorderly conduct.
Post-Conviction Testing of DNA Evidence
Previous Deadline: 6/22/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $500,000
Match: No
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171580
Under this program, BJA provides funding to help defray the costs (e.g., additional personnel, overtime, testing supplies, and services) associated with postconviction DNA testing for violent felony offenses (as defined by state law) in which actual innocence might be demonstrated. Funds may be used to review suitable postconviction cases and locate and analyze biological evidence.
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
Previous Deadline: 6/26/2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $2,000 to $1,000,000
Match: No
Link: https://www.ojp.gov/program/bulletproof-vest-partnership/overview Eligibility: States, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes—that is, jurisdictions—that employ eligible law enforcement officers are eligible to apply for BVP
funds.
FY 2023 Virtual Reality De-escalation Site-Based Initiative
Previous Deadline: 6/26/2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: up to $800,000
Match: Not Required
Eligibility: Grants.gov Deadline June 29, 2023; Application JustGrants Deadline July 6, 2023 Link:
https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-
171767#:~:text=With%20this%20%20solicitation%2C%20the%20Bureau,immersive%20virtu al%20reality%2Dbased%20technology. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for grant funds from state, local, campus, and tribal law enforcement to enhance training via the utilization of fully immersive virtual reality-based technology. The training should improve responses to individuals in crisis and improve the de-escalation skills
of participants. A plan for how the proposed technology will be integrated into applicant agency’s existing training should be developed.
Rural Violent Crime Reduction Training and Technical Assistance Provider Previous Deadline: 7/6/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $150,000
Match: No
This solicitation includes support for a rural violent crime training and technical assistance (TTA) initiative, with microgrants to be awarded on a competitive basis to small law enforcement agencies in rural locations. Grants are to support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim service providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to address the unique criminal justice challenges in rural areas.
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2021-120002
Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC): Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program
Previous Deadline: July 7, 2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Match: No
Grant funds shall be used to support local law enforcement agencies in preventing and responding to organized retail theft, motor vehicle or motor vehicle accessory theft, or cargo theft. Permissible uses of grant funds include, but are not limited to, purchase of technology or other equipment to help deter strategies for preventing or responding to crime. These funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant existing funds for these activities. Grant period 10/1/23 to 6/1/27.
Link: https://www.bscc.ca.gov/organized-retail-theft-grant-program/
DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)
Previous Deadline: 7/7/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $500,000 to $3,000,000
Match: No
The DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program provides funding to states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis and/or prevent a backlog of forensic and database DNA samples.
Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/dna
cebr/overview#:~:text=The%20DNA%20Capacity%20Enhancement%20for,samples%20and%2 0to%20increase%20their
California Violence Intervention and Prevention (Cal-VIP)
Previous Deadline: 7/15/2023, TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: $500,000 to $1,000,000
Match: 100% match
The purpose of CalVIP is to improve public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly group-member involved homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. CalVIP grants shall be used to support, expand, and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including, without limitation, hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt cycles of violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults.
Link: https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/california-violence-intervention-and-prevention-calvip grant-program-2/
BJA FY23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program
Previous Deadline: August 24, 2023 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: up to $4,200,000
Match: Not Required
Eligibility: Law enforcement agencies, correctional agencies performing law enforcement functions, prosecutors’ offices, state/regional consortia supporting agencies Link: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2023-171577
Proposition 64 Public Health and Safety Grant Program (Cohort 4)
Deadline: est. December 2024 TENTATIVELY 2024
Amount: up to $3,000,000
Match: Not Required
Eligibility: Eligible applicants must be local governments that have not banned both indoor and outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation, or retail sale of marijuana or marijuana products. “Local governments” means cities, counties, and cities and counties in the State of California. Link: https://www.bscc.ca.gov/proposition-64-public-health-safety-grant-program/
Cal Volunteers: Connecting Neighbors to Neighbors
Deadline: February 2025
Amount: Minimum of $500,000 and additional funds in increments of $250,000, not to exceed a total award of $1,000,000. A few smaller grants for $250,000 may be available. Match: No
Eligibility: The primary applicant must be a local government (city and county government only). To better facilitate local programs and leverage community resources, California Volunteers is prioritizing collaborative partnerships where the local government applicant partners with other agencies and organizations to co-lead this work:
• Non-Profits and Community-Based Organizations
• Neighborhood Associations or Councils
• Third Places (e.g. Libraries, Parks, Community Centers)
• Organizations focused on Disaster and Climate Response
Link: https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/grants/
Podcast Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grantingsuccess/episodes/Cal Volunteers-Neighbors-to-Neighbors-Grant-Program-e2e7ngb
The applicant(s) should build upon an existing neighborhood program that leverages a diverse set of partnerships – including local neighborhood and community groups; neighborhood associations; local, regional, and state government agencies; third places; local business councils; and/or climate and disaster organizations – to provide the following: I. A comprehensive calendar of activities and events, including workshops, trainings, and block parties, that provide space for neighbors to connect and strengthen their bonds. II. A portfolio of volunteer initiatives that address a defined community need, including, but not limited to, climate and disaster concerns. III. A detailed strategy for utilizing third places, such as libraries, parks, and community centers, to strengthen the community’s utilization of local resources and feelings of ownership, stewardship, and comradery.
Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera
Deadline: March 2025
Amount: BWC cost
Match: 1:1
https://www.srtbwc.com/
The SRT BWC program provides funds for body-worn cameras to:
1) any law enforcement department with 50 or fewer full-time sworn personnel;
2) rural agencies (those agencies within non-urban or non-metro counties); and 3) federally-recognized tribal agencies.
Funds must be used to purchase or lease body-worn cameras and may include expenses reasonably related to a comprehensive BWC program. Funding can be used to support pilot BWC programs, establish new BWC implementation, or expand existing programs. A one-to-one match is required and can be an “in-kind” match.
Grant awards will be made in 2024.
Please do not purchase your cameras in 2023.