BJA FY 23 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation | O BJA 2023 171799

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), part of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) within the U.S. Department of Justice, is offering a discretionary funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 23 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation" (Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2023-171799; CFDA: 16.738). The program is designed to support national-level training and technical assistance (TTA) that helps law enforcement and other criminal justice stakeholders strengthen core operations, respond to evolving public safety threats, and improve how justice systems serve communities.

The central purpose of this solicitation is to fund six initiatives that are national in scope, meaning the work is intended to reach beyond a single locality or state and provide broader, scalable support to practitioners across jurisdictions. These initiatives are framed around OJP priorities that emphasize promoting civil rights and racial equity, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, enhancing community safety, protecting the public from crime and emerging threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. In practice, this kind of TTA-focused award typically supports activities like developing and delivering practitioner trainings, creating field-ready toolkits and guidance, providing on-demand coaching or peer-to-peer assistance, hosting learning communities or convenings, and helping agencies implement evidence-informed policies and practices.

Awards are expected to be made using a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that the federal awarding agency anticipates having substantial involvement in the project. In other words, recipients should be prepared for an active federal partnership that may include coordination on deliverables, alignment with federal priorities, and ongoing engagement to ensure the TTA products and services meet national needs and maintain quality and consistency.

The maximum award amount listed for this opportunity is $2,000,000 (award ceiling). The solicitation anticipates making six awards, consistent with the stated goal of supporting six distinct national initiatives. The opportunity was created on June 22, 2023, and the original application closing date was August 1, 2023, establishing a relatively short application window typical of many federal discretionary solicitations.

Eligible applicants include a broad mix of organizations with the capacity to deliver national training and technical assistance, including public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education), Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. This eligibility structure reflects the fact that national TTA efforts are often carried out by experienced intermediaries such as universities, research and policy centers, professional associations, technical assistance providers, and specialized firms with subject-matter expertise and nationwide delivery infrastructure.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at strengthening the operational capacity and effectiveness of law enforcement and justice partners through structured, high-quality, nationally deployable training and technical assistance, while explicitly tying that support to broader justice goals like equity, civil rights, victim support, community safety, and trust-building.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 23 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-06-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-08-01. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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