The Department of Justice is offering the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) State-Level Technical Assistance grant to address the challenges faced by state prisons such as overcrowding and high costs. Through a data-driven policymaking process, this grant aims to increase the cost-effectiveness of the criminal justice system and reinvest savings into effective public safety strategies. This grant is part of a public-private partnership between BJA, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and JRI technical assistance providers, with funding authorized under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
Opportunity ID: 274714
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2015-4101 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 15 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-Level Technical Assistance |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 3 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.827 — Justice Reinvestment Initiative |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 23, 2015 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Archive Date: | May 23, 2015 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $8,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Private institutions of higher education Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are limited to national-scope private and non-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations) and colleges and universities, both public and private (including tribal institutions of higher education). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. BJA welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing the entire project. Only one application per lead applicant will be considered; however, subrecipients may be part of multiple proposals. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | Approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in federal, state, and local prisons and jails in 2013, a rate of 1 out of every 110 adults.1 After three years of declines, the prison population increased slightly in 2013, largely due to growth in state prison populations. These prisons face crowding and resource challenges. Accordingly, state spending on corrections has remained high. Over the last 25 years, state corrections expenditures have increased significantly—from $12 billion in 1988 to more than $55 billion in 2013. Justice reinvestment emerged as a way to address these issues through a targeted, datadriven policymaking process. BJA, in a public/private partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts, launched the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) in 2010 as a multistaged process in which a jurisdiction increases the cost-effectiveness of its criminal justice system and reinvests savings into high-performing public safety strategies. JRI is a public-private partnership between BJA, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and JRI technical assistance (TA) and assessment providers. Funding from BJA is authorized under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Pub. L. 113-235. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays.
Email:support@grants.gov |
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Related Documents
Folder 274714 Full Announcement-1 -> 15jristatetasol.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. Email: support@grants.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.827 | PKG00215125 | Feb 23, 2015 | Apr 23, 2015 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
274714 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
274714 SF424B-1.1.pdf
274714 Budget-1.1.pdf
274714 Other-1.1.pdf
274714 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
274714 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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