Opportunity ID: 363648
General Information
| Funding Opportunity Number | O-BJS-2026-172688 |
| Funding Opportunity Title | BJS FY 2026 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program |
| Agency | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Document Type | synopsis |
| Version | 1 |
| Opportunity Category | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Funding Instrument Type | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity | Information and Statistics |
| Category Explanation | Not specified |
| Expected Number of Awards | 56 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement | No |
| Posted Date | Aug 18, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Last Updated Date | Aug 18, 2026 02:58:02 PM EDT |
| Original Closing Date | Sep 28, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Original Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Current Closing Date | Sep 28, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Current Closing Date Notes | Not specified |
| Estimated Synopsis Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Application Due Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Award Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Project Start Date | Not specified |
| Archive Date | Not specified |
| Estimated Total Program Funding | 123,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling | 2,196,000 |
| Award Floor | 0 |
Assistance Listings
- 16.554 — National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
- 16.813 — NICS Act Record Improvement Program
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants | State governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) |
Courts: The state central administrative office or similar entity designated by statute or regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the jurisdiction’s court system.
Description
1) NCHIP ($59,000,000)- This program aims to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems.
2) NCHIP SF BSCA ($40,000,000) – This program furthers the DOJ's mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159).
3) NARIP ($24,000,000)- This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records.
Additional Information
| Contact | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Contact Information | Contact Phone Number AskBJS@usdoj.gov |
| AskBJS@usdoj.gov | |
| Email Description | Contact Email |
| Phone | 0000000000 |
https://www.ojp.gov/funding/docs/bjs-2026-172688.pdf
Version History
| Id | 363648 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Opportunity number | O-BJS-2026-172688 |
| Opportunity title | BJS FY 2026 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program |
| Owning agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Opportunity category / Category | D |
| Opportunity category / Description | Discretionary |
| Synopsis / Opportunity id | 363648 |
| Synopsis / Version | 1 |
| Synopsis / Agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Synopsis / Agency name | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Synopsis / Agency phone | 0000000000 |
| Synopsis / Agency address desc | Contact Email |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Code | BJS |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Seed | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency name | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Synopsis / Agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Code | USDOJ |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Seed | USDOJ |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Justice |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Agency code | USDOJ |
| Synopsis / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Synopsis / Agency contact phone | 0000000000 |
| Synopsis / Agency contact name | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Synopsis / Agency contact desc | Contact Phone Number AskBJS@usdoj.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email | AskBJS@usdoj.gov |
| Synopsis / Agency contact email desc | Contact Email |
| Synopsis / Synopsis desc | 1) NCHIP ($59,000,000)- This program aims to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems.
2) NCHIP SF BSCA ($40,000,000) – This program furthers the DOJ's mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159). 3) NARIP ($24,000,000)- This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records. |
| Synopsis / Response date | Sep 28, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link url | https://www.ojp.gov/funding/docs/bjs-2026-172688.pdf |
| Synopsis / Funding desc link desc | https://www.ojp.gov/funding/docs/bjs-2026-172688.pdf |
| Synopsis / Posting date | Aug 18, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis / Cost sharing | No |
| Synopsis / Number of awards | 56 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding | 123000000 |
| Synopsis / Estimated funding formatted | 123,000,000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling | 2196000 |
| Synopsis / Award ceiling formatted | 2,196,000 |
| Synopsis / Award floor | 0 |
| Synopsis / Award floor formatted | 0 |
| Synopsis / Applicant eligibility desc | Courts: The state central administrative office or similar entity designated by statute or regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the jurisdiction’s court system. |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp | Aug 18, 2026 02:58:02 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Created date | Aug 18, 2026 02:58:02 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Last updated date | Aug 18, 2026 02:58:02 PM EDT |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Id | 00 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 1 / Description | State governments |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 2 / Id | 25 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 2 / Description | Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 3 / Id | 07 |
| Synopsis / Applicant types 3 / Description | Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Id | CA |
| Synopsis / Funding instruments 1 / Description | Cooperative Agreement |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Id | IS |
| Synopsis / Funding activity categories 1 / Description | Information and Statistics |
| Synopsis / Response date str | 2026-09-28-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Posting date str | 2026-08-18-00-00-00 |
| Synopsis / Create time stamp str | 2026-08-18-14-58-02 |
| Agency details / Code | BJS |
| Agency details / Seed | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Agency details / Agency name | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Agency details / Agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Top agency details / Code | USDOJ |
| Top agency details / Seed | USDOJ |
| Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Justice |
| Top agency details / Agency code | USDOJ |
| Top agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Synopsis attachment folders | Not specified |
| Synopsis document urls | Not specified |
| Syn att change comments | Not specified |
| Cfdas 1 / Id | 435124 |
| Cfdas 1 / Opportunity id | 363648 |
| Cfdas 1 / Cfda number | 16.554 |
| Cfdas 1 / Program title | National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) |
| Cfdas 2 / Id | 435123 |
| Cfdas 2 / Opportunity id | 363648 |
| Cfdas 2 / Cfda number | 16.813 |
| Cfdas 2 / Program title | NICS Act Record Improvement Program |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Id | 294010 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Topportunity id | 363648 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Family id | 15 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Dialect | XFDL2.2 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity number | O-BJS-2026-172688 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opportunity title | BJS FY 2026 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Cfda number | 16.554 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date | 2026-08-18 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date | 2026-09-28 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Owning agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Code | BJS |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Seed | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency name | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Agency code | USDOJ-OJP-BJS |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Code | USDOJ |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Seed | USDOJ |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency name | Department of Justice |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Agency code | USDOJ |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Top agency details / Top agency code | USDOJ |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Program title | National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Contact info | Stephanie Burroughs |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Electronic required | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Expected application count | 56 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Open to applicant type | 1 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Is multi project | N |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Extension | |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Mimetype | application/pdf |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Last update | Aug 18, 2026 02:58:16 PM EDT |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Workspace compatible flag | Y |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Package id | PKG00294010 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Opening date str | 2026-08-18-00-00-00 |
| Opportunity pkgs 1 / Closing date str | 2026-09-28-00-00-00 |
| Closed opportunity pkgs | Not specified |
| Original due date | Sep 28, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT |
| Synopsis modified fields | Not specified |
| Forecast modified fields | Not specified |
| Error messages | Not specified |
| Syn post date in past | Yes |
| Doc type | synopsis |
| Forecast hist count | 0 |
| Synopsis hist count | 0 |
| Assist compatible | No |
| Assist url | Not specified |
| Related opps | Not specified |
| Ost | POSTED |
Related Documents
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Contact Phone Number AskBJS@usdoj.gov |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.554 | PKG00294010 | 2026-08-18 | 2026-09-28 | View |
