The Bureau of Justice Statistics is offering the Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program grant to support the transformation of criminal history records into research databases. The recipient will work on converting state and federal-specific fields into standardized codes, creating research databases, implementing quality assurance systems, conducting analyses, and addressing variations in data quality. This program aims to produce accurate information on offender recidivism and criminal histories. Applications are accepted until May 31, 2019.
Opportunity ID: 314455
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJS-2019-15734 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | 2020 Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Information and Statistics |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.734 — Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 02, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 02, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 31, 2019 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 31, 2019 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $750,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are national, regional, state, or local public and private entities, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit and nonprofit organizations); faith-based and community organizations; institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education); units of local government that support initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system; and federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). (A determination by the Secretary of the Interior is not required for tribes to which federal recognition was extended by virtue of Public Law 115-121, the Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017.) |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking proposals to support the Criminal History Record Assessment and Research Program (CHRARP). This statistical program furthers BJS’s mission to produce accurate and timely information on the recidivism and criminal histories of offenders. The recipient of funds will transform automated criminal history records from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the FBI into databases that support statistical research and studies on the offending patterns of various cohorts of individuals. The recipient of funds will 1) prepare and maintain an integrated set of computer code that converts the state- and federal-specific fields in the criminal history records into research databases with standardized codes defined by BJS; 2) generate a series of research databases, including technical assistance in the design of sampling frames and sampling weights; 3) design and implement a quality assurance system to validate the conversion of criminal history information into these research databases; 4) provide BJS with a set of analyses of each research database based on BJS’s specifications; 5) work with BJS to determine how variations in the content and completeness of the criminal history information maintained by the FBI and state repositories affect the nationally standardized research databases; and 6) and propose methods to compensate for these attributes when analyzing the research databases. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
AskBJS@usdoj.gov
Matt.Durose@usdoj.gov Email:Matt.Durose@usdoj.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
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Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | AskBJS@usdoj.gov Matt.Durose@usdoj.gov Email: Matt.Durose@usdoj.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.734 | PKG00249620 | Apr 01, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
314455 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
314455 SF424B-1.1.pdf
314455 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
314455 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
314455 DOJ_Questionnaire_1_1-1.1.pdf
314455 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
314455 Project_Abstract_1_2-1.2.pdf
314455 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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