The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is offering a grant for the 2017 Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners’ Offices (CMEC). This grant aims to collect and update vital operational information from approximately 2000 U.S. medical examiner and coroner offices, crucial for medico-legal death investigations. The selected recipient will manage the entire census process: updating the national ME/C roster, refining the data collection instrument, administering the survey, and delivering comprehensive final data files to BJS. The census will gather essential data on office staffing, including training and accreditation; resources such as budget, IT, and specialized laboratories; and workload details like case types and volume. It will also cover policies and procedures for critical functions, including disposition of remains, handling of unidentified decedents, and inter-office data sharing. This initiative will enhance understanding of the nation’s death investigation infrastructure.
Opportunity ID: 294943
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJS-2017-12660 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Census of Medical Examiners and Coroners’ Offices |
| 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: | Jun 23, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 24, 2017 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500,000 |
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 (commercial) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and units of local government that support initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system. For-profit organizations must forgo any profit or management fee. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Description: | The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications for the administration of the 2017 Census of Medical Examiners and Coronersâ Offices (CMEC). This census will obtain and update information about operations, workload, staffing, training, policies, and procedures of approximately 2000 medical examiners and coronersââ (ME/C) offices that are responsible for the medico legal investigation of death. Under this award, the field collection agent will update the national census roster of ME/C offices, revise the data collection instrument form the 2004 CMEC as necessary, administer the census, and deliver final data files to BJS.
The 2017 Census of ME/C offices will capture information on staffing, including training, accreditation, and background of employees; resources, including budget, IT, specialized laboratories, and additional needs; workload, including number of referrals, accepted cases, and types of cases; and policies and procedures for offices functions, including disposition of remains, unidentified decedents, utilization of shared databases, information sharing with other offices, coding standards, and accreditation. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Program Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
askbjs@usdoj.gov
Connor.Brooks@ojp.usdoj.gov Email:Connor.Brooks@ojp.usdoj.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | askbjs@usdoj.gov Connor.Brooks@ojp.usdoj.gov Email: Connor.Brooks@ojp.usdoj.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.734 | PKG00233408 | Jun 23, 2017 | Jul 24, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
294943 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
294943 SF424B-1.1.pdf
294943 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
294943 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
294943 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
294943 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
294943 DOJ_Questionnaire-1.0.pdf
Optional forms
294943 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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