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The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Crime — Demonstration Projects supports efforts of state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies and their partners in developing comprehensive approaches to address a precipitous increase in hate crimes. This approach must include conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting strategies, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes committed on the basis of the victim's perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. With the precipitous increase in hate crimes, partnerships with local and state-level nonprofit organizations are highly encouraged.
Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2021-11001. Assistance Listing: 16.738. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ACA. Award Amount: Up to $750K per award.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). State, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies must be from federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. To ensure a comprehensive approach, applicants must outline their plan to collaborate with key partners. Applicants can address this with existing strategies or create task forces and/or partnerships with other agencies and nonprofit organizations with expertise to implement a comprehensive program including outreach, education, investigation, and prosecution of hate crimes. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $750K per award. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was July 26, 2021, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Yes — BJA FY 21 Collaborative Approaches towards Preventing and Addressing Hate— Demonstration Projects is offered by Bureau of Justice Assistance and this listing comes from Grants.gov, an official U.S. federal source. Federal applications generally require registrations (for example SAM.gov or an agency submission portal), so allow extra lead time.
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