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Find similar grantsNational Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is sponsored by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Aims to improve the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history records, which can aid in identifying and addressing corruption.
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Opportunity Listing - BJS FY25 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program BJS FY25 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics Assistance Listings: 16. 813 -- NICS Act Record Improvement Program 16. 554 -- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Last Updated: May 13, 2026 View version history on Grants.
gov 1) NCHIP ($70,000,000)- 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 ($25,000,000)- 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.
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National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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