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Smart Prosecution Initiative is sponsored by JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF. Goal(s):
The purpose of the Innovative Prosecution Solutions (IPS) for Combating Violent Crime Program is to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with resources to reduce crime and increase public safety. The program encourages prosecutors and agencies to use data in the development of their strategies and programs and to develop effective, economical, and innovative responses to crime within their jurisdictions.
Objective(s):
IPS programs test data-driven approaches that address one or more of the objectives listed below. Successful applicants will work closely with BJA staff to assist prosecutorial agencies in incorporating innovative or evidence-based prosecution strategies as a fundamental component of their effort to ensure public safety. Required Objectives: • Test, establish, and/or expand programming that enhances prosecutors’ ability to effectively and sustainably prevent and respond to crime, especially violent crime, which could include the hiring of new prosecutors. • Foster effective, formalized, and consistent collaborations with external agencies, and the communities they serve, to increase public safety. • Use technology, intelligence, and data in innovative ways that enable prosecutors’ offices to focus resources on the people and places associated with high concentrations of crime and to allow state and local prosecutors’ offices to improve their operations in an effort to more efficiently and effectively aid communities in achieving a reduction in crime. • Enable prosecutors’ offices to reduce caseloads to manageable levels through office modernization, hiring analytical or support staff, and updating information technology.
Performance Measure 1: Number of prosecution personnel hired with grant funds; and,
Performance Measure 2: Number of new prosecution technology solutions implemented with grant funds. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.825. Last updated on 2024-11-20.
Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Funding amounts vary by year and recipient.; eligibility guidance The following entities are eligible to apply: o State and local prosecutorial agencies; o Federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform prosecution functions; and, o Tribal consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian tribes (including tribal consortia operated as nonprofit organizations) acting as a fiscal agent for one or more prosecutor agencies. Eligible applicant types include: Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Profit organization.
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: The following entities are eligible to apply: o State and local prosecutorial agencies; o Federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform prosecution functions; and, o Tribal consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian tribes (including tribal consortia operated as nonprofit organizations) acting as a fiscal agent for one or more prosecutor agencies. Eligible applicant types include: Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Profit organization. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Funding amounts vary by year and recipient. Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Tribal Special Criminal Jurisdiction Reimbursement is sponsored by JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF. The purpose of this program is to reimburse Tribal governments for expenses incurred in exercising “special Tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit certain covered crimes in Indian country. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.059. Last updated on 2025-03-31. Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Recent federal obligations suggest $4,400,000 (2025).; eligibility guidance Tribal governments eligible to seek reimbursement under this program are the governments of Tribal entities recognized by and eligible for funding and services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs by virtue of their status as Indian Tribes, that exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (STCJ), as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1304(a)(14) or section 812(5) of Public Law 117–103 (“participating Tribes”). Eligible applicant types include: Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life is sponsored by JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF. To provide training, services, and collaboration to address the needs of victims of abuse in later life, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, exploitation, and neglect. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.528. Last updated on 2024-11-25. Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Recent federal obligations suggest $6,873,741 (2025).; eligibility guidance Eligible applicants include States, tribal governments and tribal organizations, units of local government, population specific organizations, victim service providers, and state, tribal, or territorial domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions. The applicant must be part of a multidisciplinary partnership that includes a law enforcement agency, a prosecution office, a victim service provider, and a nonprofit program or government agency with experience assisting individuals 50m years of age or over. Eligible applicant types include: Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations), Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals). Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program is sponsored by JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF. To improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, such as activities pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction, or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not limited to, police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or to apprehend criminals, including juveniles, activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction, and related agencies (including but not limited to prosecutorial and defender services, juvenile delinquency agencies and pretrial service or release agencies), activities of corrections, probation, or parole authorities and related agencies assisting in the rehabilitation, supervision, and care of criminal offenders, and programs relating to the prevention, control, or reduction of narcotic addiction and juvenile delinquency. Performance measures not identified. Program no longer funded; archive pending closure of grants. This listing is currently active. Program number: 16.751. Last updated on 2024-11-20. Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Funding amounts vary by year and recipient.; eligibility guidance Eligible applicants include national, regional, State, or local public and private entities, including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations, faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education, tribal jurisdictions, and units of local government. Eligible applicant types include: Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments, Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals), Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Other public institution/organization. Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying. Applicants should map project outcomes and evaluation metrics directly to sponsor priorities and confirm all compliance requirements in the current official notice. Applicants should map project outcomes and evaluation metrics directly to sponsor priorities and confirm all compliance requirements in the current official notice.
