Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJS 2021 38009
The FY 2021 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is a discretionary funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and is intended to help jurisdictions strengthen the quality, completeness, and usefulness of criminal history records and related reporting systems. BJS is continuing NCHIP in FY 2021 through cooperative agreements, signaling that recipients should expect an ongoing, hands-on relationship with the federal agency during the life of the award, including coordination around goals, deliverables, and performance expectations. The program sits in the Information and Statistics funding activity category and is listed under CFDA 16.554.
For FY 2021, BJS identifies two top priorities for how NCHIP funds should be used. The first priority is improving the reporting of dispositions. Dispositions are the outcomes of criminal cases (for example, whether charges were dismissed, a conviction occurred, sentencing details, or other final case results). In many criminal history systems, arrest information may be recorded more consistently than final case outcomes, which can create incomplete or misleading records. By prioritizing disposition reporting, BJS is focusing on the part of the record lifecycle that often determines whether criminal history information is accurate for decisions made by courts, law enforcement, background check entities, and other authorized users.
The second priority is improving reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) of individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms for reasons related to mental health. This priority targets the completeness and timeliness of records that support firearm purchase background checks, particularly records associated with mental health-based prohibitors as defined under applicable federal and state laws. The emphasis is on ensuring that relevant prohibiting information is properly captured and transmitted so that NICS has the data it needs to make accurate determinations during background checks.
The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number O-BJS-2021-38009, with an original application closing date of April 9, 2021. The notice was created on December 15, 2020. BJS anticipated making approximately 40 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling listed as $53,000,000. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others," with a note that applicants must review the solicitation text under the section titled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for the specific types of entities permitted to apply, which commonly includes state, local, territorial, or tribal agencies or other designated governmental or justice-system entities depending on program rules.
Overall, this FY 2021 NCHIP solicitation centers on improving the integrity of criminal history data from end to end, with special attention to two longstanding gaps that have major downstream impacts: getting final court outcomes into criminal history repositories and ensuring that mental health-related firearm prohibitor records are accurately and promptly reflected in NICS.Apply for O BJS 2021 38009
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2021 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.554.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 15, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 09, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $53,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 40 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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