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Competitive solicitations

FY 2021 Internet of Things National Training and Technical Assistance Program

Closing Date
This program will identify up to four TTA providers to identify these types of crimes and provide training on how investigations and prosecution should be handled, as well as on how communities can be made aware of their vulnerability to fall victim to crimes involving the improper use of the Internet of Things (IoT).

FY 2021 Restrictive Housing Reform Implementation Assistance Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
BJA seeks a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider and subject matter experts to help state correctional agencies implement changes to their trainings, policies, and practices to reduce their use of restrictive housing.

FY 2021 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program is designed to improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a positive school climate.

FY 2021 Collaborative Crisis Response Training Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This initiative seeks to implement transdisciplinary crisis response training to educate and prepare law enforcement and correctional officers so that they are equipped to appropriately interact with people who have behavioral health conditions or disabilities in the course of completing their job responsibilities.

FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance Program

Closing Date
This opportunity will establish a cooperative agreement with one training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to further develop the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) National TTA Program to support and deliver TTA to PSN Teams, state and local law enforcement, other criminal justice professionals, and research partners.

FY 2021 Smart Policing Initiative

Closing Date
The Smart Policing Initiative provides funding to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology.

FY 2021 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Closing Date
This program provides support to criminal justice agencies to partner with mental health agencies and reduce crime and recidivism associated with people with mental illnesses and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse issues.

FY 2021 The HOPE Institute: Applying the Principles of Swiftness, Certainty, and Fairness

Closing Date
This solicitation seeks a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to provide information, resources, and TTA to state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies seeking to develop and test new or enhanced applications of the SCF principles using a data-driven, collaborative process that is informed by research and responsive to local circumstances.

FY 2021 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Reducing Crime by Improving Justice System Performance

Closing Date
This program provides funding to develop and implement innovative and research-based responses that address a range of criminal justice system problems. It employs the Justice Reinvestment approach, which recognizes that every justice agency has a role to play in preventing crime, ensuring a fair and efficient justice system, facilitating appropriate sentencing and treatment, and protecting community security.

FY 2021 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

Closing Date
This program provides funding to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.