BJA FY 20 Strategies for Policing Innovation | BJA 2020 17028

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2020 17028

The BJA FY 20 Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) grant (Funding Opportunity Number BJA 2020 17028) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, designed to help law enforcement agencies take a focused, problem-solving approach to their most pressing public safety challenges. The core purpose of SPI is to support police agencies in clearly identifying and defining specific crime problems and then making lasting operational and organizational changes that improve how the agency uses evidence-based practices, data, and technology. Rather than funding general policing activities, the opportunity is framed around innovation and measurable improvement, encouraging agencies to institutionalize approaches that can be sustained beyond the grant period.

This program supports work that strengthens the practical use of research-informed strategies, data-driven decision-making, and modern technology in day-to-day policing. In practice, that means agencies are expected to move beyond short-term initiatives and instead build systems and processes that embed effective practices into how they deploy personnel, analyze crime patterns, evaluate interventions, and manage organizational performance. The emphasis on "lasting" change signals that competitive proposals would typically be those that demonstrate a clear plan for implementation, internal adoption, and continued use after federal funds end.

Eligible applicants include a broad range of governmental entities: state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity categories associated with the opportunity span areas such as law, justice, and legal services as well as science and technology and research and development, reflecting the program's interest in both operational change and the analytical or technical capabilities that make those changes effective.

The opportunity was created on March 13, 2020, with an original application closing date of May 12, 2020. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $700,000, and BJA anticipated making approximately 9 awards under this solicitation. Taken together, these details indicate a competitive national program with moderately sized awards intended to catalyze targeted, well-defined innovation projects within policing agencies, especially those that can demonstrate a strong connection between a specific crime problem, an evidence-based response, and a plan to use data and technology to guide and measure results.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the employment, labor and training, humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), law, justice and legal services, science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 20 Strategies for Policing Innovation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 12, 2020. (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 $700,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized).

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