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BJA Justice Reinvestment Initiative Grants for Crime and Recidivism Reduction

The Bureau of Justice Assistance is offering grant funding for data-informed justice reinvestment projects intended to reduce crime and recidivism. - Government buyer and program - The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), within the U.S. Department of Justice, administers the Justice Reinvestment Initiative. - Funding opportunity - Discretionary grants support state, local, and tribal governments seeking to address urgent crime, public safety, or justice-system challenges. - Applicants should use existing data to identify inefficient or wasteful spending and explain how resources will be redirected to strategies and populations most likely to reduce crime. - The maximum award is $4,000,000; cost sharing or matching is not required. - Potential project areas - Law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, jails and prisons, probation, or parole. - Vendors and products - No OEMs, vendors, commercial products, part numbers, or purchase quantities are identified.

Description

This funding opportunity supports state, local, and tribal government efforts to reduce wasteful spending and inefficient uses of funds across justice system operations, and redirect resources to address crime and other public safety or justice system challenges. Applicants should identify an urgent local justice system challenge using existing data and explain how they will refocus resources on strategies and populations most likely to reduce crime. Projects may address challenges across areas including law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, jails and prisons, probation, and parole. The maximum award is $4,000,000, and cost sharing or matching is not required.

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