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NIJ Research and Evaluation of BJA Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program

The National Institute of Justice is seeking research proposals to evaluate programs funded through the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. - Government buyer and program offices - National Institute of Justice (NIJ), within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, is the funding agency. - The research concerns programs supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP). - Requested work - Conduct Phase I evaluability assessments and Phase II evaluations of SCIP program effectiveness. - Potential topics include law enforcement crisis interventions, court-based programming, referrals to treatment for people in crisis, and extreme risk protection order programs. - Related examples include mental health courts, drug courts, and veterans treatment courts. - Awards and funding - NIJ anticipates four awards, with at least one award in each topic area. - Total program funding is $23,773,974; the maximum award is $5,943,493. - Products, OEMs, and vendors - No commercial products, part numbers, quantities, OEMs, or vendors are identified; the requested work is research and evaluation services.

Description

This funding opportunity supports research and evaluation of programs funded under FYs 2022–2026 BJA Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program opportunities. The work will assess programs such as law enforcement crisis interventions, court-based programming, referrals to treatment for people in crisis, and extreme risk protection order programs. Applications must include both evaluability assessments (Phase I) and an evaluation of Byrne SCIP’s effectiveness (Phase II). NIJ anticipates making four awards, with at least one award per topic area.

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