Grants to USA Nonprofits, CBOs, IHEs, and Civil Rights Organizations to Prevent and Respond to Crimes

Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crimes

Agency

Federal

GrantWatch ID#

203511

Funding Source

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

CFDA Number: 16.047

Funding or PIN Number: O-BJA-2023-171643

Geographic Focus

All USA
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);

Important Dates

Deadline: 05/17/23 8:59 PM ET - Grants.gov deadline; 05/24/23 8:59 PM ET - JustGrants deadline.

Grant Description

Grants to USA and territories nonprofit organizations, CBOs, tribal organizations, IHEs, and civil rights organizations to prevent and address hate-related criminal offenses. Applicants must complete required registrations prior to submitting a proposal. Funding is intended to support comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve prevention efforts and responses to hate crimes.

Program Goals:

Support comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes, speech, and incidents that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve prevention efforts and responses to hate crimes.
Develop and enhance activities to de-escalate community tension, empower community efforts for conflict resolution, and strengthen community resiliency.

Category One: Community-based Organizations

Category One is designed to support individual organizations seeking to pilot prevention strategies and facilitate dialogue and community healing to deescalate tensions arising from hate speech and hate incidents, and to prevent hate crimes at the local level. These programs should be tailored to a particular community or geographic area.

Category Two: National Civil Rights Organizations

Category Two will support national organizations with reach and relationships with local communities across the country. Category Two is designed to support capacity building at local and community-based organizations by providing materials, tools, and strategies that can be tailored to meet the needs of individual neighborhoods, cities, or regions seeking to prevent and address hate crimes.

Objectives and Deliverables: https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/O-BJA-2023-171643.pdf#page=10

Recipient

Eligibility

Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants:
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Other

Other:
This includes community-based organizations and civil rights organizations that are tribal, nonprofit, and academic.

Applicants for Category Two should be national or regional civil rights organizations with demonstrated capacity to reach community organizations or local chapter/affiliate organizations nationwide.

For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

An applicant entity may submit more than one application, if each application proposes a different project in response to the solicitation. Also, an entity may be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.

BJA will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).

Ineligible

In addition to the unallowable costs identified in the DOJ Grants Financial Guide, award funds may not be used for the following:
- Prizes, rewards, entertainment, trinkets, or any other monetary incentives
- Client stipends
- Gift cards
- Vehicles
- Food and beverages

Federal funds may also not be used to replace (supplant) nonfederal dollars that are appropriated for the same purpose.

Pre-Proposal Conference

BJA will hold a solicitation webinar on March 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET. This call will provide a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Preregistration is required for all participants.

Register: https://registration.iir.com/hatecrimes/main/10105

Pre-Application Information

The SF-424 and the SF-LLL must be submitted in Grants.gov by May 17, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

The full application must be submitted in JustGrants by May 24, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

To use the time most efficiently, BJA encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than March 21, 2023.

Before submitting an application, all applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM). Registration and renewal can take up to 10 business days to complete.

Applications must be submitted to DOJ electronically through a two-step process via Grants.gov and JustGrants:
- Step 1: The applicant must submit by the Grants.gov deadline the required Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SFLLL) form when they register in Grants.gov. Submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL as early as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the Grants.gov deadline. If an applicant fails to submit in Grants.gov, they will be unable to apply in JustGrants.
- Step 2: The applicant must submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline.

View this opportunity on Grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346620

For a list of application documents, see the Package tab (press Preview) on the Grants.gov page above.

Watch the webinar recording from March 23, 2023: https://vimeo.com/811057997/d21e02e0fd

Watch the excerpt of guest speaker Michael Munson: https://vimeo.com/815114240/ce9ea20e1d

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$7,800,000

Number of Grants

Category 1: 12 awards; Category 2: 3 awards.

Estimated Size of Grant

Category 1: $400,000
Category 2: $1,000,000

Term of Contract

Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/23 12:00 AM
Period of Performance Duration: 36 months

BJA may, in certain cases, provide additional funding in future years to awards made under this solicitation through continuation awards. OJP will consider, among other factors, OJP’s strategic priorities, a recipient’s overall management of the award, and the award-funded work’s progress, when making continuation award decisions.

Contact Information

Submit pre-webinar questions to Olivia.C.Schnitzer@usdoj.gov.

For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center at 800-851-3420, 301-240-6310 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only), or grants@ncjrs.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and a SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the full application in JustGrants, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.

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Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crimes

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