Cooperative Agreement to a USA Nonprofit, For-Profit, or IHE for Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies Using Cameras

Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program Training and Technical Assistance

Agency

Federal

GrantWatch ID#

207943

Funding Source

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

CFDA Number: 16.835

Funding or PIN Number: O-BJA-2023-171561

Geographic Focus

All USA

Important Dates

Deadline: 04/04/23 8:59 PM ET - Grants.gov deadline; 04/11/23 8:59 PM ET - JustGrants deadline.

Grant Description

Cooperative agreement to a USA or territories nonprofit organization, for-profit organization, or IHE to provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies for camera programs. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. Funding is intended to provide technical assistance to body-worn camera grantees.

This solicitation seeks to fund a training and technical assistance program for site-based grantees funded under BJA’s BWCPIP to Support Law Enforcement Agencies. This funding is to support agencies to establish, expand, or refine comprehensive body-worn camera programs that have specified plans to implement this technology in a manner that maximizes the benefits of BWCs.

The TTA applicant should refer to the BWCPIP to Support Law Enforcement Agencies solicitation and then address how they will support the site-based grantees across the following five categories:

Category 1 – Site-based Awards to Law Enforcement Agencies (including self-initiated partnership applications)
Category 2 – Site-based Awards to State Correctional Agencies
Category 3 – Digital Evidence Management and Integration Demonstration Projects
Category 4 – Optimizing Body-worn Camera (BWC) Footage in Prosecutors’ Offices Demonstration Projects
Category 5 – Using BWC Footage for Training and Constitutional Policing Demonstration Projects

This program’s goals are to provide high quality and comprehensive TTA to site-based grantees and respond to each agency’s individual needs. BJA also expects the TTA provider to identify and compile existing resources and knowledge products that inform and serve the law enforcement community and other criminal justice stakeholder who use BWCs or are affected by BWC use. The TTA provider should also develop resources and knowledge products based on the needs expressed by site-based grantees and as technological, legal, research, and other substantive issues related to BWCs arise in practice.

Objectives and Deliverables: https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/media/document/O-BJA-2023-171561.pdf#page=8

Recipient

Eligibility

For profit organizations other than small businesses
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
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants:
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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Other

Other:
Institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) that have experience in managing and delivering training and technical assistance on complex criminal justice technology implementations at the national and local levels

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).

Organizations that apply for this opportunity are expected to have demonstrated experience and expertise in body-worn camera implementation. Substantive areas include understanding the full cost and resources required for a body-worn camera program; the impact, benefits, and challenges that digital evidence generated from BWCs have on law enforcement agencies; the impacts, benefits, and challenges of managing BWC footage and sharing footage across criminal justice agencies; and how BWC programs can be used to build community trust and advance constitutional policing practices.

Pre-Proposal Conference

BJA will hold a solicitation webinar on February, 27 at 1:00 p.m. 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://ojp.webex.com/webappng/sites/ojp/meeting/register/d58eefcf480749c186174df7de272542?ticket=4832534b0000000678a7671e6a6cf3d5f9dd3323a25e2395948faccef36c70a738724252d302d059×tamp=1676367052848&RGID=rf804d1fcc8c1da07c0037c5c7d3146df

Pre-Application Information

The SF-424 and the SF-LLL must be submitted in Grants.gov by April 04, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

The full application must be submitted in JustGrants by April 11, 2023 8:59 PM ET.

To use the webinar time most efficiently, BJA encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than February 23.

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=345825

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

Webinar recording: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/webinar/bwc-tta-srt-recording

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$3,000,000

Number of Grants

Estimated Size of Grant

$3,000,000

Term of Contract

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

Contact Information

Submit pre-webinar questions to grants@ncjrs.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.

Cooperative Agreement to a USA Nonprofit, For-Profit, or IHE for Technical Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies Using Cameras

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