BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Initiative | O BJA 2024 172254

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY24 "Invited to Apply" Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Initiative is a discretionary federal grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2024-172254; CFDA: 16.045) designed to strengthen the national infrastructure that supports community violence intervention work. Through cooperative agreements, BJA plans to fund five TTA providers that will help CVIPI grantees implement, improve, and sustain comprehensive, evidence-based violence intervention and prevention strategies. In addition to those TTA awards, BJA will also provide supplemental funding to one site-based grantee that was selected through this program in FY2024, reflecting BJA's intent to complete or extend prior approved work.

The underlying purpose of CVIPI is to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by investing in well-coordinated, evidence-based models, including approaches that address gang and gun violence. The initiative emphasizes partnerships that bring together community residents and credible messengers with local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals and public health partners, researchers, and other local stakeholders. The focus is not just on enforcement, but on coordinated intervention and prevention strategies grounded in data, community engagement, and proven practices.

This FY2024 solicitation builds directly on prior CVIPI investment cycles. BJA and its Office of Justice Programs (OJP) partners previously reviewed and recommended applications for funding in FY2022 and FY2023. In FY2022, OJP made awards to three national TTA providers across TTA-oriented categories (noted as categories 6 and 7) and also made three intermediary awards (category 5) that combined TTA with pass-through funding to community-based organizations to strengthen local CVI capacity. In FY2023, BJA made additional awards and partially funded a state-level award to the State of Illinois. OJP indicated it did not have enough FY2023 funding to fully support that recommended Illinois award and documented a plan to provide the remaining funding using FY2024 funds, which is part of what this solicitation is structured to accomplish.

Eligibility is highly restricted because it is an "invited to apply" opportunity. Only organizations that received an official request from BJA to apply, specifically to continue work tied to a prior BJA grant award, may submit an application. BJA will only accept applications from the following entities: Latino Coalition for Community Leadership; Metropolitan Family Services; Local Initiatives Support Corporation (up to two applications); The Community Based Public Safety Collective; and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. This design signals that the competition is not open to the general public and is intended to extend, scale, or complete work already underway with known partners and prior awardees.

Key grant mechanics included in the posting indicate that awards will be made as cooperative agreements, which typically means BJA expects substantial federal involvement during the project period (for example, close coordination on deliverables, technical direction, performance measurement, and collaboration across the CVIPI portfolio). The opportunity lists an award ceiling of $2,000,000 and anticipates up to six awards total, aligning with the plan to fund five TTA providers plus one supplemental award. The application deadline shown is September 20, 2024, and the issuing agency is the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the law, justice, and legal services activity category.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.045.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-09-10.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-20. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 6 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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