BJA FY24 National Public Safety Partnership- Capacity Building Grant Limited Competition Grant Solicitation | O BJA 2024 172159

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The BJA FY24 National Public Safety Partnership (PSP) Capacity Building Grant is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), designed to help jurisdictions that have already participated in the National Public Safety Partnership strengthen and sustain their crime-reduction work. The core purpose is to provide added resources that support practical implementation of strategies developed through PSP, with an emphasis on reducing crime, improving public safety outcomes, and building or restoring community trust in the criminal justice system.

This is a limited competition focused specifically on established PSP sites rather than brand-new applicants. Eligible applicants are local law enforcement agencies and local or state prosecutorial agencies that have participated in PSP for at least two years and/or have completed the full three-year PSP engagement. A key restriction is that applicants must not have received funding under the FY23 PSP Capacity Building Grant limited competition. In other words, this round is meant to help additional PSP jurisdictions move from planning and assessment into deeper execution, not to duplicate prior-year awards for the same entities.

The funding is intended to support capacity building tied directly to the PSP strategic plan and to the goals and recommendations that came out of PSP assessments. In practical terms, that typically means funding that helps a site put PSP-informed priorities into action, such as strengthening coordinated prosecution and enforcement approaches, improving operational readiness, enhancing analytic and problem-solving capacity, and supporting evidence-informed interventions that align with the jurisdiction's PSP roadmap. While the solicitation summary does not list specific allowable cost categories, the framing makes clear that the money is meant to translate PSP planning and recommendations into implementable, on-the-ground work that measurably advances public safety and trust.

Administratively, the opportunity is offered as a grant under the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category, with CFDA number 16.738. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172159. The solicitation was created on May 24, 2024, and the original application closing date is July 17, 2024. BJA expects to make up to five awards, and the maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $500,000 per award.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 National Public Safety Partnership- Capacity Building Grant Limited Competition Grant Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-17. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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