BJA FY24 Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative | O BJA 2024 172234

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2024 172234

The BJA FY24 Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative grant is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), aimed at strengthening justice information sharing and criminal intelligence capabilities across the country. The core purpose is to support DOJ's Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (often referred to as "Global"), which serves as a national effort to bring together criminal justice policymakers and frontline practitioners to develop and promote practical, innovative strategies for sharing information more effectively. In plain terms, the opportunity focuses on improving how justice agencies collect, manage, and exchange data and intelligence, and how technology can be used to make that sharing faster, safer, more consistent, and more useful for operations and decision-making.

The program is structured to engage a broad mix of stakeholders, not just a single type of agency or discipline. While the work ultimately benefits state, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies, the initiative is designed to cut across the "associated disciplines" that routinely intersect with criminal justice information systems and criminal intelligence processes. This emphasis reflects a real-world need: investigations, public safety responses, court and corrections workflows, and intelligence-led policing often depend on information moving smoothly across organizational boundaries, technology platforms, and jurisdictional lines. The funding is meant to support work that helps solve those friction points by advancing shared approaches, guidance, and capabilities.

This opportunity is offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically means BJA expects to have substantial involvement during the project period compared to a standard grant. Cooperative agreements commonly involve ongoing collaboration, coordination, and deliverable review with the funding agency, especially when the work is national in scope or tied to a DOJ-led initiative like Global. The funding activity category is Law, Justice, and Legal Services, and the relevant CFDA number is 16.738.

In terms of who can apply, eligibility is open to a range of organizational types: nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also excluding institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. That range suggests BJA is open to applicants that can credibly support national-level convening, policy and practice development, technical assistance, and strategy work related to justice information sharing and technology enablement.

The award structure indicates a single expected award, with an award ceiling of $500,000. That combination (one award, capped at $500K) signals a competitive, focused award intended to support a central coordinating organization or project team that can carry out Global-related activities at a national level or in a way that broadly benefits multiple jurisdictions and disciplines. The solicitation was created on August 26, 2024, and the original application closing date is September 18, 2024.

Key identifying details for reference include the funding opportunity title "BJA FY24 Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative" and the funding opportunity number "O-BJA-2024-172234." Overall, the grant is geared toward advancing justice information and criminal intelligence sharing by supporting the continued development of strategies, coordination mechanisms, and technology-related capabilities that help agencies work together more effectively while improving public safety outcomes.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative" 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 2024-08-26.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-09-18. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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, Small businesses.

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