2020 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics
Assistance Listings
- 16.554 -- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
The NCHIP grant program aims to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Achieving this goal is contingent on accomplishing four objectives:
. Provide direct financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, and tribes to improve their criminal record systems and related systems to support background checks, including NICS checks.
. Ensure the infrastructure connects criminal...
history records systems to the state record repository or appropriate federal agency record system, and ensure records are accessible through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records systems.
. Provide the training and technical assistance needed to ensure that records systems are developed and managed to conform to FBI standards and appropriate technologies, while ensuring that contributing agencies adhere to the highest standards of practice with respect to privacy and confidentiality.
. Use systematic evaluation and standardized performance measurements and statistics to assess progress on improving national records holdings and background check systems.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
The following entities are eligible to apply:
Agency designated by the governor in each state to administer the NCHIP (34 U.S.C. § 40301)
Federally recognized Indian tribal governments
Grantor contact information
Description
askbjs@usdoj.gov
askbjs@usdoj.gov
General Information
Documents
No documents are currently available.
Link to additional information
Closed: April 16, 2020
Award
$50,000,000
Program Funding
40
Expected awards
$24,000,000
Award Minimum
$48,000,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
BJS-2020-17632
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
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Category of Funding Activity:
Information and statistics
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
1
Posted date:
February 12, 2020
Archive date:
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