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BJA FY 20 Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Program

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings
  • 16.817 -- Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

This program focuses on high crime communities with concentrated distress and hot spots of crime and directly supports the Department's priorities to reduce violent crime (sometimes associated with gang activity), assist communities struggling with drug abuse, and support law enforcement officers by integrating officers and enforcement strategies into community-based crime reduction efforts.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • City or township governments
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • County governments
  • Special district governments

Education

  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Public and state institutions of higher education

Nonprofit

  • Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide. For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. support@grants.gov

Email

Technical Application Assistance

support@grants.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://bja.ojp.gov/CBCR20

Closed: June 11, 2020

Application process

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Award

$9,000,000

Program Funding

9

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$1,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

BJA-2020-17118

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Employment labor and training

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

March 13, 2020

Archive date:

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