OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 13 Answering Gideon&apos;s Call: National Assistance To Improve the Effectiveness of Right to Counsel Services
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are private nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, and community organizations), public universities, and colleges.  BJA encourages eligible organizations to form partnerships through formal agreements with each other to meet the solicitation deliverables. If multiple parties work together to submit one application, one partner must clearly be indicated as the primary applicant/fiscal agent (for correspondence, award, management, and fiscal purposes) and the others indicated as subapplicant(s).
Description: In the criminal justice system, indigent defense providers are often underfunded and understaffed, severely affecting the delivery of effective, efficient, and quality legal representation for indigent criminal defendants. The purpose of this program is to improve the quality of indigent defense delivery services guided by the Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, promulgated by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2002. BJA is seeking applicant(s) that will engage in a broad range of activities to improve the quality of representation of indigent defendants and ensure professional and ongoing technical assistance to the indigent defense bar. This program is funded under the Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program (Byrne Competitive Program), which helps communities improve the functioning and capacity of state and local criminal justice systems.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Application Support
GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov