OpportunityTitle: Survey of Public Defenders Supplement
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The Urban Institute  To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process, to be eligible for FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: (1) the agency&amp;rsquo;s use-of-force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and (2) the agency&amp;rsquo;s use-of-force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO to access the Standards for Certification on Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Implementation Fact Sheet, and the List of Designated Independent Credentialing Bodies.     All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.  BJS will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.
Description: OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The proposed fiscal year 2022 Survey of Public Defenders Supplement (SPDS) award will provide funding from July 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023 to assess office reimbursement strategies, conduct data quality analysis on pilot data, and compile a final report summarizing all recommendations for full implementation. The SPDS aims to collect national-level estimates of public defender workload, access to litigation and support resources, and compensation. The original award covered (1) revision of the sampling plan proposed in the Survey of Publicly Appointed Defense Attorneys: Design Study, (2) development of web-based office-level and defender-level surveys, and (3) a pilot test of the survey examining response rates using different outreach strategies. Statutory Authority: Under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, BJS is authorized to &quot;make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals&quot; for purposes of collecting and analyzing criminal justice data and producing reliable statistics under 34 U.S.C. &#167; 10132(c) (1).
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GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ&amp;rsquo;s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Erica Grasmick, Statistician, by telephone at 202-307-0765 or by email at AskBJS@usdoj.gov. Include &quot;SPDS22&quot; in the subject line.&lt;br/&gt;AskBJS@usdoj.gov