OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 14 Law Enforcement: National Training and Technical Assistance
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to national, regional, state, or local public and private entities,  including for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit organizations (including tribal for-profit or  nonprofit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher  education (including tribal institutions of higher education), tribal jurisdictions, and units of local  government (including federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the  Secretary of the Interior). For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management  fee.  Applicants must also have experience in delivering criminal justice training and technical  assistance nationwide.  BJA welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must  be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the  entity with primary responsibility for conducting and leading the program.
Description: This FY 2014 competitive grant announcement focuses on two national initiatives to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system by addressing training and technical assistance (TTA) needs for state and local law enforcement and crime prevention efforts addressing emerging crime. First, BJA is seeking applications to provide nationwide TTA to increase the effectiveness and ensure success of state and local multi-jurisdictional law enforcement task forces created and addressing local crime issues. Second, BJA has undertaken a suite of work aimed at improving homicide clearance rates. In furtherance of this mission, BJA is seeking applications to provide national TTA to departments seeking assistance in improving homicide investigations and, subsequently, their homicide clearance rate.
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. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except &lt;br/&gt;federal holidays.