OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 13 State, Local, and Tribal Terrorism Prevention Training and Technical Assistance Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are for-profit (commercial) organizations; nonprofit organizations; faith-based and community organizations; institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education); and consortiums (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations) with significant and demonstrated experience in terror prevention strategies and in delivering training and technical assistance to law enforcement and tribal communities nationwide are eligible to apply. For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee. Joint applications from a consortium must identify the primary applicant and co-applicant(s), and letters of support that outline the partners&#146; responsibilities must be provided.
Description: DOJ&#146;s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012-2016 identifies as Goal II: Prevent crime, protect the rights of American People, and enforce Federal law, and as Strategic Objective 2.1: combat the threat, incidence, and prevalence of violent crime, which coincides with OJP&#146;s Strategic Goal 1: Enhance state, local, and tribal efforts to prevent and respond to violent crimes and acts of terrorism. BJA will continue support training, technical assistance, and related services dedicated to equip state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers to support specialized multiagency terrorism detection, investigation, and interdiction. The purpose of this solicitation is to select an organization(s) to continue providing these critical training and technical assistance services to law enforcement officers who face the challenges presented by the criminal extremist/terrorist threat. This program is funded through the Department of Justice, Consolidated &amp; Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Pub. L No 113-6, 127 Stat. 198,253.). All training, technical assistance, and related services supported under this initiative must emphasize the protection of individual privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties throughout the intelligence process whereas all materials and trainings must be ethnically and culturally accurate, and delivered in a manner that helps law enforcement officers fully understand their constitutional responsibilities.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Application Support
GrantorContactText: FFor technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606&#150;545&#150;5035, or via e-mail to support@grants.gov.