Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2018 13623
The BJA FY 18 Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under CFDA 16.812. It is designed to strengthen community supervision (probation and parole) by helping agencies adopt approaches that improve supervision outcomes, cut reoffending, and ultimately reduce jail and prison admissions. The core idea is that smarter, more targeted supervision can increase success rates for people on supervision, reduce crime committed by supervisees, and save public dollars by preventing costly incarceration.
This opportunity is part of BJA's Smart Supervision Program and is structured around building capacity and improving effectiveness in day-to-day supervision practice. Rather than emphasizing supervision as a fixed time requirement, BJA highlights a shift toward goal-focused supervision that is responsive to an individuals risks and needs. The program also encourages moving away from broad, one-size-fits-all supervision (sometimes described as mass supervision) toward individualized supervision strategies, especially for people who present a higher risk of committing violence or being victimized by violence. In practice, this points applicants toward evidence-based supervision strategies and, where appropriate, carefully designed innovation and testing of new approaches that can demonstrate better outcomes.
Funding is awarded through cooperative agreements, which typically means the awardee can expect active involvement from the federal agency in shaping, monitoring, or supporting the project compared to a standard grant. BJA anticipates making about four awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000. The opportunity was created on March 13, 2018, and the original application deadline was May 1, 2018.
The solicitation funds projects in two distinct categories. Category 1 is aimed at state and local agencies that directly supervise people on probation and parole. Under this category, selected agencies are expected to improve supervision using evidence-based strategies or develop and test innovative strategies intended to improve outcomes for supervisees. The solicitation specifically signals interest in approaches that focus resources on the people and situations most connected to serious harm, including offenders at high risk of violence involvement, and in strategies that measure progress by concrete goals and behavior change rather than simply completing a set period of supervision. This category is essentially about improving the way supervision is delivered on the ground: tailoring interventions, adjusting intensity and services to risk, and using practices that have credible support in research or that are tested rigorously enough to inform future replication.
Category 2 is structured differently and focuses on field-building through training and technical assistance (TTA). In this category, BJA plans to fund a TTA provider to work with three sites to develop a working model for collaboration among law enforcement, prosecutors, and probation departments specifically related to high-risk, violent offenders. The goal is to build a practical, replicable approach that improves coordination across these justice system partners, helping them respond more effectively to serious risk while still supporting lawful and successful community supervision. The TTA provider is responsible for selecting the three demonstration sites in coordination with BJA and then passing through funds to support the sites work, meaning part of the award is regranted to those local partners to carry out the model development and implementation activities.
Eligibility is broad and includes county governments; city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The funding activity categories listed include law, justice, and legal services, along with related categories noted in the posting. Overall, the opportunity is geared toward applicants who can show they have a clear supervision improvement problem to solve, a credible plan grounded in evidence or disciplined innovation, and the operational capacity to implement and measure changes in supervision practice, especially for individuals at highest risk of serious reoffending or victimization.Apply for BJA 2018 13623
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda), law, justice and legal services, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 18 Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.812.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 13, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 01, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the BJA FY 18 Innovations in Supervision Initiative?
The BJA FY 18 Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), under CFDA 16.812. It is intended to strengthen community supervision (probation and parole) by helping agencies adopt evidence-based or well-tested innovative approaches that improve supervision outcomes, reduce reoffending, and ultimately reduce jail and prison admissions.
What problem is this grant trying to solve?
The solicitation is focused on improving day-to-day community supervision so that it is more effective and more targeted. The underlying idea is that smarter supervision can increase success rates for people on probation and parole, reduce crime committed by people on supervision, and save public dollars by preventing costly incarceration.
Which federal agency runs this opportunity?
This opportunity is administered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
What does CFDA 16.812 mean in this solicitation?
CFDA 16.812 is the program listing identifier associated with this BJA funding opportunity. It is used to classify and track the federal assistance program connected to the solicitation.
Is this part of a larger BJA initiative?
Yes. The solicitation is part of BJA's Smart Supervision Program and emphasizes building capacity and improving effectiveness in community supervision practice.
What is the core supervision approach BJA is encouraging?
BJA highlights a shift away from supervision as a fixed time requirement and toward goal-focused supervision that responds to an individual's risks and needs. The solicitation also encourages moving away from broad, one-size-fits-all supervision (sometimes described as mass supervision) and toward individualized supervision strategies.
Who is the supervision approach meant to prioritize?
The solicitation signals interest in focusing resources on the people and situations most connected to serious harm, including individuals at high risk of violence involvement (either committing violence or being victimized by violence).
What types of awards will BJA make (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
Funding is awarded through cooperative agreements. This typically means the federal agency expects to be more actively involved in shaping, monitoring, or supporting the project than it would be under a standard grant.
How many awards does BJA expect to make?
BJA anticipates making about four awards under this solicitation.
What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling is $2,000,000.
When was this opportunity created and when was the original deadline?
The opportunity was created on March 13, 2018, and the original application deadline was May 1, 2018.
How is the solicitation structured?
The solicitation funds projects in two categories. Category 1 focuses on improving supervision within agencies that directly supervise people on probation and parole. Category 2 focuses on field-building through training and technical assistance (TTA) to develop a collaboration model among law enforcement, prosecutors, and probation departments related to high-risk, violent offenders.
What is Category 1 designed to fund?
Category 1 is aimed at state and local agencies that directly supervise people on probation and parole. Selected agencies are expected to improve supervision using evidence-based strategies or to develop and test innovative strategies intended to improve outcomes for people on supervision.
What does BJA mean by evidence-based strategies in this context?
In this solicitation, evidence-based strategies refer to supervision practices that have credible support in research. The solicitation also allows for innovation, as long as new approaches are carefully designed and tested rigorously enough to produce useful outcome information for future replication.
What kind of outcomes is Category 1 trying to improve?
Category 1 emphasizes improving supervision outcomes, reducing reoffending, reducing crime committed by supervisees, and reducing jail and prison admissions. It also emphasizes measuring progress by concrete goals and behavior change rather than simply completing a set period of supervision.
What is meant by goal-focused supervision?
Goal-focused supervision refers to supervision that measures success through concrete goals and behavior change, rather than treating supervision primarily as a requirement to complete a set time period.
How does the solicitation describe moving away from "mass supervision"?
The solicitation encourages moving away from broad, one-size-fits-all supervision approaches and toward individualized strategies that tailor interventions, adjust intensity, and connect services to a person's risk and needs, especially for individuals at higher risk of serious harm.
What is Category 2 designed to fund?
Category 2 is focused on training and technical assistance (TTA) and field-building. BJA plans to fund a TTA provider to work with three sites to develop a working model for collaboration among law enforcement, prosecutors, and probation departments related to high-risk, violent offenders.
What is the main goal of the Category 2 collaboration model?
The goal is to build a practical, replicable approach that improves coordination across justice system partners so they can respond more effectively to serious risk while still supporting lawful and successful community supervision.
Who selects the three demonstration sites in Category 2?
The TTA provider is responsible for selecting the three demonstration sites in coordination with BJA.
Does Category 2 include pass-through funding to the sites?
Yes. The TTA provider is expected to pass through funds to support the demonstration sites' work. That means part of the award is regranted to local partners to carry out model development and implementation activities.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility includes county governments; city or township governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3), excluding institutions of higher education); and for-profit organizations other than small businesses.
Are for-profit organizations eligible?
Yes. For-profit organizations other than small businesses are included as eligible applicants.
Are institutions of higher education eligible?
Yes. Both public/state-controlled and private institutions of higher education are listed as eligible.
Are tribal governments eligible?
Yes. Federally recognized Native American tribal governments are listed as eligible.
What kinds of activities or sectors does BJA associate with this funding?
The funding activity categories listed include law, justice, and legal services, along with related categories noted in the posting.
What does BJA appear to look for in a strong application?
Based on the solicitation description, the opportunity is geared toward applicants that can clearly describe a supervision improvement problem to solve, present a credible plan grounded in evidence or disciplined innovation, and demonstrate operational capacity to implement and measure changes in supervision practice, especially for people at the highest risk of serious reoffending or victimization.
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