BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program Training and Technical Assistance Program Supplement-Invited to Apply | O BJS 2024 172223

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program Supplement is a continuation grant opportunity intended to extend and strengthen hands-on support for criminal history records improvement work across the country. The core purpose is to keep providing direct technical assistance to states, U.S. territories, and tribal jurisdictions so their criminal justice records systems and related processes align with FBI standards, use suitable and up-to-date technologies, and follow strong professional practices for privacy and confidentiality. In practical terms, the opportunity is focused on improving how criminal history information is created, maintained, validated, shared, and protected, with the goal of increasing reliability and consistency for both operational and statistical uses.

This solicitation is explicitly “invited to apply” and identifies SEARCH Group, Inc. as the intended recipient, indicating it is not a broad, open competition. It is categorized as a continuation award and uses the grant funding instrument. The funding activity area is listed as “Information and Statistics,” reflecting BJS’s role in supporting data quality, standards, and systems that underpin accurate criminal justice statistics and effective information exchange. The associated CFDA (assistance listing) number is 16.734, which is tied to NCHIP-related work.

The anticipated scale of the award is up to $1,300,000, with one expected award. The solicitation was created on July 29, 2024, with an original closing date of July 30, 2024, reinforcing that it is a targeted supplement rather than a long open application window for multiple applicants. Eligible applicants are listed broadly as “Others,” but the narrative and “invited to apply” framing make clear the practical eligibility is centered on SEARCH Group, Inc. for this specific supplement.

Programmatically, the supplement supports continued efforts to help jurisdictions ensure that record systems are designed and managed to meet FBI requirements and prevailing best practices. This typically includes guidance on standards compliance, improving data completeness and accuracy, strengthening workflows for record submission and updates, and addressing confidentiality and privacy protections that must be maintained when handling sensitive criminal history information. It also emphasizes helping jurisdictions choose and apply the “most appropriate technologies,” which generally points to modernizing infrastructure, improving interoperability, and ensuring systems can reliably support standardized reporting and information exchange while maintaining appropriate security controls.

Overall, the grant is best understood as a BJS-funded extension of specialized training and technical assistance capacity under NCHIP, aimed at advancing consistent, high-quality criminal history records management nationwide, with particular attention to FBI standards alignment, technology appropriateness, and rigorous privacy and confidentiality practices.

• The Bureau of Justice Statistics in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program Training and Technical Assistance Program Supplement-Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.734.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-29.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-30. (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 $1,300,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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