Helpful
Links for Finding Grant Funding
Department
of Justice Grant Information
Provides links to sites containing specific grant information.
This site a very good source for obtaining grant information for the
following: Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice,
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Victims
of Crime, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice Assistance
and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Bureau
of Justice Assistance
The mission of the BJA is to provide leadership and
assistance in support of local criminal justice strategies to achieve
safe communities. BJA's overall goals are to: (1) reduce and prevent
crime, violence, and drug abuse and (2) improve the functioning of
the criminal justice system. To achieve these goals, BJA programs
emphasize enhanced coordination and cooperation of federal, state,
and local efforts. Programs include funding for:
- Edward Byrne Formula Grant Program
- Edward Byrne Discretionary Grant Program
- State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
- Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
Bureau
of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a component
of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice,
is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics.
BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on
crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of
justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical
to Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring
that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.
Periodically, BJS publishes a document that presents
findings of major BJS statistical series, describes BJS data collection
programs, and summarizes programs to help States and localities to
develop automated information systems. Programs include funding for:
- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
- National Sex Offender Registry Assistance Program
(NSOR)
- National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
Implementation Programs
- Criminal Records Policy
Community
Oriented Policing Services
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 authorized funds to promote community policing and add 100,000
community policing officers to our nation's streets. The U.S. Department
of Justice created the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
(COPS) to carry out this mission. Programs include funding for:
- Universal hiring Program (UHP)
- COPS Making Officer Redeployment Effective (MORE)
- COPS In Schools (CIS)
- Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
- Problem Solving Partnerships
- Advancing Community Policing
National
Institute of Justice
NIJ is the research and development agency of the U.S.
Department of Justice and is the only Federal agency solely dedicated
to researching crime control and justice issues. NIJ provides objective,
independent, non-partisan, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet
the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and
local levels.
Violence
Against Women
Programs include funding for:
- STOP (Services*Training*Officers*Prosecutors) Violence
Against Women Formula Grants
- Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies
- Domestic Violence Victims' Civil Legal Assistance
Grants
- Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women
on Campuses
Office
of Victims of Crime
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established
by the 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs
that benefit victims of crime. OVC provides substantial funding to
state victim assistance and compensation programs -- the lifeline
services that help victims to heal. The agency also supports training's
designed to educate criminal justice and allied professionals regarding
the rights and needs of crime victims. OVC is one of five bureaus
and four offices, with grant-making authority, within the Office of
Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Programs include funding
for:
- OVC Formula - Victim Compensation and Victim Assistance
- OVC Discretionary
- OVC Discretionary - Indian Country:
- Children's Justice Act Partnerships for
Indian Communities (CJA) Grant Program
- Victim Assistance in Indian Country (VAIC) Grant
Program
Office
of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
To provide national leadership, coordination, and resources
to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.
OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities
in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated
prevention and intervention programs and improve the juvenile justice
system so that it protects the public safety, holds offenders accountable,
and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the
needs of families and each individual juvenile. Programs include funding
for:
- Building Blocks for Youth
- Causes and Correlates of Delinquency
- Children With Disabilities
- Comprehensive Strategy
- Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention
- Drug-Free Communities Support Program
- Evaluation of the Truancy Reduction Demonstration
Program
- Enforcing the Underage Drinking Laws Program
- Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program
- Juvenile Court Centennial Initiative
- Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
- Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center
- Juvenile Mentoring (JUMP)
- Juvenile Sex Offender Research
- Missing and Exploited Children's Program
- National Youth Network
- Safe Futures
- Safe Kids/Safe Streets
- Strengthening America's Families
- Youth Crime Watch of America
- Youth Environmental Service
Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance provides
information on all federal grant programs.
