BJA FY 22 Community Supervision Resource Center | O BJA 2022 171105

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2022 171105

The BJA FY 22 Community Supervision Resource Center grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number O-BJA-2022-171105) is a discretionary solicitation from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), offered through a cooperative agreement. It was created on April 6, 2022, with an original application closing date of June 1, 2022. The program is designed to stand up a single national-level resource center that can serve as a hub for guidance, practical tools, and hands-on assistance for agencies and organizations responsible for adult community supervision, specifically probation, parole, and pretrial supervision, across state, local, and tribal jurisdictions.

The purpose of the resource center is closely tied to the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) priorities. The center is expected to support work that advances civil rights and racial equity, expands access to justice, and strengthens public safety while also improving outcomes for people impacted by the justice system and supporting crime victims. Another central theme is building trust between criminal justice institutions and the communities they serve. In practice, this means the resource center is not just a passive clearinghouse for documents; it is meant to actively help supervision agencies identify, adopt, and improve approaches that are fair, effective, and aligned with equity and constitutional principles, while responding to evolving public safety needs.

The funding structure reflects the scale of the effort: BJA anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, the federal government typically expects to have more ongoing involvement in shaping key deliverables, monitoring progress, and coordinating priorities during the project period. Applicants considering a cooperative agreement usually need to plan for regular communication with BJA and for deliverables that can be tracked and assessed, such as published toolkits, training curricula, technical assistance plans, and measurable outputs like the number of jurisdictions assisted.

Eligible applicants include a range of education and nonprofit organizations that are positioned to operate a national technical assistance and information center. Specifically eligible entities include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized categories of Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education). This eligibility set suggests BJA was looking for an organization with research capacity, training and technical assistance experience, and the operational infrastructure to support multiple jurisdictions, potentially including tribal and culturally specific partners.

In short, this opportunity funded the creation of a Community Supervision Resource Center intended to improve how probation, parole, and pretrial supervision functions nationwide by providing targeted information, resources, and direct assistance, with a strong emphasis on equity, access to justice, community trust, and public safety outcomes.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 22 Community Supervision Resource Center" 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 Apr 06, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 01, 2022. (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 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), 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.

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