Bureau of Justice Statistics

Description

The proposed fiscal year (FY) 2021 supplemental award for the National Crime Statistics Exchange (NCS-X) National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) Estimation Project will provide funding for the 12-month period from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 to test the estimation processes developed under this award. The original award included developing (1) procedures that can at minimum assess the quality and completeness of the submitted NIBRS data, (2) methods and techniques to adjust for item and unit nonresponse, and (3) an estimation procedure to generate national incident-based statistics from the reported data. Statutory Authority: Under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, BJS is authorized to "make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals" for purposes of collecting and analyzing criminal justice statistics (34 U.S.C. § 10132(c)(1)).

Who can apply

• Others

Contact

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF- LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support webpage, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. <br/><br/>For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov, 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. - 9.p.m. EST Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and Federal holidays.<br/><br/>An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov or JustGrants technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the BJS contact identified within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. <br/><br/>For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact Alexia Cooper, Statistician, by telephone at 202-307-0582, or by email at Alexia.Cooper@ojp.usdoj.gov.<br/>Alexia.Cooper@ojp.usdoj.gov
Alexia.Cooper@ojp.usdoj.gov