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The?Bureau of Justice Statistics is seeking applications for funding to administer the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) in fiscal year 2020. This program will continue to focus on enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history records and ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Priority areas this year include?
- updating and automating case outcomes from courts and prosecutors in state or tribal records and the FBI?s Criminal History File
- improving access to information concerning persons prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm for mental health reasons and transmitting relevant records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Applications are due on April 16, 2020, by 11:59 p.m. ET.
For more information on BJS publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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