The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks applications for funding of the Census of State Courts (CSC). The goal of the program is to further DOJ?s mission by increasing transparency, collaboration, and participation of state criminal courts. The CSC will provide a complete census of all state and local trial and appellate courts and information on their staffing and types of cases. Through a cooperative agreement, the recipient of funds will be responsible for working closely with BJS on the CSC to (1) develop and test a data collection instrument; (2) update the existing frame of courts, including identifying municipal courts; (3) field the CSC; and (4) conduct data cleaning, analysis, and delivery of raw and final datasets.
This solicitation incorporates the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide by reference. If this solicitation expressly modifies any provision in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide, the applicant is to follow the guidelines in this solicitation as to that provision.
Applications are submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline:
- Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Grants.gov deadline: June 29, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET
- Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants. JustGrants deadline: July 6, 2022 by 8:59 p.m. ET
Upcoming JustGrants Planned Outage
Due to planned DOJ financial management system upgrades, JustGrants will be unavailable for users from Friday, May 13, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. ET to Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET. During this time, users will not be able to access JustGrants. For more information, read the April 27 JustGrants News & Updates e-newsletter.
Actions needed associated with UEI transition
As part of the federal government?s transition from the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) to Unique Entity Identifiers (UEI), Grants.gov will transition to UEI at 11:59 p.m. ET on March 31, 2022. A recent JustGrants announcement includes important information about the transition and actions that entities must take when applying for funding opportunities with a Grants.gov close date after March 31, 2022.
Alert: SAM.gov Entity Validation Update
GSA implemented a new process to validate an entity?s legal business name and physical address when requesting a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and for completing a SAM.gov entity registration. Due to a high volume of requests, entity validations are taking longer than expected to process. This validation process is now taking 7-10 business days, and in some cases longer.
OJP strongly recommends starting your SAM.gov registration process as soon as possible to allow the time necessary to process entity validations well in advance of the Grants.gov due date posted in the solicitation. Read this FAQ for more information.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Doris J. James is the acting director.
For more information on BJS's publications, data collections, data analysis tools, and funding opportunities,?visit?BJS online.
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