NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program | O NIJ 2022 171202

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The NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP) funding opportunity is a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), developed in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Its core purpose is to strengthen the national juvenile justice data infrastructure by supporting projects that bring together key juvenile justice datasets, perform sophisticated and policy-relevant analyses, and translate complex findings into practical products that can be used by practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the public. The program is framed within the Department of Justice and Office of Justice Programs priorities around civil rights, racial equity, access to justice, community safety, support for victims and justice-involved individuals, and building public trust.

At the heart of NJJDAP is the production of high-value statistical information about juvenile risk behaviors, juvenile victimization, juvenile offending, and how the juvenile justice system responds to illegal behavior. NIJ is looking for applicants who can not only maintain and enhance this flow of national-level information, but also modernize how juvenile justice data are analyzed and shared. That includes developing new analytical approaches, exploring complicated or emerging issues reflected in the data, and creating improved dissemination strategies such as publications, web-based resources, and innovative tools that make data easier to access, understand, and use in real-world decision-making. The expectation is that the work will directly inform juvenile justice policy and practice at federal, state, and local levels, not just sit in academic reports.

A major theme in the solicitation is innovation and broadening participation. NIJ notes that award decisions will consider how well a proposal introduces new and innovative perspectives into juvenile justice data analysis and dissemination, and how it may expand the pool of researchers and organizations contributing to this space. In other words, applicants are encouraged to push beyond business-as-usual reporting and propose improvements that increase the relevance, utility, and accessibility of national juvenile justice data for a wide audience.

For projects that rely on partnerships with criminal justice agencies or other organizations, the solicitation places strong emphasis on documentation and data stewardship. Applications should include strong letters of support from each partnering agency, signed by an appropriate decision-making authority. These letters should explicitly acknowledge that de-identified data produced, provided, or obtained through the project will be archived with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) at the end of the award period. Applicants and partners are encouraged to review NACJD policies and protections in advance. If selected, the grantee is expected to have a formal agreement in place with partnering agencies by January 1, 2023, and that agreement must include provisions ensuring compliance with the data archiving requirement. The solicitation also clarifies the structure for multi-agency efforts: only one organization can apply as the primary applicant, while other participating entities must be included as subrecipients if they will use federal funds to carry out the project.

The opportunity is issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement under CFDA 16.560, with an award ceiling of $2,400,000. The original closing date listed is May 9, 2022. Eligibility is broad and includes state, county, and local governments; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and certain other entities. Foreign governments, foreign organizations, and foreign colleges and universities are not eligible to apply, while federal agencies are eligible (with awards made through inter-agency reimbursable agreements). A notable financial condition is that all recipients and subrecipients, including for-profit organizations, must forgo any profit or management fee under the award.

The solicitation also includes a law enforcement certification requirement tied to Executive Order 13929, Safe Policing for Safe Communities. For FY 2022 DOJ discretionary funding, state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have begun the certification process to be eligible, and this requirement applies both to direct recipients and to agencies receiving funds through subawards. To qualify, agencies must meet mandatory conditions related to use-of-force policies, including adherence to applicable laws and a prohibition on chokeholds except where deadly force is legally permitted. This matters for applicants proposing partnerships or subawards involving law enforcement agencies, because noncompliance could affect eligibility and funding flow.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at strengthening and modernizing the national juvenile justice data ecosystem: assembling and improving datasets, conducting advanced analyses on pressing juvenile justice questions, and delivering user-friendly dissemination products that help the field and the public better understand juvenile victimization, offending, risk behaviors, and system responses, while meeting clear expectations around partnerships, de-identification, and long-term data archiving through NACJD.

• The National Institute of Justice in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIJ FY22 National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.560.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-03-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-05-09. (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 $2,400,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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