BJA FY 21 Collaborative Approaches towards Preventing and Addressing Hate— Demonstration Projects

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

State, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies must be from federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. To ensure a comprehensive approach, applicants must outline their plan to collaborate with key partners. Applicants can address this with existing strategies or create task forces and/or partnerships with other agencies and nonprofit organizations with expertise to implement a comprehensive program including outreach, education, investigation, and prosecution of hate crimes. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.