SMART FY 2021 Keep Young Athletes Safe
At a glance
SMART FY 2021 Keep Young Athletes Safe is a closed federal grant opportunity from SMART (Department of Justice). The application deadline was March 1, 2021. Individual awards are listed as up to $2.3M, with about 1 award expected and $2.3M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include 501(c)(3) nonprofits and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.840 (Keep Young Athletes Safe).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- Dec 15, 2020Posted
- Mar 1, 2021Application deadline
- Posted
- Dec 15, 2020
- Close date
- Mar 1, 2021
- Award floor
- Not specified
- Award ceiling
- $2,300,000
- Est. total funding
- $2,300,000
- Original deadline (extended)
- Feb 2, 2021
- Expected awards
- 1
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- 501(c)(3) nonprofits
- Others (see notice)
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
Eligible applicants are nonprofit, nongovernmental entities with nationally recognized expertise in the identification and prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the athletic programs of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, each national governing body and each Paralympic sports organization. Applicants must have a recognized background investigating allegations of abuse and reporting to law enforcement in order to inform training and prevention activities. Applicants must also have the capacity to develop and implement trainings on the national, statewide and local levels, as well as oversee regular and random audits to ensure the policies and procedures used to identify and prevent abuse are followed correctly. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, 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 eligible for FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding. To become certified, the law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions: 1) the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws; and 2) the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force is allowed by law. The certification requirement also applies to law enforcement agencies receiving DOJ discretionary grant funding through a subaward. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit the Executive Order on Safe Policing for Safe Communities page to access the Principles on Safe Policing and Use of Force, Implementation Fact Sheet and List of Credentialing Bodies. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee. The SMART Office will consider applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees). For additional information on subawards, see the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide.
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
- For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) seeks applicants to design and implement a program that aims to safeguard amateur athletes through the prevention of sexual, physical and emotional abuse in the athletic programs of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, each national governing body and each Paralympic sports organization. The SMART Office is responsible for, among other activities, assisting states, the District of Columbia, territories and tribal jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, and promoting innovation and best practices in preventing and protecting the public from sexual violence.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 16.840
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
Department of Justice
samantha.opong@ojp.usdoj.gov
202-305-2586
Places named in the notice
Derived from the notice text. A place being named does not by itself restrict eligibility.
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “SMART FY 2021 Keep Young Athletes Safe”?
The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through “SMART FY 2021 Keep Young Athletes Safe”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $2.3m, total estimated program funding is $2,300,000 and the agency expects to make about 1 awards.
How do I apply for “SMART FY 2021 Keep Young Athletes Safe”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-SMART-2021-36008), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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