Cooperative Agreement to a USA Agency, Nonprofit, For-Profit, or IHE for Data Collection on Law Enforcement Agencies

Law Enforcement Core Statistics (LECS) Program

Agency

Federal

GrantWatch ID#

156256

Funding Source

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) - Office of Justice Programs (OJP) - Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

CFDA Number: 16.734

Funding or PIN Number: O-BJS-2023-171706

Geographic Focus

All USA
USA Territories: American Samoa (USA); Guam (USA); Puerto Rico (USA); Virgin Islands (USA); Northern Mariana Islands (USA);

Important Dates

Deadline: 06/12/23 8:59 PM ET - Grants.gov deadline; 06/19/23 8:59 PM ET - JustGrants deadline.

Grant Description

Cooperative agreement to a USA or territories state, local, or tribal agency, nonprofit or for-profit organization, or IHE to provide statistical information about federal, state, county, and local law enforcement agencies. Applicants are advised that required registrations may take several weeks to complete. The goal of the FY 2023 LECS Program is to provide accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States.

BJS seeks applications for funding to administer the FY 2023 Law Enforcement Core Statistics (LECS) program. BJS has conducted surveys of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and will update that collection with this solicitation. The LECS will focus on the organizational characteristics of LEAs to provide accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States. The LECS includes BJS’s two core law enforcement collections: the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey and the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA).

The LECS captures critical data on the management and administration of LEAs in a systematic and efficient manner through the sequential administration of the LEMAS and CSLLEA data collections. For further details on these two programs, see https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/lecs23_sol.pdf#page=7.

To achieve the goal of providing accurate and timely national statistics about the personnel, operations, policies, and procedures of federal, state, county, local, and tribal LEAs in the United States, the award recipient will work closely with BJS on the following main objectives:

Field the LEMAS survey in 2024.
Rebuild the agency universe and field the CSLLEA in 2026.
Develop recommendations to administer the LEMAS on a more frequent, and potentially annual, basis, including determining what content would be covered regularly and if there is space for additional content either as part of the standard questionnaire or as a periodic addition.
Develop, test, and field a LEMAS supplemental survey in 2027.
Maintain an active roster of in-service LEAs with detailed documentation to track agency status and changes.

Deliverables: https://bjs.ojp.gov/document/lecs23_sol.pdf#page=9

Recipient

Eligibility

City or township governments
County governments
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
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
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Small businesses
Special district governments
State governments
Individuals

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Applicants:
City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Individuals, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), 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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments

For the 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.

An applicant entity may submit more than one application, if each application proposes a different project in response to the solicitation. Also, an entity may be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.

BJS 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).

Pre-Proposal Conference

BJS will hold a solicitation webinar on May 18, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 PM ET. This call will provide a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Preregistration is required for all participants.

Register: https://ojp.webex.com/weblink/register/r47387b699c39b4054cd96ef7fc727725

Pre-Application Information

The SF-424 and the SF-LLL must be submitted in Grants.gov by June 12, 2023, at 8:59 PM ET.

The full application must be submitted in JustGrants by June 19, 2023, at 8:59 PM ET.

To use the webinar time most efficiently, BJS encourages participants to review the solicitation and submit any questions they may have in advance and no later than May 11, 2023, at 8:59 PM ET.

Before submitting an application, all applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM). Registration and renewal can take up to 10 business days to complete.

Applications must be submitted to DOJ electronically through a two-step process via Grants.gov and JustGrants.
- Step 1: The applicant must submit by the Grants.gov deadline the required Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) form when they register in Grants.gov. Submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL as early as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the Grants.gov deadline. If an applicant fails to submit in Grants.gov, they will be unable to apply in JustGrants.
- Step 2: The applicant must submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline.

OJP Grant Application Resource Guide: https://www.ojp.gov/funding/apply/ojp-grant-application-resource-guide#apply

View this opportunity on Grants.gov: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=347473

For a list of relevant application documents, go to the Package tab (press Preview) on the Grants.gov link above.

Additional Funding Information

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$5,000,000

Number of Grants

Estimated Size of Grant

Up to $5,000,000

Term of Contract

Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/23
Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

Contact Information

Submit pre-webinar questions to AskBJS@usdoj.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and a SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov.

For technical assistance with submitting the full application in JustGrants, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.

If an applicant has technical issues with SAM.gov, Grants.gov, or JustGrants, the applicant must contact the OJP Response Center at grants@ncjrs.gov.

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