Public Safety · Active
National Criminal History Improvement Program · DOJ · Sparse NOFO · mega band
National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.556) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$5M
- Typical award range
- 1
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOJ
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, National Criminal History Improvement Program ranks #95 of 504, #3 of 23 within DOJ, and #11 of 38 among Public Safety programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 16.556 is an active Public Safety program with 1 indexed Grants.gov opportunity. Of the 10 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $200K–$5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $364,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
National Criminal History Improvement Program · midpack quiet listing (#226/502 by ceiling)
National Criminal History Improvement Program lands midpack on published ceilings (55th percentile; rank #226 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
National Criminal History Improvement Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$5,000,000 Top 45% higher than 55% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-28
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.556 · DOJ VOL-SPARSE · #95/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 1 indexed
- UPPER-Q #95/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 10 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$5M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 10 listed / 1 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.556
VOL-SPARSE · #95/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestNational Criminal H… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Rare NOFOs under a mega ceiling
National Criminal History Improvement Program pairs a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($200,000 to $5.0 million) with a sparse Grants.gov trail (1 indexed row). Large paper capacity, few public solicitations: watch the open flags on those scarce listings rather than expecting a steady NOFO cadence.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Grants to improve completeness and accuracy of criminal history records available to authorized users.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOJ
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for National Criminal History Improvement Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 16.556
100% of the 10 indexed listings under CFDA 16.556 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism National Criminal History Improvement Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $89.8 million across 5 listings (avg $18.0 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 638 across 8 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.556, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 16.556
None of the 10 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.556 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings stay in a tight band ($196,000–$364,000; 1.9×). 100% of listings carry the Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 10 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $341,000 (7 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOJ · administering agency
U.S. Department of Justice
Law enforcement, crime prevention, victim services, and criminal justice system grants.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 16.556
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What to do next
CFDA 16.556: 1 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) administers 23 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Industry and Sector Partnerships (17.207). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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