Closed · BJA-2017-12387 · CFDA 16.560 · Discretionary

BJA FY 17 Sentinel Events Initiative DemonstrationProject: Technical Assistance Provider

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $1.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 27, 2017
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY 17 Sentinel Events Initiative DemonstrationProject: Technical Assistance Provider is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $1,500,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.

up to $1.5M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
16.560
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BJA FY 17 Sentinel Events Initiative Demonstr… is closed (last close July 27, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 16.560 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Justice Assistance still indexes 882 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 27, 2017

Posted Jun 20 Closes Jul 27

Est. Total Funding

$1,500,000

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

BJA seeks applications for a Technical Assistance Provider (“TA Provider”) to assist in the establishment and facilitation of national-level technical assistance to approximately 20 to 25 demonstration sites in furtherance of the Sentinel Events Initiative (SEI). SEI is an effort led by the National Institute of Justice— the US Department of Justice’s research, development, and evaluation agency—to explore whether an all-stakeholder, forward-looking, non-blaming review of unanticipated events that signal an underlying system weakness in criminal justice can be used to understand areas of system risk and weaknesses, reduce the occurrence of these outcomes, increase safety, and augment the criminal justice system’s ability to fulfill its mission. Drawing heavily from similar successful efforts in the fields of medicine and transportation, this scientific inquiry aims to determine a) whether sentinel event reviews (SERs) can be implemented and routinized in a criminal justice context, b) whether these reviews can inform policy and practice improvements to mitigate the risk of analogous errors or weaknesses in the future, c) whether changes in policy and practice maximize the criminal justice system’s ability to meet its mission of reducing crime, protecting the public, and advancing the administration of justice, and d) whether these reviews are sustainable over time.

Multi-door applicant board · 4 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 4 distinct applicant types for BJA FY 17 Sentinel Events Initiative Demonstr… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). 51 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this eligibility-code string (6% of 883).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 16.560

National Institute of Justice Research Grants

U.S. Department of Justice

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Agency Contact

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline in order to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How to Apply section. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 1–800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for BJA awards can be found at https://www.bja.gov/funding.aspx and for NIJ awards at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/welcome.aspx. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at www.nij.gov/funding/Pages/faqs.aspx. support@grants.gov

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What to do next

BJA FY 17 Sentinel Events Initiative Demonstr… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.560 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • National Institute of Justice Research Grants indexes 2 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance lists 882 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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