Closed · BJS-2019-15724 · CFDA 16.554 · Discretionary

FY 2019 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

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

up to $5M
Award range
Closed
Status
June 3, 2019
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2019 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Statistics that offered Up to $5,000,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 233 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Statistics.

up to $5M
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
16.554
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2019 National Criminal History Improvement… is closed (last close June 3, 2019). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Bureau of Justice Statistics still indexes 233 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 June 3, 2019

Posted Apr 23 Closes Jun 3

Est. Total Funding

$43,000,000

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

The NCHIP grant program aims to improve the nation ™s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and noncriminal justice background check systems. Achieving this goal is contingent on accomplishing four objectives: .Providing direct financial and technical assistance to states, state courts and tribes to improve their criminal records systems and other related systems in an effort to support background checks, including NICS checks. . Ensuring the infrastructure is developed to connect criminal history records systems to the state record repository or appropriate federal agency record system and ensuring records are accessible through the FBI records systems . Providing the training and technical assistance needed to ensure that records systems are developed and managed to conform to FBI standards and appropriate technologies, while ensuring that contributing agencies adhere to the highest standards of practice with respect to privacy and confidentiality . Using systematic evaluation and standardized performance measurement and statistics to assess progress made in improving national records holdings and background check systems.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · BJS-2019-15724

Grants.gov marks FY 2019 National Criminal History Improvement… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (IS). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of Justice Statistics book (184 peers, 79% of 234).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

FY 2019 National Criminal History Improvement… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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