Closed · BJS-2020-17632 · CFDA 16.554 · Discretionary

2020 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

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

$24M-$48M
Award range
Closed
Status
April 16, 2020
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

2020 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Statistics that offered $24,000,000 -- $48,000,000 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.

$24M-$48M
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
16.554
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

2020 National Criminal History Improvement Pr… is closed (last close April 16, 2020). 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 April 16, 2020

Posted Feb 12 Closes Apr 16

Est. Total Funding

$50,000,000

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

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 non-criminal justice background check systems. Achieving this goal is contingent on accomplishing four objectives: . Provide direct financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, and tribes to improve their criminal record systems and related systems to support background checks, including NICS checks. . Ensure the infrastructure connects criminal history records systems to the state record repository or appropriate federal agency record system, and ensure records are accessible through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records systems. . Provide 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. . Use systematic evaluation and standardized performance measurements and statistics to assess progress on improving national records holdings and background check systems.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · BJS-2020-17632

Grants.gov marks 2020 National Criminal History Improvement Pr… 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. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. 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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What to do next

2020 National Criminal History Improvement Pr… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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