Closed · O-BJS-2024-172008 · CFDA 16.554 · Discretionary

BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program

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

$35M-$70M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 13, 2024
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvement Program is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Statistics that offered $35,000,000 -- $70,000,000 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.

$35M-$70M
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
16.554
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvemen… is closed (last close May 13, 2024). 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 May 13, 2024

Posted Mar 4 Closes May 13

Est. Total Funding

$70,000,000

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

With this solicitation, BJS seeks to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. The solicitation for the FY 2024 National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Streets Act was released on March 4, 2024. The FY 2024 NICS Act Record Improvement Program solicitation will be released later in FY 2024.

Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvemen… (State 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 Income Security and Social Services (IS). Only 2 other Bureau of Justice Statistics listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 234).

Code 00
State 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.

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Agency Contact

Contact Information AskBJS@usdoj.gov

What to do next

BJS FY24 National Criminal History Improvemen… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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