OJJDP FY24 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - Invited to Apply | O OJJDP 2024 172105

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The OJJDP FY24 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants, also referred to as the Byrne Discretionary Grants Program (Invited to Apply), is a federally funded, congressionally directed grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The purpose of the funding is to support specific projects named in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42). These projects are intended to strengthen how the criminal justice system operates, prevent or reduce juvenile delinquency, and support services for victims of crime, with the important limitation that this funding is for victim assistance other than direct compensation.

This opportunity is categorized as an earmark, meaning it is not an open competition for the general public. Instead, OJJDP only accepts applications from entities that were specifically identified by Congress in the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) accompanying the FY24 appropriations law. OJJDP has already sent invitations to apply to all eligible recipients, and eligibility is limited to those invitees listed in the JES for the designated community projects. In practical terms, an organization cannot apply unless it is the named recipient for one of the congressionally designated projects.

A key compliance requirement is that the applicant identity must match what Congress listed. The legal name, or officially registered "doing business as" name, tied to the applicant's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in the System for Award Management (SAM) must coincide with the recipient name shown in the JES. If the SAM-registered entity name and UEI do not align with the JES listing, the application can run into eligibility and award processing problems, so organizations are expected to ensure their SAM registration details match the congressional designation.

Administratively, this is a grant (not a contract or cooperative agreement) under CFDA number 16.753, with the funding activity aligned to law, justice, and legal services. The funding opportunity number is O-OJJDP-2024-172105. OJJDP anticipated making about 52 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $1,961,000 (the maximum amount for a single award under the program listing, though individual earmarked project amounts may vary based on the congressional designation). The solicitation was created on April 24, 2024, and the original application closing date was May 28, 2024.

Overall, this program is best understood as a mechanism for OJJDP to issue and administer FY24 congressionally designated Byrne discretionary community project funding. The central takeaway is that it is invitation-only and tied directly to the specific projects and recipient names documented in the FY24 appropriations materials and the JES, with SAM/UEI alignment serving as a critical eligibility checkpoint.

• The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY24 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program - Invited to Apply" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.753.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-24.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,961,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 52 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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