BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 3 | O BJA 2024 171940

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2024 171940

This opportunity is a targeted Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funding action meant only for organizations that have already been funded by BJA and have received a formal, written invitation from BJA to submit an application. It is not an open, competitive solicitation for the general public. Instead, it functions as an administrative funding adjustment designed to allow a specific prior award to continue moving forward under substantially the same terms as before. The purpose is to support continuation of work that was already approved and underway, rather than to launch a new project or broaden the original scope.

The awarding agency is the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The opportunity is categorized as discretionary and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument, which generally indicates that BJA expects to have ongoing involvement in the funded work (for example, through coordination, approvals, or substantial programmatic engagement), consistent with how the original award operated. The activity area is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and it is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 16.738.

Eligibility is strictly limited. Only those applicants who received an official invitation letter from BJA can apply, and the letter is the controlling document for who is eligible and what specific requirements apply. In practical terms, an organization that did not receive that invitation is not permitted to submit an application under this solicitation, even if it otherwise fits typical BJA eligibility categories. The listing notes “Eligible Applicants: Others,” but the invitation letter is what actually defines and authorizes the applicant for this particular administrative action.

In terms of project parameters, BJA makes clear that the new project will closely mirror the original award: the scope, purpose, award amount, and performance period are expected to be substantially the same as the prior funded project. Applicants are also instructed that program implementation must follow the guidelines in the original solicitation under which the initial funding was provided. That means the application is essentially a continuation/adjustment request aligned to an existing grant framework, rather than a fresh proposal responding to newly defined program priorities.

Key administrative details from the posting include the Funding Opportunity Title “BJA FY24 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 3,” Funding Opportunity Number “O-BJA-2024-171940,” an original closing date of January 25, 2024, an award ceiling of $973,145, and an expectation of 1 award. The creation date listed is January 18, 2024, which also reinforces that this is a narrow, invitation-only continuation action with a short turnaround tied to a specific prior award.

Overall, this is best understood as a continuation mechanism for a single identified grantee (or a very limited set of invited applicants) to keep an existing BJA-funded initiative on track with minimal change. If an organization believes it should be eligible, the deciding factor is whether it received BJA’s official invitation letter and whether it meets the conditions stated in that correspondence.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 3" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-18.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-25. (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 $973,145.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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