Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Description
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) helps to make American communities safer by strengthening the nation's criminal justice system: Its grants, training and technical assistance, and policy development services provide state, local, and tribal governments with the cutting edge tools and best practices they need to reduce violent and drug-related crime, support law enforcement, and combat victimization.
BJA provides leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal law enforcement in achieving safer communities. BJA supports programs and initiatives in the areas of law enforcement, justice information sharing, countering terrorism, managing offenders, combating drug crime and abuse, adjudication, advancing tribal justice, crime prevention, protecting vulnerable populations, and capacity building. Driving BJA's work in the field are the following principles:
Emphasize local control.
Build relationships in the field.
Provide training and technical assistance in support of efforts to prevent crime, drug abuse, and violence at the national, state, and local levels.
Develop collaborations and partnerships.
Promote capacity building through planning.
Streamline the administration of grants.
Increase training and technical assistance.
Create accountability of projects.
Encourage innovation.
Communicate the value of justice efforts to decision makers at every level.
Country eligibility
Circumstantial eligible countries
Tender Management Modes
Grant Management Modes
Government
US DoS