Cooperative Agreement 15PBJS25GK02244NCHI
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) received a $2.41 million Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) awarded July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The AOC will execute the Arkansas Conviction Data Modernization Exchange Project to enhance the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of court-originated conviction and disposition data...
- The Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $4,027,500 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Arkansas Judiciary Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP). The grant funds will support two goals: 1) Developing an Application Programming Interface (API) to facilitate seamless data exchange between the AOC's AR Courts case management system and the Arkansas Crime Information Center (ACIC), and 2) Enhancing the API to incorporate warrant...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification received a $2.335 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) to enhance criminal justice data systems and reporting infrastructure across Idaho. The three-year award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, funds the procurement and deployment of 60 new livescan...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Oklahoma District Attorneys Council (ODAC) received a $4.4 million Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. Through three subrecipients—the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS), and Garvin County Sheriff's Office (GCSO)—the award funds critical infrastructure...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The California Department of Justice (CA DOJ), Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, received a $5.87 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds a comprehensive initiative to enhance the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and accessibility of criminal history records...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Maine Department of Public Safety received a $1,007,456 Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), effective October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2028. This award supports critical improvements to Maine's criminal history record systems and related public safety infrastructure serving more than 240 criminal justice agencies statewide. The primary...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation received a $1.87M Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds three integrated projects to modernize the Department's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system and Automated Fingerprint Identification...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) received $867,720 in federal funding under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to modernize its criminal history disposition reporting infrastructure. Awarded July 1, 2026, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029, this cooperative agreement funds the transition from paper-based to electronic court disposition...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, received a $1.006 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. In partnership with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, DCJ will provide statewide grant management, oversight, monitoring, and technical assistance to improve the...
- Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $2,064,228 to the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), CFDA 16.554, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The award funds two interconnected criminal justice data system improvement initiatives. The first project, Improving Disposition Matching in the Commonwealth, enhances the accuracy and...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded the Arkansas Crime Information Center a $768,582 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The award funds a Secure XML & Biometric Integration Project designed to modernize Arkansas's criminal history repository through system upgrades and infrastructure enhancements. Key deliverables include upgrading National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and Interstate Identification Index (III) XML interfaces to align with Federal Bureau of Investigation Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) standards, implementing enhanced validation controls, automating arrest disposition linkage, and improving electronic data exchanges between courts and the state repository. Additionally, the project will deploy two LiveScan tenprint/palmprint biometric capture cabinets to enhance fingerprint and palm print data quality and accelerate electronic transmission. These infrastructure improvements are intended to increase the percentage of arrests linked to final dispositions, reduce rejected III transactions, enhance synchronization with FBI Next Generation Identification (NGI/N3G) and National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) systems, and decrease processing delays attributable to incomplete or improperly linked records. The project directly supports NCHIP's dual mission of improving criminal history record accuracy for general criminal justice operations and firearm purchase background checks by strengthening the completeness, accuracy, and availability of Arkansas criminal history records at both state and national levels.Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $768.6k | 6/12/26 |