Project Grant 15PBJA21RR05125SCAA

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program) provides $1,283,165 to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to enhance the completeness, accuracy, and automation of criminal justice records reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key goals are to ensure the state's message switch is converted to the NIEM/XML format to be compatible with the FBI CJIS Division,...

The Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS), Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) received a $1,424,500 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The funding will support a project with a third-party vendor to continue improving the quality, accuracy, and completeness of Iowa's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system. Key initiatives include expanding the state's electronic...

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was awarded a $580,437 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) (CFDA 16.554). The funds will be used for several initiatives over the 2-year award period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Key activities include: Continuing to support two full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to process increasing criminal arrests and...

The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), a division of the Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana, was awarded a $149,130 two-year Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550). This project seeks to increase public access to Indiana crime data by creating interactive Tableau-based visualizations on the ICJI website, allowing users to explore trends in...

The Iowa Department of Human Rights, Division of Criminal & Juvenile Justice Planning was awarded a $225,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers federal grant program. The award period is January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Under this cooperative agreement, the Division of Criminal & Juvenile Justice Planning will serve as the...

Under this $225,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics' State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550), the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety's Office of the Attorney General will expand the state's criminal justice data collection and processing infrastructure. The award will enable the New Jersey Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) to add information on plea negotiations and case outcomes to its...

The Colorado Department of Corrections received a $300,164.93 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703) to participate in corrections training courses at the International Corrections and Prisons Training Center (ICMTC) during the ICMTC II, FY IV corrections training year. The funding will support Colorado Department of Corrections staff participation in ICMTC...

The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) received a $218,481 Cooperative Agreement award under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550) from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The award will fund three projects over a two-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. Under the core capacity area, DCJS will conduct the ATI/Re-entry Project to reduce recidivism and incarceration and improve...

The New Jersey State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (SAC) will use $224,842 in FY22 funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics to establish infrastructure and ongoing data processing for a centralized criminal justice data warehouse. The warehouse will unify currently available data fields from New Jersey criminal justice agencies into a single case-level dataset on arrestees and their progression through the...

The Nebraska State Patrol was awarded a $2.32 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The goal of this funding is to ensure the quality and completeness of the nation's criminal history record systems by providing financial and technical assistance to states and tribes for the establishment or improvement...