BJS FY25 Consolidated National Criminal History Improvement Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJS-2025-172527
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,410,714
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Information and Statistics
- Eligible applicants
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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Other
- State Governments
- Points of contact
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- Steven W. Perry askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) within the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs is seeking cooperative agreement applications for three distinct criminal history improvement programs: the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP), NCHIP Special Focus Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (NCHIP SF BSCA), and the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP). These programs aim to enhance the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information, improve background check systems, and update the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with critical criminal and mental health records. Eligible applicants include tribal governments, state governments, and other entities focused on improving criminal justice information systems. The evaluation will likely prioritize proposals that demonstrate potential to reduce violent crime, improve record accuracy, and support comprehensive background check capabilities. The application deadline is February 24, 2026, with submissions required through the Office of Justice Programs' Justice Grants System (JustGrants) or grants.gov.
The total funding opportunity is valued at $135,000,000, with $70,000,000 allocated to NCHIP, $40,000,000 for NCHIP SF BSCA, and $25,000,000 for NARIP. Award periods may extend up to 24 months, and individual grant amounts are expected to range from $75,000 to $3.7 million. The programs will support nationwide efforts to improve criminal history record systems, with a specific focus on enhancing electronic record-keeping, developing case management platforms, and entering critical records such as mental health adjudications, domestic violence convictions, and protection orders. While the primary performance locations will be state and tribal jurisdictions, the ultimate goal is to support a nationwide improvement in criminal background check systems and public safety infrastructure.
Synopsis
1) NCHIP ($70,000,000)- This program aims to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. 2) NCHIP SF BSCA ($40,000,000) - This program furthers the DOJ's mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) - Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159). 3) NARIP ($25,000,000)- This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records.
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