BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Continuation of BJA Previously Funded Awards | O BJA 2022 171390

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), within the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (OJP), released a continuation funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Continuation of BJA Previously Funded Awards" (Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2022-171390). It was created on July 12, 2022, with an original application closing date of July 27, 2022. The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which generally means BJA expects to have an ongoing, active role in the project through substantial involvement such as collaboration, coordination, monitoring, technical assistance, or other forms of programmatic engagement beyond what is typical in a standard grant.

This solicitation is not open to the general public. It is an invite-only continuation opportunity meant specifically for organizations or entities that already hold certain BJA-funded awards and have received a formal letter from BJA inviting them to apply for additional funding to continue the previously approved work. Eligibility is therefore limited to those invited recipients, even though the general eligibility field is listed broadly as "Others"; the controlling requirement is the invitation letter itself. In practical terms, if an organization did not receive the BJA invitation letter tied to a prior BJA award, it should treat itself as ineligible for this particular solicitation.

The purpose of the funding is straightforward: to provide continuation support for specific BJA initiatives that have already been funded and are underway, allowing the work to proceed without interruption or to expand within the boundaries of the original award. OJP frames the broader policy context around advancing civil rights and racial equity, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthening community safety, protecting the public from crime and emerging threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. While these priorities describe the larger direction of OJP and BJA programming, the continuation award itself is designed to maintain momentum on the particular, previously approved project scope rather than launch a new or unrelated effort.

A key feature of this continuation solicitation is that the rules do not change from the original project. All guidelines, funding rules, and requirements remain the same as those that governed the initially funded award. That typically includes the established project goals, approved activities, performance measures, reporting obligations, budget restrictions, special conditions, and any compliance requirements that were attached to the original award. Applicants are expected to align their continuation request with the original scope of work and to follow the same programmatic and financial standards already in place, rather than proposing a materially different project.

The solicitation lists CFDA number 16.738 and places the funding activity category under "Humanities (see Cultural Affairs in CFDA)." Even with that classification, the administering agency is BJA, and the continuation funding is tied to BJA justice assistance initiatives that were previously awarded. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) shown is $2,800,000, and BJA expected to make up to 9 awards under this invitation-based continuation process. Actual award amounts and the number of awards would depend on the specific invited projects, their approved continuation needs, available appropriations, and BJA review and negotiation through the cooperative agreement framework.

For statutory authority, the solicitation itself does not provide a single universal statutory citation for all applicants. Instead, it instructs applicants to reference the specific statutory authority identified in the individual applicant invitation letter. In other words, the legal authority that supports a continuation award may vary depending on the original program and award, and each invited applicant must use the authority stated in the letter BJA sent to them as the controlling reference.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as an administrative and programmatic continuation pathway for select existing BJA award recipients, offering additional funding under the same conditions as the original award to sustain or complete previously approved justice-related work, with BJA maintaining an active partnership role consistent with a cooperative agreement.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the humanities (see cultural affairs in cfda) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Continuation of BJA Previously Funded Awards" 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 Jul 12, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 27, 2022. (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 $2,800,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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