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Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement (RVCRI) Grant Application

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) of the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice & Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) are seeking applications for a federal grant program that funds the development and implementation of rural violence reduction plans.

Eligibility: lead applicants must be units of local government (i.e. county, city, town, village) with projects being lead or co-managed by rural local law enforcement.

Grants under this program will ideally support local collaborative partnerships, which includes at least one community-based organization. Examples include but are not limited to Community Development Corporations (CDCs), social service providers, non-profit organizations, community health centers, public health departments and hospitals.

Additional program details, eligibility parameters, and instructions for the application process can be found here.

Agency Information

Agency Name:

Agency Address:

Agency City:

Agency State:

Agency Zip Code:

Agency Point of Contact (for this application)

First Name:

Last Name:

Rank (if applicable):

Phone Number:

Email:

Which of the following best describes your agency?

Municipal Police AgencyCounty Police AgencyCounty Sheriff's DepartmentCounty Prosecutor's Office/District AttorneyTribal Law Enforcement (Federally Recognized)

Which best describes your agency's jurisdiction and planned approach to utilizing RVCRI funds, if awarded? Please check all that apply.

My agency's jurisdiction covers rural areas but also covers urban and/or suburban areasMy agency's jurisdiction covers primarily or exclusively rural areasMy agency's plan, if awarded, focuses specifically on a rural violent crime problem that affects either a rural population and/or takes place in a rural geography

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Data Collection & Reporting

If awarded, is your agency willing to commit to project reporting (ideally including crime data) and requesting reimbursement for project costs on a quarterly basis?

YesNo

If awarded, is your agency also able to provide a close-out narrative summary report of up to five (5) pages that includes a discussion of project successes, challenges and opportunities to sustain project momentum?

YesNo

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Project Narrative, Scope & Timeline

In this section, describe how funding from this grant will support the development and implementation of a rural violent reduction plan in your jurisdiction.

Be sure to note one or more rural crime problems you seek to address.
Describe how this grant will support your agency, your community and impacted residents, community partners, and any additional criminal justice system partners in addressing the identified crime problems(s).
Please list or describe all project partners.
Provide relevant crime data when describing the crime problem and include any additional data sets or community intelligence gathered to date. Also, please provide plans for continued collection of the same data sets for the duration of the grant term.

Instructions: Download and complete the narrative template found here.

Once completed, save the document as "Name of your Jurisdiction_Department_RVCRI Grant" and upload utilizing the "Choose File" function below.

Please upload your narrative here:

Does your project plan include opportunities for community outreach and engagement and resident input on strategy selection and implementation?

YesNo

If yes, please explain:

If awarded does your project plan to develop a cross-sector leadership team (including community or non-criminal justice system actors) to guide project implementation?

YesNo

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Budget

***Total Request should assume grant awards in the range of a $25,000 minimum and $150,000 maximum. If awarded, final budgets are subject to LISC review and approval.

Personnel

Do you plan to support Salary & Fringe with this project (covering partial salary and fringe costs is allowable)?

YesNo

If yes, what approximate percentage of staff time would be supported by this project over two years (e.g. 60%)?

How many total positions would this project support (e.g. 2)?

Total Salary & Fringe costs this project would support (e.g. $25,000)?

Briefly describe the tasks and responsibilities of the personnel supported by this project:

Equipment, Training Consultants, Contracts, or Other Costs

If other, please specify:

For each non-personnel selection noted above, please provide estimated total costs to be covered and a brief description of cost (e.g. software type, hardware type, community partner contract, consultant, conference attendance costs, etc).

Total estimated equipment cost:

Description of equipment cost:

Total estimated hardware cost:

Description of hardware cost:

Total estimated software cost:

Description of software cost:

Total estimated training cost:

Description of training cost:

Total estimated consultants cost:

Description of consultants cost:

Total estimated contracts cost:

Description of contracts cost:

Total estimated other cost:

Description of other cost:

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Certification

I certify that I am the Chief of Police or Executive Officer submitting this application on behalf of my department and/or agency. By submitting this application, the applicant agrees to all terms and conditions of the award if funded.

YesNo

If no is selected, a prompt will appear to provide the name and email address of the Chief of Police or Executive Officer.

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:

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