Death Penalty Abolition Fund: Law Enforcement Training

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Introduction

The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals for grants funding training of law enforcement personnel. Grants will be made with State Fiscal Year 2019 Death Penalty Abolition (DPA) funds. A total of $4.5 million in funding is available through this solicitation for use over a period of two months. Contingent on future appropriation and satisfactory performance, State Fiscal Year 2020 DPA funds also may be made available through this opportunity.

Application deadline: 11:59 p.m., March 18, 2019.

Program Requirements

Through this funding opportunity, ICJIA is soliciting applications proposing to provide training to law enforcement personnel. Proposals must be received from the agencies that will be delivering all three of the following components of the training program:

• Planning and provision of training.
• Training supervision and oversight.
• Assessment of training effectiveness.

Eligibility Information

Agencies must be pre-qualified through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) Grantee Portal, www.grants.illinois.gov, to become eligible to apply for an award. Applicants must have completed the GATA pre-qualification process and received approval of their State Fiscal Year 2019 Internal Control Questionnaire (ICQ) by the date of period of performance start date, May 1, 2019, to be considered for funding.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Applicants must have experience providing training to law enforcement personnel.
• Applicants must be one of these types of agencies and institutions: o Governmental Agencies, including state and local law enforcement agencies, and the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. o Educational Institutions.
  o Non-profit Agencies, including the Mobile Training Units.

Deadline

Completed application materials must be emailed to CJA.DPAtrainingNOFO@Illinois.gov by 11:59 p.m., Monday, March 18, 2019, to be considered for funding. Proposals will not be accepted by mail, fax, or in-person. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Late submissions will not be reviewed.

Available Funds

A total of $4.5 million in DPA funds are available through this NOFO. Awards totaling a minimum of $10,000 and maximum of $1 million will be made.

Period of Performance

Funding is available for the period of May 1, 2019, to June 30, 2019. Based on program performance and future appropriation, ICJIA may recommend allocation of funding to support an additional 34 months of program activity. If appropriated, SFY20 funding will be available for the period of July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020.

Contact Information

Greg Stevens

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

300 West Adams, Suite 200

Chicago, IL 60606

Gregory.Stevens@Illinois.gov

Required Technical Assistance Recordings

The following technical assistance recordings providing additional information regarding this funding opportunity are available for viewing.

Recording 1: DPA Training NOFO Guidelines (12:27)

Recording 2: General Requirements (11:19)

Recording 3: GATA Budget (19:03)

Recording 4: Indirect Costs (6:18)

Recording 5: Prior Approvals (6:05)

Information provided during this webinar recording will be unofficial and not binding on the state.

Notices of Intent

Agencies interested in applying are asked to submit an online Notice of Intent by 11:59 p.m., Thursday, February 7, 2019.

Complete Notice of Intent

Timeline:

Reporting

Recipients must submit quarterly financial reports, quarterly progress reports, final financial and progress reports, and, if applicable, an annual audit report in accordance with the CFR Part 200 Uniform Requirements. Future awards and fund drawdowns may be withheld if reports are delinquent.

Required Documents

The following documents must be emailed to CJA.DPAtrainingNOFO@Illinois.gov by the 11:59 p.m., March 18, 2019, deadline for application review. Click the links below to download copies.

• Completed and signed Uniform State Grant Application (Word)
• Completed Program Narrative (Word)
• Completed Budget/Budget Narrative (Excel)

Questions

Questions regarding this NOFO may be submitted to CJA.DPAtrainingNOFO@Illinois.gov until 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2019.

All substantive questions and responses will be posted. Updates to NOFO materials, and questions from applicants and their responses are revised weekly. View them here.

Due to the competitive nature of this solicitation, applicants may not discuss this opportunity directly or indirectly with any Authority employee other than the respondent of this email address. Only written answers to questions shall be binding on the state.