Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program

 

The objectives of Shepard and Byrd Hate Crimes Program are: Offer relevant and cost-effective approaches to enhance capacity through educational outreach, training, and tools for the field to investigate, and prosecute hate crime cases; Investigation and reporting of all hate crimes; Enhance collaboration between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in their investigation and prosecution of hate crimes; and, Bring justice and support to victims and stakeholders impacted by these hate crimes. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of potential hate crime arrests that resulted in an indictment (formal charge) or sentence enhancement; Performance Measure 2: Percentage of cases reviewed with Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes grant funds that were presented to a prosecuting attorney for charging decision; and, Performance Measure 3: Number of victims agreeing to participate in the investigation.

Active 16.040 Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2022 Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/news/blog/people-who-inspired-bja-programs-james-byrd-jr The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. 249
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 Site based applications: State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Tribal law enforcement must be from federally recognized Indian tribal governments that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). Applicants can partner with other agencies and nonprofit organizations with expertise to support the investigation of these hate crimes and expertise to leverage historical documents to inform investigations. Training and Technical Assistance Provider: For-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal organizations), faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) with demonstrated expertise in assisting communities to develop and implement cold case homicide investigations, as well as investigations of hate crimes and civil rights violations. Not applicable. Applicant must document in the application that they are a state, local or tribal law enforcement or prosecution agency. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. See the current fiscal year's solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at (http://www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm and http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/index.htm for additional information. Upon approval by the Assistant Attorney General (for science offices, would be the Director of the applicable Office), successful applicants are notified via the JustGrants System. One copy of the grant award must be signed by the authorized official and returned to the Office of Justice Programs within 45 days of award date. For further information, please see http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/chapter2.2a.htm. Deadlines are included with the application instructions available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm). From 120 to 180 days. Not applicable. In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.2d.htm. The current fiscal years' program solicitation will provide this criteria, available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Funds may be used to support: • Outreach to persons or groups at risk for hate crimes • Education of the public, interest groups and criminal justice staff on identification, reporting, investigating and/or prosecuting hate crimes • Enhancing capacity to identify and report hate crimes • Investigation of hate crimes • Prosecution of hate crimes Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. Not applicable. In accordance with the requirement set forth in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit. For additional guidance, please visit http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.16a.htm. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Award period is 48 months. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Sunny Schnitzer
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531 USA
Olivia.C.Schnitzer@usdoj.gov
Phone: 2024517153 https://bja.ojp.gov/program/shepard-byrd-hate-crimes-program/overview 15-0404-0-1-754 (Project Grants) FY 22$8,707,126.00; FY 23 est $25,000,000.00; FY 24 est $10,000,000.00; FY 21$2,400,000.00; FY 20$5,000,000.00; - Awards are up to $400,000. See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. For additional guidance, please reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.). Fiscal Year 2022 Please visit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-will-award-more-21-million-prevent-and-respond-hate-crimes