FY 2023 Census of Prosecutor Offices | O BJS 2023 171690

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJS 2023 171690

The FY 2023 Census of Prosecutor Offices (CPO) is a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) discretionary funding opportunity under the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), designed to carry out a nationwide census of state court prosecutor offices as part of BJS's long-running National Survey of Prosecutors (NSP) series. The project fits within OJP priorities that emphasize civil rights and racial equity, access to justice, support for crime victims and others impacted by the justice system, community safety, protection from evolving threats, and strengthening trust between law enforcement and communities. In practical terms, the grant supports the collection and production of high-quality national statistical data about prosecutor offices, which can then be used by policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and the public to better understand how prosecutorial agencies are structured and operate.

The core purpose of the 2023 CPO is to collect updated information from more than 2,330 prosecutor offices across the United States. BJS has been gathering data on state court prosecutors through either surveys or full censuses since 1990, but the most recent full census occurred in 2007, with a later sample-based survey conducted in 2020. This solicitation aims to return to a comprehensive census approach to provide a more complete, current snapshot of prosecutor offices nationwide. To support continuity and trend analysis, BJS will provide the selected grantee with the underlying information from the 2007 census and the 2020 survey for use in planning, updating office lists, and aligning measures where appropriate.

The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning BJS is expected to have substantial involvement in the project as it is implemented, rather than operating strictly as a hands-off grantor. The funding activity category is Information and Statistics, and the applicable CFDA number is 16.734. BJS expects to make a single award, with an award ceiling of $700,000, to support the full scope of work over a 36-month project period.

The work plan is clearly defined and spans five major phases. First, the grantee must confirm and update the national universe of prosecutor offices, ensuring the census contact frame is accurate and complete. Second, the project requires questionnaire development, which typically involves refining content areas, testing questions for clarity and burden, and ensuring consistent definitions across jurisdictions so that the resulting data are comparable. Third, the grantee must field the census, which generally includes outreach to offices, administering the instrument, implementing follow-up strategies to maximize participation, and monitoring response quality and completeness. Fourth, the grantee is responsible for data cleaning, analysis, and delivering both raw and final datasets, which implies producing well-documented files suitable for statistical use, along with appropriate coding, editing, and quality assurance. Finally, the project must culminate in a comprehensive final project report that documents methods, response outcomes, limitations, and key findings, providing an accessible summary of what the census collected and what the results indicate.

Eligible applicants are broad and include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, other tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations with or without 501(c)(3) status, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The solicitation was created on April 6, 2023, and originally closed on June 6, 2023. Overall, this opportunity is essentially a national statistical data-collection and reporting project intended to update the country’s baseline information on prosecutor offices, while supporting broader justice-system goals related to equity, access, and public trust through better measurement and transparency.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics in the information and statistics sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2023 Census of Prosecutor Offices" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.734.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 06, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 06, 2023. (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 $700,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.

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