National Gun Crime Intelligence Center Initiative | BJA 2016 9325

Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2016 9325

The National Gun Crime Intelligence Center Initiative is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), designed as a limited competition for a small set of jurisdictions facing sharp, sudden increases in gun crime. The goal is to help selected local government entities put in place a comprehensive, coordinated approach to reducing shootings, illegal firearms activity, and overall gun violence within their boundaries. Rather than funding a single tactic, the initiative emphasizes a holistic, operational model that can quickly translate gun crime evidence into actionable leads, investigations, and prosecutions.

At the center of the program is the creation or enhancement of a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC/GCIC). These centers are structured as interagency collaborations that prioritize the rapid collection, management, and analysis of crime gun evidence in near real time. A key example of the evidence the program highlights is fired cartridge cases (shell casings), which can be collected from shooting scenes and processed quickly to generate investigative links between incidents, firearms, and suspected shooters. The broader idea is to treat gun evidence as time-sensitive intelligence, ensuring it is gathered consistently, analyzed quickly, and shared across participating partners so law enforcement can identify patterns, connect related shootings, and disrupt retaliatory cycles before more violence occurs.

The primary outcome the initiative seeks is the identification of armed violent offenders for investigation and prosecution, with the expectation that faster, better-integrated gun intelligence will improve the ability to focus on the people most likely to drive serious violence. Beyond that main purpose, the program outlines several additional outcomes: identifying sources of crime guns (which can support firearms trafficking investigations and prevention strategies), improving how agencies allocate resources by using more precise and current data, giving decision makers the most accurate gun crime information available, and increasing case closure rates. Collectively, these improvements are intended to strengthen public safety and support long-term gun crime prevention by making gun violence investigations more efficient, targeted, and coordinated.

Eligibility is intentionally narrow because it is a limited competition. The program is law enforcement led, and applications are restricted to the local police department or an authorized financial representative acting on its behalf. The eligible police departments specifically named are Los Angeles, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number BJA 2016 9325, under CFDA 16.751 (Law, Justice and Legal Services). The original closing date listed is 2016-05-03, the award ceiling is $1,000,000, and BJA anticipated making 2 awards under this solicitation.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Gun Crime Intelligence Center Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.751.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-03-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-05-03. (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 $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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