Opportunity Information: Apply for BJA 2017 11564
The BJA FY 17 Wrongful Conviction Review Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on strengthening fairness and accuracy in the criminal justice system by addressing wrongful convictions. The program is grounded in the reality that, over the past two decades, the United States has seen a consistent flow of post-conviction exonerations, making wrongful conviction prevention and correction a central public safety and justice concern. BJA frames the issue broadly, recognizing that wrongful outcomes can begin early in a case, including through wrongful arrests and prosecutions, and it emphasizes both preventing errors in the first place and responding quickly and effectively when errors are discovered.
The core purpose of this specific program is to support high-quality, efficient legal representation for people who assert post-conviction claims of innocence. In practical terms, the funding is meant to help ensure that individuals with credible innocence claims have access to capable representation to investigate, develop, and litigate those claims in post-conviction settings. The program reflects a dual commitment: reducing the likelihood that wrongful convictions occur through better practices and technology, and ensuring that, when wrongful convictions do happen, they are identified and addressed without unnecessary delay.
This opportunity is issued as a grant under the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.746. The funding opportunity title is "BJA FY 17 Wrongful Conviction Review Program" and it is identified by the funding opportunity number BJA 2017 11564. BJA anticipated making approximately 7 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of $250,000 per award, indicating a relatively targeted program designed to support a limited set of recipients with focused projects or service delivery capacity.
Eligibility is open to a range of entities that can plausibly deliver or support post-conviction innocence representation and related efforts, including city or township governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses. The solicitation was created on January 4, 2017, and had an original application closing date of March 7, 2017, placing it within the FY 2017 competitive grant cycle.
Overall, the program is best understood as a practical investment in correcting miscarriages of justice by resourcing organizations and institutions capable of delivering strong post-conviction representation for innocence claims, while aligning with BJA's broader emphasis on evidence-based criminal justice improvements that reduce wrongful outcomes from the start of investigations through post-conviction review.Apply for BJA 2017 11564
- The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 17 Wrongful Conviction Review Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.746.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 04, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 07, 2017. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 7 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.
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