16.040: Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program
Alternate Name: Shepard and Byrd Hate Crimes Program
Overview
Program Number
16.040
Status
Active
Last Modified
July 18, 2022
Date Posted
July 18, 2022
Objective
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.
Type of Assistance
B - Project Grants
Applicant Eligibility
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and nonprofit organizations with expertise to support the investigation of these hate crimes and expertise to leverage historical documents to inform investigations.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.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applicants to provide training and technical assistance that have:
• Expert knowledge of associated work.
• Extensive experience in brokering and developing technical assistance.
• Experience in identification of best practices.
• Program documentation, resource compilation, and information dissemination experience.
• The willingness to work with BJA and other partners as a member of a training and technical assistance collaborative.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Not Applicable
Additional Information
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