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FY 2016 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

Opportunity ID
BJS-2016-9016
Solicitation Status
Closed
Fiscal Year
2016
Closing Date
Posting Date
Description
This program is intended to improve the nation's safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information used for criminal justice and noncriminal justice background checks. Four objectives are targeted: (1) providing direct financial and technical assistance to states and tribes to improve their criminal records systems and other related systems in an effort to support background checks; (2) ensuring the infrastructure is developed to connect criminal history records systems to the state record repository or appropriate federal agency record system and ensuring records are accessible through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records systems; (3) providing the training and technical assistance needed to ensure that records systems are developed and managed to conform to FBI standards of practice with respect to privacy and confidentiality; and (4) using systematic evaluation and standardized performance measurement and statistics to access progress made in improving in improving in national records holdings and background check systems.

Awards

Number of Awards: 39
Total Amount Awarded: $33,965,029

2016 NCHIP

2016-RU-BX-K022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$344,988

2016 SLED NCHIP

2016-RU-BX-K024
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$326,257

DC-NCHIP FY16

2016-RU-BX-K010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$448,464
Date Created: February 12, 2016