BJA FY 21 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program | O BJA 2021 94006

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The BJA FY 21 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program is a U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funding opportunity focused on strengthening how criminal justice systems nationwide handle complex, financially motivated, technology-enabled, and online crimes. The core idea is to raise the capability of state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies to prevent these offenses, investigate them effectively, and respond in ways that protect the public while supporting victims and maintaining community trust. The program is also meant to function as a national hub that tracks and helps the field adapt to new and emerging crime trends in areas like economic fraud, high-tech offenses, white collar schemes, and internet-facilitated criminal activity.

This opportunity is structured as a discretionary cooperative agreement, which generally signals close coordination between the award recipient and BJA during implementation. Instead of simply funding a set of standalone activities, the award is intended to produce a coordinated national training and technical assistance effort that reaches multiple types of practitioners and stakeholders. The target audiences are described broadly as "diverse," which typically includes law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, analysts, regulatory or oversight partners, and other justice system personnel who need up-to-date knowledge and practical support to address fast-changing criminal methods, digital evidence challenges, and sophisticated financial tactics used by offenders.

A central purpose of the program is capacity-building: improving skills, tools, and operational readiness across jurisdictions that may have very different resources and levels of experience with cyber-enabled fraud, cryptocurrency-related investigations, business email compromise, identity theft, online scams, or other white collar and technology-driven crimes. Through training and technical assistance, the program is expected to help agencies adopt effective investigative strategies, improve interagency coordination, and develop more consistent approaches to prevention and response. Just as importantly, the solicitation frames the work within DOJ priorities such as advancing civil rights, expanding access to justice, supporting crime victims, and building trust between law enforcement and communities, indicating that the TTA is expected to emphasize lawful, equitable, and victim-centered practices alongside operational effectiveness.

The opportunity was issued by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, under funding opportunity number O-BJA-2021-94006, with an original posting date of May 3, 2021, and an original closing date of June 3, 2021. It anticipated a single award, with an award ceiling of up to $11,000,000. The CFDA listing associated with the program is 16.752. Eligibility is noted as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full solicitation, which suggests the applicant pool may include select organizations beyond standard government entities, such as national nonprofits, training providers, research and technical organizations, or other qualified partners capable of delivering a national-level TTA program.

Overall, this grant opportunity is designed to fund one primary national provider to deliver high-impact training and technical assistance that helps jurisdictions keep pace with evolving economic and internet crime threats, while also serving as a key resource for identifying emerging issues and translating those developments into practical guidance for the criminal justice field.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the affordable care act sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 21 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.752.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 03, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 03, 2021. (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 $11,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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