Office of Criminal Justice Grants

FY2020 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

CLOSED: August 31, 2021

Overview
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement anticipates receiving an award for $162,403 under the Protecting Inmates and Safeguarding Communities Discretionary Grant Program from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This opportunity seeks subrecipient applications for funding Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) implementation projects for local criminal justice agencies. This program will be used to assist efforts to establish "zero tolerance" cultures related to sexual abuse and harassment in confinement facilities, including jails, police lockups, prisons, juvenile facilities, and community confinement facilities.

Eligibility
This program is limited to state criminal justice agencies and units of local government. A unit of local government is defined as a town, township, village, parish, city, county, borough, or other general purpose subdivision of the state; or, including Native American Tribes who perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

Additional eligibility requirements may be found in the subgrant solicitation below.

Awards
FDLE will issue awards based on the competitive scoring model included in the subgrant solicitation. Final decisions for approval of funding will be made by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Project Period
Subawards are typically for a period of six months to one year. The beginning and end dates of the subgrant period will be determined during the application review process.

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