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Funding Tips


Federal Funding


According to Federal Assistance Monitor, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) plans to use some unspent funds from FY2004 to support new priorities in FY2005. Specifically of interest to defenders would be initiatives on Problem Solving Courts Discretionary Grants, “which support specialized courts (drug courts, family courts, domestic-violence courts and mental-health courts) designed to maximize treatment and successful re-entry strategies for offenders while protecting the community.” Other FY2005 initiatives being targeted by the BJA relate to law enforcement and other community programs. BJA funding notices are likely to be found online versus appearing in the Federal Register. Check the DoJ websites, specifically http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/.

A resource for leads on all federal funding programs published by the General Services Administration is called the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. This manual of more than 1,000 pages provides the most comprehensive information on federal funds, cross-indexed by agency, program type, applicant eligibility, and subject. The HTML “live system” is updated quite frequently, and the printable PDF version is updated less frequently. The Catalog can be found online at http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html.

Private Funding


The Federal Assistance Monitor also highlights some private funding opportunities. Among the FY2005 priorities for The Public Welfare Foundation is $1.5 million for criminal justice initiatives, a $500,000 increase over last year’s budget. Priorities include “alternatives to incarceration, legal services for the poor and violence prevention.” Visit the Public Welfare Foundation online at http://www.publicwelfare.org/.


For more information about Funding Tips, contact Jon Mosher, Resource Coordinator for Defender Legal Services, NLADA.
(202) 452-0620 x213
j.mosher@nlada.org
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