The grant could provide up to $1,800,000.
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the families of fallen and catastrophically injured law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders with support with filing applications for federal benefits for line-of-duty deaths and catastrophic injuries. This program also provides survivor peer support and counseling services and resources to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders nationwide, and recognizes families and fallen officers at memorial events Statutory Authority: 34 U.S.C. § 10281(a) (Death Benefits); 34 U.S.C. § 10283 (National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty)