Hillsborough County, Fla. (April 22, 2024) - The Hillsborough County Criminal Justice and Grants Management Office is accepting Concept Papers from governmental and nonprofit agencies desiring to provide sustainable, innovative, treatment, prevention, intervention, education, enforcement and prosecution services to residents of Hillsborough County to prevent, reduce or control crime and improve the criminal justice system. Concept Papers are requested for planning the use of available Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) FY 2024 funds.
Hillsborough County anticipates funding in the amount of approximately $151,751. A pre-application meeting is scheduled at 10 a.m. on April 17, 2024 at the Frederick B. Karl County Center located at, 601 East Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33602, on the 24th floor, Conference Room 2416W-A.
The Concept Paper is designed to provide a summary of the proposed initiative. This package does not attempt to list the federal, state or county laws, ordinances, rules or regulations that may affect your proposal or performance under any resulting contract. Lack of knowledge will not relieve the respondent from complying with applicable laws. We encourage you to read the enclosed documents carefully and respond to this request on the forms provided.
It is important to note that the federal funder's guidelines have been narrowed to meet the County's goals and objectives. The applicant cannot plan to use any funds offered to replace funding shortfalls or supplant existing revenue streams. Selected initiatives, regardless of the funding source, are intended to support new programs, additional capacity, significant expansion or other enhancements that improve outcomes and reduce crime.
Selection criteria will rely on application completeness, community need for the initiative, support of Board of County Commissioners' goals, how well developed the initiative is, the agency's capability to implement the initiative, leveraging of additional resources, collaboration and plans for sustainability. Funding shall be available through the Board of County Commissioners from Federal and State Edward Byrne Memorial Formula Justice Assistance Grant Programs and providers may be eligible to receive funding for up to three (3) years.
The submission deadline is 5 p.m., May 17, 2024. In fairness to respondents who meet the deadline, staff will not be able to accept any late submissions. If you have any questions or inquiries regarding the forms or this process, please submit them via email to Felicia Richardson at RichardsonF@HCFL.Gov and/or Robert Parkinson at ParkinsonR@HCFL.Gov.