BJA FY 18 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) | BJA 2018 13635

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The BJA FY 18 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) opportunity is a U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance funding program designed to strengthen domestic counterterrorism capabilities at the state, local, and tribal levels. The core purpose is to help law enforcement and justice partners prevent acts of terrorism in their jurisdictions by improving their ability to recognize, assess, disrupt, investigate, and prosecute terrorism-related threats, with a specific focus on domestic criminal terrorism and extremism.

A central feature of SLATT is that it treats effective counterterrorism work and constitutional policing as inseparable. The program explicitly emphasizes that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests must be protected throughout the intelligence process. In practice, this means the training and technical assistance supported under the award are expected to reinforce lawful information gathering and sharing, proper handling of sensitive data, and decision-making that avoids bias and protects protected speech and association, while still enabling agencies to respond to genuine threats.

The project is structured to deliver specialized training and technical assistance rather than general awareness materials. The content areas highlighted include terrorism and extremism orientation (building a foundational understanding of threats and indicators), interdiction (methods to interrupt and stop planned or ongoing criminal activity), investigation (developing cases, coordination, and evidence considerations), and prevention (strategies to reduce risk and disrupt pathways to violence). The intended audiences are broad across the public safety and justice ecosystem: state, local, and tribal law enforcement; analytical personnel such as intelligence or crime analysts; training directors responsible for agency training programs; and prosecutors who may handle terrorism-related cases. This indicates the program aims to improve both operational responses and the longer-term institutional capacity to train others and sustain best practices.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant made through a cooperative agreement, which typically signals a more active partnership between BJA and the award recipient than a standard grant. The opportunity number is BJA-2018-13635, and it is associated with CFDA 16.614. The funding activity categories include Disaster Prevention and Relief and Law, Justice and Legal Services, reflecting the program's role in preventing high-impact incidents and strengthening the justice system response.

Eligibility is fairly expansive and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, nonprofit organizations (both 501(c)(3) and non-501(c)(3)), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. This wide eligibility suggests BJA is open to a range of potential national or regional training providers, including universities, nonprofit training entities, and private-sector organizations with relevant expertise and infrastructure.

In terms of scale, BJA anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $2,000,000. The opportunity was created on March 9, 2018, with an original application closing date of April 24, 2018. Overall, SLATT is best understood as a capacity-building initiative intended to deliver practical counterterrorism training and hands-on technical assistance to frontline agencies and justice partners, while explicitly requiring that counterterrorism intelligence and operations be conducted in a way that respects legal protections and privacy.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the disaster prevention and relief, law, justice and legal services, other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 18 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.614.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 09, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 24, 2018. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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