Synopsis

1) NCHIP ($70,000,000)- This program aims to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. 2) NCHIP SF BSCA ($40,000,000) - This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal-history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Pub. L. 117-159). 3) NARIP ($25,000,000)- This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records.
Response Date	Feb 24, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Posting Date	Jan 15, 2026 12:00:00 AM EST
Archive Date
Award Ceiling	2,410,714
Award Floor	N/a
Cost Sharing	No

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info on Eligibility:	Courts: The state central administrative office or similar entity designated by statute or regulation to administer federal grant funds on behalf of the jurisdiction’s court system.

Additional Information

Agency Name	Bureau of Justice Statistics
Link to Additional Information:	Download NOFO Here
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: GrantSolutions Help Desk Phone: 0000000000

CFDA Program(s)

• 16.554: National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
• 16.813: NICS Act Record Improvement Program