Eligibility and Application Information

 

The Office of Policy and Management serves as the State Administering Agency (SAA) for the distribution of NCHIP funds in Connecticut.  Within that role, OPM serves as the facilitator and coordinator to gather complex NCHIP project narrative and budget information prepared by entities such as the Judicial Branch, the Office of the Probate Court Administrator, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Department of Mental Health & Addiction Service.  A comprehensive project document, containing the required application components for each agency/project, is then submitted to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) for evaluation and review. 

 

The NCHIP program was initiated in 1995 and awards are made annually to each applicant state and eligible territory by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.  NCHIP funds distribution is based on need rather than population or other formula-based methodology, i.e., funds are awarded on a competitive application basis. 

 

When an NCHIP grant award is made by BJS to the State of Connecticut, OPM will then issue individual grant awards by agency/project and then coordinate any required grant administration activity, including the submission of Quarterly and/or semi-annual BJS reporting requirements, throughout the life of the grant.