State Justice Statistics Program

The State Justice Statistics Program is a Bureau of Justice Statistics cooperative agreement program that supports Statistical Analysis Centers in 53 states and territories. These centers collect, analyze, and report criminal justice statistics, coordinate data activity within their states, and act as liaisons between BJS and state respondent agencies. The program supports core capacity work such as incident-based crime data, criminal justice performance measures, and data access, along with special-emphasis projects in administrative data research and criminal history record analysis. It follows an annual federal cycle, with solicitations typically posted in late fall or winter and deadlines in February or March. Eligibility is narrow: the recipient needs to be an SAC, often housed in a state planning agency, governor's office, police agency, attorney general office, or university. Award levels are set in the yearly solicitation, so the practical fit is organizations already embedded in state criminal justice data systems rather than new entrants.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.