Evaluation of Citizens Crime Commission’s (CCC) Disruption and Early Engagement Program (DEEP) Initiative | DHS ST 21 208 FR06

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This grant opportunity, titled "Evaluation of Citizens Crime Commission's (CCC) Disruption and Early Engagement Program (DEEP) Initiative" (Funding Opportunity Number DHS ST 21 208 FR06; CFDA 97.108), is a discretionary research and development grant issued through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) under the Office of Mission and Capability Support (MCS) and its Public Safety and Violence Prevention (PSVP) program. The core purpose is to fund an evidence-based evaluation of CCC's DEEP initiative, aligning with DHS S&T's broader mission of applying scientific, engineering, analytic, and innovative approaches to support homeland security operations and improve real-world public safety outcomes.

At a program level, PSVP is focused on building high-quality data and credible evidence that can inform policy and day-to-day practice for stakeholders involved in public safety and violence prevention. The opportunity emphasizes understanding an evolving threat landscape and strengthening tools, techniques, and interventions that can prevent acts of violence before they occur or reduce their impact as risks develop. A central theme is prevention and early intervention: helping decision-makers and frontline practitioners identify and divert vulnerable individuals, prevent potential offenders from progressing toward harm, mitigate community vulnerabilities, and improve resilience. The solicitation frames this work as supporting a "whole-of-society" prevention approach, meaning the results should be useful not just for federal agencies, but also for state, local, tribal, and territorial partners and for non-governmental and private organizations.

The evaluation emphasis also signals that DHS is looking for disciplined, methodologically sound work that can show whether and how a specific initiative is effective, rather than purely exploratory research. The opportunity points to drawing on a broad range of social science and evaluation expertise, including psychology, economics, criminology, political science, sociology, biostatistics, and related disciplines. In practical terms, this suggests DHS expects applicants to bring rigorous evaluation design and analytic capability, such as outcome measurement, process or implementation assessment, and clear evidence standards that can support operational decisions and potential replication or scaling of effective approaches.

Eligibility is broad and includes public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations (both with and without 501(c)(3) status), for-profit organizations (other than small businesses), and small businesses. The funding instrument is a grant, with an award ceiling of $150,000. The posting lists an original closing date of 2021-08-16 and a creation date of 2021-07-15, indicating it was a time-bound solicitation aimed at quickly generating actionable findings. While the expected number of awards is not specified in the provided data, the relatively modest ceiling implies a targeted evaluation effort designed to produce usable results and transferable lessons within a constrained budget.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as DHS S&T funding a focused evaluation of CCC's DEEP initiative to strengthen the evidence base for prevention-oriented public safety strategies. The intended end state is practical knowledge that can be shared across sectors and translated into better training, awareness, and coordinated intervention capabilities among community members and professionals such as educators, clinicians, social service providers, community leaders, and law enforcement, with the goal of minimizing threats as they emerge and improving preparedness and response.

• The Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Evaluation of Citizens Crime Commission’s (CCC) Disruption and Early Engagement Program (DEEP) Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 97.108.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2021-07-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-08-16. (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 $150,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, 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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