Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JusTRAC+) Program | SFOP0005191

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The Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JusTRAC+) Program is a U.S. Department of State initiative, administered through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), focused on strengthening how rule of law and justice-sector assistance is planned, delivered, and coordinated. The opportunity was offered as a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement, which typically signals a close working relationship between the recipient and the U.S. Government during implementation. In practical terms, the program is set up to build more capable practitioners and to reduce fragmentation across the many actors involved in justice and rule of law programming.

The grant has two central aims. First, it seeks to improve the applied, on-the-ground knowledge and skills of the people and institutions that fund, design, manage, and carry out rule of law programs. This explicitly includes U.S. Government personnel as well as the broader ecosystem of implementers and partners who support justice reform and related legal system strengthening. The emphasis on applied skills suggests training and learning activities geared toward real program challenges, such as designing interventions that actually fit local institutions, managing implementation risks, measuring outcomes credibly, and adapting approaches as political and operational conditions shift.

Second, JusTRAC+ is designed to improve coordination in rule of law programming across a wide set of stakeholders. That coordination spans U.S. Government agencies, foreign governments, and multilateral, international, and non-governmental organizations. Rather than relying only on training events, the program description highlights additional supports meant to make coordination more continuous and practical. These include analytical products (for example, research briefs, syntheses, lessons learned, or mapping of ongoing efforts), structured stakeholder consultations to gather input and align priorities, and dialogue facilitation support that helps partners communicate, resolve overlaps, and identify opportunities for collaboration.

From the funding perspective, the opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0005191) carried an award ceiling of $7,000,000 and was categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services, with CFDA number 19.703. The posting indicates an original closing date of Aug 11, 2018, and a creation date of Jun 12, 2018. The eligibility category is listed as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement, implying that eligibility was not limited to a single standard applicant type and likely depended on criteria described elsewhere in the notice.

Overall, JusTRAC+ can be understood as a capacity-building and coordination platform for rule of law assistance: it aims to professionalize and strengthen the community of practice that designs and runs justice-sector programs, while also supplying research, convening power, and facilitation tools that help multiple agencies and organizations work from a more shared understanding and avoid duplicative or conflicting efforts.

• The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Justice Sector Training, Research, and Coordination Plus (JusTRAC+) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.703.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 12, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 11, 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 $7,000,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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