The mission of NTIC is to build grassroots leadership and strengthen neighborhoods through issue-based community organizing. NTIC helps community residents prioritize issues and draw up action plans to address them. Through NTIC’s organizing model, community residents become experts on the needs of their neighborhoods and learn how to foster change by engaging other stakeholders in their communities such as law enforcement, public and elected officials, and the private sector. Organizers, researchers, and other NTIC staff provide training, technical assistance, research, and consultation to community groups that are seeking ways to reduce crime and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. The paper describes how a grassroots organization qualifies for Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funding through NTIC and what the organization must do to justify the funding. The paper includes points of contact for further information on the NTIC and BJA grant programs.