National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)

GOAL(S): Ensuring the quality and completeness of the nation’s criminal history record systems by providing financial and technical assistance to states and tribes for the establishment or improvement of computerized criminal history record systems and related systems capturing data on mental health and protective orders. OBJECTIVE(S): Objective 1: Improve criminal history record systems in the U.S. states and territories to support background checks for the purposes of identifying ineligible firearm purchases and persons ineligible to hold positions involving children, the elderly, or the disabled. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of state or tribal records that are automated. 2) Ensure the development of the infrastructure connects each state’s and tribe’s record systems to national records and connects each state’s background check databases to other states.