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Leadership and Service to Achieve Safer Communities

Learn about the Bureau of Justice Assistance

BJA is looking for individuals from diverse backgrounds and regions who have knowledge, expertise, and/or lived experience across a wide range of justice-related and community safety areas.

Watch this short video to learn about the different steps associated with submitting an application for BJA funding.

Funding Resources

Participate in upcoming funding webinars.

Learn about open BJA funding opportunities.

Find examples of narratives from previous opportunities.

Program Highlights

Guides Available

The new Justice Counts Technical Implementation Guides, covering seven criminal justice sectors, equip agencies with the tools they need to configure and share data.

Finding a Serial Killer

Hear how decades of determined police work and cutting-edge forensic science identified Joe Michael Ervin as the person who assaulted and murdered four women between 1978 and 1981.

Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

The leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions, JAG provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding to support a range of program areas.

Visit the Programs list for more

Stay Informed

Connect with us through social media and email to stay informed about funding opportunities, events and speaking engagements, initiative announcements, resource releases, and more.

Responding to COVID-19
  • The COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit for the Law Enforcement Community includes resources and strategies agencies can use internally and when communicating to the public about the importance of vaccinations.
  • Approximately $850 million was available through the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) program. View CESF award details.
  • Criminals are attempting to exploit COVID-19 through a variety of scams. Stay informed about common fraud schemes.
Find Funding and Awards

Find Funding and Awards

Discover opportunities, access awards, learn about funding webinars, and more.
Access Resources

Access Resources

Find publications and multimedia resources produced or sponsored by BJA.
Learn about Programs

Learn about Programs

Learn about the different programs that BJA supports.
Participate in Events

Participate in Events

Learn about upcoming conferences, trainings, and webinars.