The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and BJA training and technical assistance providers host webinars to provide information about specific solicitations, capture guidance on how to apply, and answer questions from potential applicants. As webinars are announced, they will be included on this page. When available, materials from past webinars will be added below.
Upcoming Webinars
JustGrants Weekly Training Webinars
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Previously Held Webinars
In addition to the BJA Grant Applicant Education Series webinars, links to additional webinar recordings and presentation materials will be provided here.
FY24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Solicitation
- Webinar held: September 24, 2024
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FY24 Project Safe Neighborhoods
- Webinar held: August 20, 2024
- View the solicitation
- Webinar materials:
FY24 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance
- Webinar held: July 18, 2024
- View the solicitation
- Webinar materials:
FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: July 8, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation
- Webinar held: July 2, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- Webinar held: July 2, 2024
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FY24 Training and Technical Assistance for Justice-Focused Community-Based Organizations
- Webinar held: July 1, 2024
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FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program Overdose Fatality Review Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: June 27, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
National Public Safety Partnership Capacity Building Grants Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: June 25, 2024
- View the solicitation
- Webinar materials are forthcoming
FY24 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies Solicitation
- Webinar held: June 20, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation
- Webinar held: June 20, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative
- Webinar held: June 18, 2024
- View the solicitation
- Webinar materials are forthcoming
Hate Crimes Prevention and Investigation Funding Opportunities
- Webinar held: June 13, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Smart Reentry: Housing Demonstration Program
- Webinar held: June 13, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program Solicitation
- Webinar held: June 12, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Visiting Fellows Program
- Webinar held: June 12, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Incubator Initiative
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Integrated Treatment for Individuals with Co-occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
- Webinar held: June 10, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Solicitation Webinar – Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
- Webinar held: June 7, 2024
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FY24 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety
- Webinar held: May 29, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program Formula Grant
- Webinar held: May 22, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
National Community Court Grant Program
- Webinar held: May 16, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program
- Webinar held: May 14, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
STOP School Violence Program FY 2024 Solicitation
- Webinar held: May 9, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Designed for Dignity: Creating Safer and More Humane Prisons
- Webinar held: May 1, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grant Program
- Webinar held: April 30, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
- Webinar held: April 25, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY 2024 Solicitation Webinar – DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
- Webinar held: April 23, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program
- Webinar held: April 23, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Enhancing Correctional Practices to Protect Vulnerable People: Technical Assistance and Microgrant Program
- Webinar held: April 18, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program
- Webinar held: April 17, 2024
- View the solicitation
- Webinar materials are forthcoming
Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Program
- Webinar held: April 11, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program
- Webinar held: April 11, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Internet of Things National Training and Technical Assistance Program
- Webinar held: April 10, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Smart Prosecution – Innovative Prosecution Solutions Webinar
- Webinar held: April 9, 2024
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- Webinar materials are forthcoming
Responding to the FY 2024 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative Solicitation
- Webinar held: April 4, 2024
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Solicitation Webinar – Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence Program
- Webinar held: April 3, 2024
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Responding to the FY 2024 SCA Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry Program Solicitation
- Webinar held: April 2, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Community Supervision Strategies Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: March 28, 2024
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- Webinar materials
Second Chance Act Smart Supervision Program FY24 Opportunity Webinar
- Webinar held: March 28, 2024
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Solicitation Webinar – Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA Program
- Webinar held: March 28, 2024
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Connect and Protect Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: March 21, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Adult Treatment Court Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: March 20, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Solicitation Webinar
- Webinar held: March 19, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
Responding to the 2024 Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program Solicitation
- Webinar held: March 14, 2024
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- Webinar materials:
FY24 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Webinars
- CTAS Overview: January 18, 2024
- FY 2024 Updates: JustGrants and Submitting an Application: January 23, 2024
- Budget Development: January 24, 2024
- Tips for Successful Applications for Alaska & Rural Communities: January 25, 2024
- Purpose Areas 2, 3, & 4 (BJA): January 31, 2024
- Budget Worksheet Completion: February 8, 2024
- Application Checklist Review: February 13, 2024
- FY 2024 CTAS JustGrants Final Upload Q&A: February 20, 2024
Webinars from Prior Years
Expand the below accordions to access information about and materials from previously held webinars.
- The Federal Funding Process: The First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare Now, & Other Considerations (February 26, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Behavioral Health (February 14, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Community-Based Organizations (February 15, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Corrections, Community Corrections, and Reentry (February 21, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Law Enforcement (February 29, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Prosecution, Defense, and Courts (February 20, 2024): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2024: Tribes and Tribal Organizations (February 22, 2024): Watch the recording
- The Federal Funding Process: First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare Now, and Other Considerations (February 9, 2023): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2023: An Overview of What's Ahead (February 7, 2023): Watch the recording
- The Federal Funding Process: First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare Now, and Other Considerations (January 26, 2022): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2022: An Overview of What's Ahead (January 19, 2022): Watch the recording
- The Federal Funding Process: The First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare Now, and Other Considerations (January 21, 2021): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2021: An Overview of What’s Ahead (January 14, 2021): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2020: An Overview of What's Ahead (December 12, 2019): Access the presentation | Read the transcript
- The Federal Funding Process: The First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare and Other Considerations (October 30, 2019): Access the presentation | View the transcript
- The Federal Funding Process: What Applicants Should Consider (February 5, 2019): Watch the recording
- Submitting Your Application and Avoiding Common Mistakes (February 7, 2019): Watch the recording
- Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2019 (January 2019): Watch the recording
- The First Steps to Applying for BJA Funding, Prepare Now (January 31, 2019): Watch the recording
- Collaborative Crisis Response Training Program Funding Webinar: July 30, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Restrictive Housing Reform Implementation Assistance Program Funding Webinar: July 28, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- BJA Visiting Fellows Program: July 14, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Funding Opportunity under the National Initiatives: Law Enforcement and Prosecution Program: July 7, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Responding to the 2021 Solicitation for Connect and Protect Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses: June 29, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies Solicitation Webinar: June 29, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View Questions and Answers
- Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative for Law Enforcement Agencies: June 28, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Application Mechanics: Submitting an Application - JAG Applicants: June 24, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript | View Q&A
- STOP School Violence Program Solicitation Webinar: June 17, 2021; Watch the Recording | Read the Transcript
- BJA Hate Crimes Funding Opportunities: June 16, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Responding to the 2021 Solicitation for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program: June 15, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Child-Friendly Family Visiting Spaces in Jails and Prisons Program Funding Webinar: June 10, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Project Safe Neighborhoods Training and Technical Assistance Program Funding Webinar: June 10, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Smart Policing Initiative Grant Program: June 8, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Justice Reinvestment Initiative - Site-Based and State-Level: June 3, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Second Chance Act Adult Reentry Education, Employment, Treatment, and Recovery Program Funding Opportunity Webinar: May 25, 2021; Watch the Recording | View the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- The Project Safe Neighborhoods FY 2021 Grant Announcement: May 19, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE Funding Webinar: May 19, 2021; Watch the Recording
- COSSAP Site-Based Solicitation Webinar: May 18, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Program Funding Webinar: April 6, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program: March 2, 2021; Access the Presentation
- Safeguarding Correctional Facilities and Public Safety by Addressing Contraband Cellphones Program Funding Webinar: February 25, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program: February 17, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting Inmates, and Safeguarding Communities: February 17, 2021; Watch the Recording
- Intellectual Property Enforcement Program Solicitation Webinar: February 10, 2021
- Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Training and Technical Assistance Initiative: February 2, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Site Based and Training and Technical Assistance Program: January 29, 2021; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Grantee Training Webinar: December 3, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | About the Program
- Responding to America's Communities: Comprehensive Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Program: November 10, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- Southwest Border Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Program: May 28 and June 4, 2020
- Competitive Forensic Science Grant Programs: May 5, 2020; Watch the Recording | Learn about the Programs
- BJA's STOP School Violence Program FY 2020 Solicitation: April 30, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) Site-based Program: April 24, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- Applying for BJA's Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program for Law Enforcement Grant: What You Need to Know: April 22, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- FY 2020 COSSAP: Funding Opportunities for Tribes: April 16, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- Innovation in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program Solicitation Webinar: April 15, 2020; View the Solicitation
- Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program FY20 Competitive Grant Webinar: April 13, 2020; View the Solicitation
- Responding to the 2020 Solicitation for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program: April 8, 2020; Watch the Recording/Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- STOP School Violence Program FY 2020 Solicitation: April 6, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program (COSSAP): March 31, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- Improving Community Supervision Outcomes Through Swift, Certain, and Fair Responses FY 2020 Solicitation: March 31, 2020; View the Solicitation
- Strategies for Policing Innovation Competitive Grant Solicitation Webinar: March 31, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- OJP FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking: March 30, 2020; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript | View the Solicitation
- Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Reducing Violent Crime by Improving Justice System Performance: March 26, 2020; View the Solicitation
- Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program: March 25, 2020; Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript | View the Solicitation
- Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation: March 25, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- National Community Courts Site-based and Training and Technical Assistance Initiative FY 2020 Competitive Grant Announcement: March 18, 2020; Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript | View the Solicitation
- Adult Drug Court & Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program FY20 Competitive Grant Webinar: March 16, 2020; View the Solicitation
- Webinar for Interested Applicants for the Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program: March 10, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- BJA Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Solicitation Webinar: Funding Opportunity for Tribes: March 9, 2020; View the Solicitation
- STOP School Violence Solicitation: January 29, 2020; Watch the Recording | View the Solicitation
- 2020 Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC) Solicitation: January 9, 2020; Access the Presentation | View the Solicitation
- PREA Targeted Implementation Planning and Support Program: July 30, 2019
- Comprehensive Corrections Training and Technical Assistance: Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Data-led Governing: Raising the Bar for States' Criminal Justice Policy and Practice Competitive Solicitation: June 12, 2019; Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) Statewide Expansion and Response Solicitation Webinar: May 30, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Partnerships to Support Data-Driven Responses to Emerging Drug Solicitation Webinar: May 30, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Responding to the FY 2019 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry for Adults with Co-occurring Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Program: May 28, 2019
- Swift, Certain, Fair Grant Webinar: May 17, 2019; Access the Presentation
- Crime Gun Intelligence Center 2019 Solicitation Informational Webinar: May 16, 2019
- Responding to the 2019 Solicitation for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program: May 16, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program: May 15, 2019; Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- Responding to the FY 2019 Second Chance Act Innovations in Supervision Initiative: Building Capacity to Create Safer Communities Program: May 14, 2019; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Responding to the FY 2019 Second Chance Act Innovative Reentry Initiatives: Building System Capacity and Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism Program: May 14, 2019; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation FY 2019 Competitive Grant Announcement: May 7, 2019
- Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program: May 6, 2019; Access the Presentation | Read the Transcript
- BJA SPI Solicitation Webinar: May 2, 2019; Read the Transcript
- Responding to the 2019 Second Chance Act Comprehensive Community-Based Adult Reentry Grant Program Solicitation: April 30, 2019; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- COAP Site-based Program FY19 Competitive Grant: April 29, 2019; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- STOP School Violence Training and Technical Assistance: April 29, 2019; Access the Presentation | View the Transcript
- Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force To Combat Human Trafficking Webinar: April 24, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Improving Justice Mental Health Collaboration TTA Solicitation Webinar: April 24, 2019; Watch the Recording
- National Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Law Enforcement Responses to People with Mental Health Disorders and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: April 24, 2019; Access the Presentation | View the Transcript
- STOP School Violence Program Solicitation Webinar: April 22, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Strategies for Policing Innovation Training Technical Assistance Program Solicitation Webinar: April 22, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program: Funding Opportunity for Tribes: April 18, 2019
- Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Solicitation Webinar: April 18, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Applying for BJA's Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program for Law Enforcement Grant: What You Need to Know: April 17, 2019
- Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program TTA Funding Webinar: April 17, 2019; Watch the Recording | Access the Presentation
- Justice For All: Effective Administration of Criminal Justice TTA Program Webinar: April 4, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Innovative Prosecution Solutions (IPS) FY 19 Competitive Grant Solicitation: March 28, 2019
- Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Solicitation Webinar: March 21, 2019; Watch the Recording
- Applying for BJA's Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant: What You Need to Know: March 7, 2019
- Funding Opportunity for Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The BJA Adult Drug Court Solicitation: March 5, 2019
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