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Access information below about previously awarded funding through Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs. Use the search filters to find award details for specific programs, years, awardee locations, and more.

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State: NJ

Number of Awards: 709
Total Amount Awarded: $406,304,428

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 2020-DY-BX-0011 $500,000 Open
2022 Union County Prosecuting Cold Cases Project FY 2022 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA UNION, COUNTY OF NJ 15PBJA-22-GG-03129-DNAX $500,000 Open
2023 South Jersey Pro Bono Legal Clinic FY 2023 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program VOLUNTEER UP LEGAL CLINIC A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION NJ 15PBJA-23-GG-00286-BRND $500,000 Open
2023 The Ocean County Cold Case and Sexual Assault Initiative FY 2023 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative COUNTY OF OCEAN NJ 15PBJA-23-GG-02306-SAKI $500,000 Open
2014 FY 2014 Justice Assistance Grant Urban Essex Grant Program BJA FY 14 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program: Local City of Newark NJ Police Department NJ 2014-DJ-BX-1104 $506,164 Closed
2017 FY 2017 Essex County JAG BJA FY 17 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation IRVINGTON, TOWN OF NJ 2017-DJ-BX-0272 $507,426 Past Project Period End Date
2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula FY 2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 2019-CD-BX-0015 $509,964 Closed
2010 FY2010 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisioners Program BJA FY 10 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Program New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety NJ 2010-RT-BX-0035 $519,620 Closed
2021 West Orange PD Connect and Protect Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses Application TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE NJ 15PBJA-21-GG-04335-MENT $525,000 Open
2016 2016 JAG Anti-Crime Initiative Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation CITY OF NEWARK NEW JERSEY NJ 2016-DJ-BX-0403 $525,446 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Camden City's Coronavirus Emergency Response FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program CAMDEN, CITY OF NJ 2020-VD-BX-0996 $526,710 Closed
2018 FY18 Harold Rogers PDMP System Enhancements BJA FY 18 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 2018-PM-BX-0010 $531,579 Open
2018 FY18 Paul Coverdell Formula Program FY 2018 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 2018-CD-BX-0031 $534,121 Closed
2021 FY21 Paul Coverdell - Formula LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 15PBJA-21-GG-02915-COVE $536,064 Past Project Period End Date
2008 Trenton Prisoner Re-Entry Demonstration Project BJA FY 08 Prisoner Reentry Initiative (PRI) New Jersey State Parole Board NJ 2008-RE-CX-0019 $536,633 Closed
2007 Burlington County Gang Initiative BJA FY 07 Targeting Violent Crime Initiative County of Burlington NJ 2007-DD-BX-0690 $542,163 Closed
2021 Effective Mental & Behavioral Health Emergency Diversion (EMBEHD) COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND NJ 15PBJA-21-GG-04345-NTCP $543,046 Open
2007 Statewide Response to Violent Crime Reduction BJA FY 07 Targeting Violent Crime Initiative State of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety NJ 2007-DD-BX-0675 $544,030 Closed
2022 FY22 Connect and Protect: ARRIVE Together FY 2022 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF NJ 15PBJA-22-GG-02991-MENT $549,750 Open
2007 Cease Fire Enhancement Project BJA FY 07 Targeting Violent Crime Initiative City of Newark, NJ Police Department NJ 2007-DD-BX-0685 $550,000 Closed
2021 Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Crisis Co-Responders and Specialized Police Responses. RU SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE NJ 15PBJA-21-GG-04300-MENT $550,000 Open
2022 The City of Paterson will implement a co-responder team through the DOJ Connect and Protect program. FY 2022 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program CITY OF PATERSON NJ 15PBJA-22-GG-02999-MENT $550,000 Open
2022 City of Perth Amboy Connect and Protect Grant Application FY 2022 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program PERTH AMBOY, CITY OF INC NJ 15PBJA-22-GG-03013-MENT $550,000 Open
2023 Mount Olive Police Collaboration with Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris to Implement Co-Response Crisis Responders FY 2023 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program MOUNT OLIVE TOWNSHIP NJ 15PBJA-23-GG-02174-MENT $550,000 Open
2023 Cumberland County FY 2023 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program FY 2023 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND NJ 15PBJA-23-GG-01463-MENT $550,000 Open