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

See the Funding Webinars page to learn about upcoming funding webinars and to access materials from previously held webinars.

Access short solicitation overviews for key details about available funding opportunities as well as helpful information on how to apply. 

All entities seeking Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funding must have an active registration in SAM.gov. Once registered, entities must complete annual renewals to maintain an active status.

It is recommended that you begin the SAM.gov registration or renewal process 30 days prior to any deadlines to allow for the time necessary to complete the full process, including SAM.gov’s entity validation process. If you intend to apply for a specific DOJ opportunity, refer to the Grants.gov due date provided on the solicitation, and plan your SAM.gov registration accordingly.

For additional support, visit SAM.gov Help.

A number of reference materials are available on the JustGrants Resources website to help applicants as they apply for funding from BJA and others within the Department of Justice. See the Training: Application Submission webpage for access to eLearning videos, webinar materials, job aid reference guides, checklists, and more.

As funding opportunities become available from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, they will be included below. Subscribe to NewsFromBJA to receive funding announcements.

  

FY24 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program will award funding for forensic pathology fellowships and resources necessary for medical examiner-coroner offices to achieve and maintain accreditation.

FY24 Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program serves to minimize potential for experiencing crisis and improve recovery outcomes for people with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders who are currently involved with the criminal or juvenile justice systems or reentering the community from these systems.

FY24 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to use performance-based or outcomes-based contracting to enhance or implement clinical services and other evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and address the treatment and recovery needs of people with mental health, substance use, or co-occurring disorders who are currently involved in the criminal justice system or were formerly involved.

FY24 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to support the prosecution of violent cold case crimes where a suspect (known or unknown) has been identified through DNA evidence.

FY24 Community Supervision Strategies

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This grant program seeks to enhance community supervision agencies’ capacity to help reduce recidivism among, and improve outcomes for, people under supervision by using the swift, certain, and/or fair principles of intervention.

FY24 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program supports law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and public safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

FY24 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program assists in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases (as defined by state law) where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.

FY24 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system.

FY24 Smart Prosecution – Innovative Prosecution Solutions

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
The goal of this program is for prosecutorial agencies to incorporate innovative or evidence-based prosecution strategies as a fundamental component of their efforts to reduce crime and ensure public safety.

FY24 Adult Treatment Court Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts.

FY24 Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program seeks to support state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to establish, expand, or improve treatment and recovery support services for people with substance use disorders during their incarceration and upon reentry into the community.

FY24 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This opportunity focuses on pretrial, prosecution, courts, probation/parole, and addressing the needs directly related to the criminal activity of adults with mental health conditions, living in homelessness or marginalized communities with minimal access to treatment, needing wrap around services, in the criminal justice system and leaving incarceration.

FY24 Second Chance Act Smart Supervision Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides grants to improve the capacity and effectiveness of probation and parole agencies to increase supervision success rates by more effectively addressing individuals’ risk and needs and reducing recidivism.

FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies to support activities and expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of cold case murders involving civil rights violations.

FY24 Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crime

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program supports comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve responses to hate crimes.