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Department of Justice Application Season is Here!
Prepare early — any time during the year — to ensure your registration and users are up to date in the systems involved in the application process. Review the DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist to identify which actions you can take now and what to expect when you start an application.
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.
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FY24 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation
Closing Date
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This program provides funding for the creation and/or implementation of extreme risk protection order programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related programs/initiatives.
FY24 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program provides funding to state agencies designated by the governor to improve the recruitment and retention of local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors.
FY24 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to make payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to eligible states and units of local government that incur certain types of costs due to incarceration of “undocumented criminal aliens” during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, reporting period.
FY24 Visiting Fellows Program
Closing Date
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With this opportunity, BJA seeks to invest in current and future leaders in the criminal justice field to advance priority national policy issues and offer cross-developmental opportunities for Department of Justice staff and criminal justice practitioners and researchers.
FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This program is designed to assist jurisdictions in addressing hate crimes and to assist victims and communities that are facing an increase in hate crimes.
FY24 Justice Systems and Behavioral Health – Invited to Apply
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This solicitation is exclusively for those who received an invitation to apply from BJA.
FY24 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide jurisdictions with resources to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits, improve investigations and prosecutions, provide sites with resources to collect DNA samples from qualifying individuals, and more.
FY24 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Program
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA, in coordination with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Victims of Crime, seeks applications to provide a range of training and technical assistance to grantees and the field at large under the Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.
FY24 National Initiatives: Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund four national training and technical assistance programs to support law enforcement and criminal justice stakeholders.
FY24 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for training and technical assistance funding to strengthen and improve the representation of indigent defendants in criminal and indigent respondents in civil cause of action under jurisdiction of Indian tribes.
FY24 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks seeks to support new and innovative strategies for preventing and reducing crime, improving community safety, and strengthening criminal justice system outcomes.
FY24 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to enhance the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies and public health officials to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through a centralized database administered by an authorized agency.
FY24 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
The Project Safe Neighborhoods Program brings together federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community-based partners, and other stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.
FY24 Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) National Law Enforcement Survivor Support and National Firefighter and First Responder Survivor Support Programs Competitive Grant Solicitation
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the families of fallen and catastrophically injured law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders by providing assistance with filing applications for federal benefits for line-of-duty deaths and catastrophic injuries.