Description
This page provides access to past funding opportunities from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Use the search filters below to help you find specific solicitations. From the results, select a solicitation title to view details about the opportunity as well as any resulting awards made through the opportunity.
If you are looking for current opportunities available from BJA, see the Available Funding page.
FY 2020 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence
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This program will assist 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.
FY 2020 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence – Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting (SAFE-ITR) Program
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This program will fund states and units of local government to implement an evidence management program to inventory, track, and report untested and unsubmitted sexual assault kits.
FY 2020 Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction Program
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This program will fund a strategic approach to crime reduction that leverages community knowledge and expertise to build public trust with law enforcement and make neighborhoods safer.
FY 2020 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program
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BJA’s STOP School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence.
FY 2020 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative: Outcomes-based Contracting To Lower Recidivism and Address Substance Use Disorders Through Reentry and Housing Services
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Funding through this program can be used to enhance or implement outcomes-based contracts with reentry, permanent supportive housing, or recovery housing providers to reduce recidivism, and address the substance use disorders impacting formerly incarcerated people.
FY 2020 Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating Violent Crime
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The purpose of this program is to support prosecutors’ offices to reduce caseloads, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of prosecutors’ processes and procedures, and provide modern technology to better manage and track cases.
FY 2020 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program (COSSAP)
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Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive programs in response to illicit opioids, stimulants, or other substances of abuse.
FY 2020 Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program
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Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications to implement and enhance drug court services, to include coordination, management of drug court participants, and recovery support services.
FY 2020 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Solicitation
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Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime. The program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve.
FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program State Formula Solicitation
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The JAG Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to states and units of local government. BJA will award JAG Program funds to eligible states as described in this solicitation. A separate solicitation will be issued for applications from units of local government.
FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program
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The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program will provide funding to assist eligible states, local units of government, and tribes in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the coronavirus.
FY 2020 Second Chance Act Evaluation Participation Support
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Through this opportunity, BJA seeks applicants to participate in NIJ’s legislatively mandated evaluation of the Second Chance Act Grant Program.
FY 2020 Collaborative Mental Health and Anti-Recidivism Initiative
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This program provides support to state criminal justice agencies to partner with mental health agencies and other service agencies to reduce crime and recidivism associated with people with mental illness.
FY 2020 Law Enforcement National Initiative for Improving Investigations: Supporting State and Local Crime Gun Intelligence Centers Training and Technical Assistance
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The purpose of this solicitation is to call for applications for a provider that will deliver training and technical assistance to support Crime Gun Intelligence Center grantee sites.
FY 2020 National Center on Restorative Justice
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Through this opportunity, BJA seeks to fund an accredited university of higher education or an accredited law school to manage the National Center on Restorative Justice, with the overall purpose of educating and training the next generation of justice leaders.
FY 2020 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
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This program provides support to law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies to partner with mental health agencies and reduce crime and recidivism associated with people with mental illnesses.
FY 2020 Innovative Prosecution Solutions Training and Technical Assistance Program
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The purpose of this solicitation is to select one provider to deliver, nationwide, a wide range of training and technical assistance services to agencies participating in the Innovative Prosecution Solutions site-based grant program.
FY 2020 Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Program
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The purpose of this solicitation is to select a set of coordinated training and technical assistance (TTA) providers to deliver a wide range of TTA services to local, state, and tribal jurisdictions, service providers receiving funding under the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking Program and others as identified by OJP.
FY 2020 Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism
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This program will help jurisdictions assess their reentry system, identify strengths and gaps, and then build capacity for either improving reentry systems generally or improving service delivery by implementing or expanding a reentry program.
FY 2020 Strategies for Policing Innovation
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This program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in reducing crime and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, specifically through support for innovative and evidence-based policing practices, more effective information sharing, and multi-agency collaboration.
FY 2020 Safeguarding Correctional Facilities and Public Safety by Addressing Contraband Cellphones Program
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Funding through this program will be used to enhance, test, implement, and evaluate policies, practices, and technology to address and reduce the use of contraband cellphones in correctional facilities.
FY 2020 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative
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Through a partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, this program assists state, local, and tribal law enforcement with enhancing their investigative and prosecutorial resources needed to improve their ability to hold violent gun offenders accountable to reduce violent crime
FY 2020 Academic-based Drug Field Testing and Training Initiative
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Under this initiative, BJA will select an applicant to establish a pilot project to develop a national training model on current rapid identification technology and scientifically sound field collection and testing methods that can be used when drugs are discovered in the field.
FY 2020 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
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This program strengthens states’ and territories’ ability to plan, implement, or enhance PDMPs by accommodating local decision-making based on state laws and preferences, while encouraging the replication of promising practices.
FY 2020 Supporting Small and Rural Law Enforcement Agency Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program
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This opportunity is for an organization that will manage the distribution of funds for body-worn cameras and related program expenses to small and rural law enforcement agencies. This organization will also provide necessary training and technical assistance for these agencies.