Past Funding

BJA is accepting applications to establish new drug courts or enhance existing drug court services, coordination, and offender management and recovery support services. The purpose of the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (42 U.S.C.

The FY2017 Body Worn Camera (BWC) Policy and Implementation Program will support the implementation, including the purchase, deployment, maintenance, data storage, and policy development of a body-worn camera program, and the necessary policies for law enforcement agencies. The program will play a critical role in the creation, implementation, and evaluation of problem solving approaches that incorporate BWCs into officer practice in selected jurisdictions.

The arrest of a parent can have a significant impact on a child whether or not the child is present at the time of the arrest. Depending on age and quality of the relationship with the parent, children may feel shock, immense fear, anxiety, or anger towards the arresting officers or law enforcement in general.

The Justice Information Sharing Solutions Implementation Program is designed to promote innovation in the field to advance the state of the art in technology and information sharing that improves the criminal justice system.

Approximately 2.2 million people were incarcerated in federal, state, and local prisons and jails in 2014, a rate of 1 out of every 110 adults. Many prison populations remain near all-time high levels and face crowding or resource challenges, and state spending on corrections has remained high. Over the last 25 years, state corrections expenditures have increased exponentially from $12 billion in 1988 to more than $55 billion estimated for 2014, a significant increase even accounting for inflation.

In neighborhoods across the country, BCJI projects work to reduce crime and improve community safety as part of a comprehensive strategy to advance neighborhood revitalization goals. Through a broad partnership team, including residents, BCJI sites target neighborhoods with hot spots of violent and serious crime and employ data-driven, cross-sector strategies to reduce crime and violence.

The Intellectual Property Enforcement Program (IPEP), administered by BJA, is designed to provide national support and improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal criminal justice systems to address IP criminal enforcement, including prosecution, prevention, training, and technical assistance.

This FY 2017 Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) grant program seeks to build upon analysis-driven, evidence-based policing by encouraging state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to develop effective, economical, and innovative responses to crime within their jurisdictions.

BJA's Smart Prosecution Initiative is designed to promote effective data-driven, research-based approaches to prosecution and prosecutor-led justice systems innovations and reforms. The Smart Prosecution model builds off of the lessons learned from BJA's Smart Suite of crime fighting programs. Smart Prosecution will seek to pair an operational, results focused researcher with a prosecutor's office to develop data-driven solutions which create effective, efficient, and just prosecution strategies which will ultimately improve public safety.

The purpose of this FY 2017 competitive grant announcement is to select one provider to deliver, nationwide, a wide range of training and technical assistance (TTA) services to agencies participating in Smart Prosecution. These services include, but are not limited to, training sessions and educational sessions developed and conducted by relevant subject matter experts, onsite or remote guidance on problem analysis, solution development, data analysis, prosecution theory, evaluation methodology, and other matters relevant to the purposes of the Smart Prosecution Program.

These solicited applications will be used to supplement existing awards advancing the projects related to the Strategic Initiatives Portfolio.

Applications will be submitted under this solicitation to continue AAG-approved previously competed projects which continue to have an impact in furthering BJA’s mission to reduce unnecessary incarceration and to improve diversion, reentry, recidivism, and health outcomes for justice involved individuals with behavioral health disorders.

Applications will be submitted under this solicitation to continue AAG-approved previously competed projects which continue to have an impact in furthering BJA’s mission to reduce unnecessary incarceration and to improve reentry and recidivism outcomes for justice-involved individuals.

The purpose of this solicitation is to develop and deliver specialized training, technical assistance, and programmatic activities for law enforcement and prosecutors.

The purpose of this solicitation is to develop and deliver specialized training, technical assistance, and programmatic activities for adjudication.

This solicitation will focus on the delivery of national training, technical assistance, and programming on a variety of topics related to Justice Information Sharing.

This is a solicitation for the FY 16 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Reallocation JAG Grant Program and is only available for eligible State Administering Agencies who administer the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, are not yet compliant with the PREA national standards, and submit to BJA an assurance to use the five percent penalty in JAG funds to help enable the state to achieve PREA compliance.

The Statewide Recidivism Reduction Strategic Planning Program will provide $100,000 awards to State Departments of Correction to develop Planning & Implementation guides to serve as the basis for an application for funds to implement a comprehensive reentry program to effect a reasonable reduction in the documented statewide recidivism rate.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) Office is pleased to announce that it is seeking applicants to serve as a national partner to provide survivor peer support, counseling, services, and resources to survivors of fallen firefighters and first responders nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) Office is pleased to announce that it is seeking applicants to serve as a national partner to provide survivor peer support, counseling, services, and resources to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers nationwide.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG), administered by BJA and authorized under Public Law 109-162 (see page 136), is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions.

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG), administered by BJA and authorized under Public Law 109-162 (see page 136), is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions.