Past Funding

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.

To provide technical assistance to Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program, Certificate Holders and their Cost Accounting Centers. Prison Industry Programs assist incarcerated individuals to develop marketable skills that will increase their potential for rehabilitation and employment upon release.

The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program provides services and resources that directly impact law enforcement's ability to successfully resolve criminal investigations and prosecute offenders while providing the critical officer safety event deconfliction necessary to keep the men and women of our law enforcement community safe. RISS serves thousands of local, state, federal, and tribal criminal justice agencies in their effort to identify, detect, deter, prevent, and solve criminal and terrorist-related investigations.

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 established a penalty for jurisdictions that failed to substantially implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) by July 27, 2011, and for any year thereafter. See 42 U.S.C.

The program is targeted to receive application from organizations to develop and implement new and innovative strategies that better enable local criminal justice systems to prevent and respond to emerging and chronic crime problems that affect many communities in the United States. Proposals will be aimed at addressing a gap in the current base of knowledge about responding to and or preventing crime and be developed or implemented in a way that allows other communities or organizations to learn from and potentially replicate the approach.

The goal of this program is to support jurisdictions to develop and implement comprehensive and collaborative strategies that address the challenges posed by reentry to increase public safety and reduce recidivism for individuals reentering communities from incarceration who are at medium to risk for recidivating.

The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) Training and Technical Assistance Program will support RSAT programs funded under BJA's RSAT formula funding grant program.

Since its inception in 2009, The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) has served as the primary source of information and guidance in reentry, advancing the use of evidence-based practices and policies by creating a network of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers invested in reducing recidivism. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) completely funds the NRRC through the Second Chance Act funding.

The Tribal Justice Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program is a comprehensive approach by BJA to deliver training and technical assistance on a variety of tribal justice issues in Indian County.

The Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Program is being competed under 5 categories: 1) Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative to train newly forming drug court teams, 2) Adult Drug Court Training Initiative to advertise, enhance, and deliver 22 BJA approved drug court curricula to the drug court field and develop new trainings as needed; 3) Site-specific and State-based Drug Court Technical Assistance to meet the needs of BJA adult drug court grantees to meet their grant goals and objectives as well as develop materials/content to assist the field at large, including statewide drug co

BJA and SAMHSA are accepting applications to enhance the court services, coordination, and evidence-based substance abuse treatment and recovery support services of adult drug courts. The purpose of this joint initiative is to allow applicants to submit a comprehensive strategy for enhancing drug court services and capacity. Applicants are competing for two grant awards (a grant from SAMHSA and a separate grant from BJA) for both criminal justice and substance abuse treatment funds with one application.

The Adjudication TTA, administered by BJA, helps improve criminal justice systems. This program supports funding for national, state, and local programs/efforts, such as team trainings and technical assistance, by addressing the needs of state and local justice systems and communities. Under this solicitation, BJA seeks to improve and elevate the functioning of the criminal justice system specifically related to the adjudication process by assisting state and local governments to prevent and reduce crime.

The objective of this program is to assist eligible states and units of local government to reduce forensic DNA sample turnaround time, increase the throughput of public DNA laboratories, and reduce DNA backlogs.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Justice and Mental Health Collaboration State-Based Capacity Building Program (CBP) supports BJA’s Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) by seeking a provider(s) to deliver resources and services to unfunded, eligible JMHCP applicants. This program is funded through the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (MIOTCRA) (Pub. L. 108-414) and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-416).

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence, and violent offenders. The program's effectiveness is based on the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention and prevention initiatives within the district.