Press Releases

The following Department of Justice and Office of Justice Programs (OJP) press releases highlight recent Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) efforts and activities. Visit the News Releases section of the OJP website for access to additional and archived press releases.

2023

• November 16, 2023: The Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and National Institute of Corrections Launch First of its Kind Resource to Assist Nation’s Jails in Providing Wrap-Around Services
• November 2, 2023: Justice Department Announces New Nationwide Public Safety Commitments
• October 20, 2023: Justice Department to Award More Than $96.7 Million in Grants to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
• October 17, 2023: Justice Department Releases Report on Recommendations for Law Enforcement Agencies Facing Recruitment and Retention Challenges
• September 28, 2023: Justice Department Awards Over $4.4 Billion To Support Community Safety
• June 22, 2023: Justice Department Releases New Tool to Manage Substance Withdrawals in Jails
• June 14, 2023: FACT SHEET: Update on Justice Department ’s Ongoing Efforts to Tackle Gun Violence
• June 9, 2023: Readout of Bureau of Justice Assistance Annual Convening of the Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab
• May 17, 2023: Justice Department Leadership Honors Service and Sacrifice of Nation’s Law Enforcement for Police Week
• April 28, 2023: Justice Department Releases Strategic Plan for Supporting the Goals of the Federal Interagency Alternatives and Reentry Committee
• April 20, 2023: Justice Department Issues Dear Colleague Letter to Courts Regarding Fines and Fees for Youth and Adults 
• February 28, 2023: OJP Awards $4 Million to Support the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program
• February 14, 2023: Justice Department Announces Over $200 Million in Investments in State Crisis Intervention
• January 27, 2023: Readout of Office of Justice Programs Meeting With Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health Leaders to Promote the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

2022

• December 21, 2022: OJP Announces the Inaugural Class of Reaching Rural Fellows
• November 21, 2022: Justice Department Awards Almost $160 Million to Support Forensic Science
• November 21, 2022: Justice Department Grant Establishes New Center to Improve Conditions and Environments in Jails
• October 19, 2022: Department of Justice Awards More Than $44 Million to Support Behavioral Health-Driven Approaches to Community Crises
• October 14, 2022: Department of Justice Awards More Than $340 Million to Address Substance Use Disorders and Fight the Overdose Epidemic
• October 14, 2022: Justice Department Awards More Than $370 Million to Reduce Violent Crime and Support Law Enforcement
• October 14, 2022: Department of Justice Awards Almost $190 Million in Grants to Support School Safety
• October 13, 2022: Justice Department Awards $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
• October 5, 2022: Justice Department Awards a Total of Nearly $100 Million to Help Reduce Recidivism and Support Successful Reentry to Communities
• September 29, 2022: Department of Justice Awards $100 Million to Reduce Community Violence
• September 21, 2022: Justice Department Announces More Than $246 Million in Grants for Tribal Nations
• August 30, 2022: Justice Department Releases New Training to Focus on Privately Made Firearms
• February 14, 2022: President Biden Taps Ohio Criminal Justice Director Karhlton Moore to Lead Bureau of Justice Assistance