List of Programs

This initiative provides funding and technical assistance to rural law enforcement agencies seeking to reduce violent crime and address problems associated with violent crime.

BJA’s suite of Second Chance Act programs support state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations in their work to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people returning from incarceration.

This program provides funding for agencies to gain insight into the scope of unanalyzed sexual assault kits (SAKs) and for managing the status of the workflow of the SAKs.

This initiative helps to ensure that states and local government are provided with the capacity and tools necessary to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amendment.

This initiative seeks to enable police agencies to effectively use evidence-based practices, data, and technology.

This program provides state, local, and tribal prosecutors with direct funding and training and technical assistance to develop effective strategies and programs to address and prosecute individuals who commit violent crime.

This program is designed to help jurisdictions assess their reentry housing systems, identify strengths and gaps, and build capacity for improving housing options for adults released from prison or jail.

This program provides community supervision agencies with funding, technical assistance, and new tools to improve supervision outcomes.

SCAAP provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period.

This program was created to assist states in building, implementing, and improving victim notification capacity.

This program helps address the extreme shortage of board-certified forensic pathologists in the United States and provides medical examiner and coroner offices with the resources to become accredited and maintain that accreditation.

This program seeks to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools and training they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence.

This program's goals are to build and enhance capacity and improve delivery of civil and criminal legal services to individuals and tribes, as well as develop policies that improve access to tribal justice systems, and provide training and technical assistance for development and enhancement of tribal justice systems.

This program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs.

This program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face.

This program supports wrongful conviction review entities providing high-quality and efficient post-conviction representation for defendants in post-conviction claims of innocence.

The VALOR Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of our nation’s law enforcement officers. 

This program supports state, local, and tribal efforts to plan and implement or enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts.

VOI/TIS grant funds allowed states to build or expand correctional facilities to increase the bed capacity for the confinement of persons convicted of Part 1 violent crimes or adjudicated delinquents for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a Part 1 violent crime.

Through this program, BJA invests in leaders in the field to advance priority national policy issues and offer cross-developmental opportunities for Department of Justice staff and criminal justice practitioners and researchers.