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Department of Justice Application Season is Here!
Prepare early — any time during the year — to ensure your registration and users are up to date in the systems involved in the application process. Review the DOJ Grant Application Submission Checklist to identify which actions you can take now and what to expect when you start an application.
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FY24 Competitive DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
Closing Date
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Funding under this program is to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA laboratories to conduct analysis of crime scene samples for entry into CODIS.
FY24 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program
Closing Date
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The goal of this opportunity is to assist eligible states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to process, and/or to increase the capacity to process, more DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System by publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories.
FY24 Invited to Apply—Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
Closing Date
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This solicitation is exclusively for those who received an invitation to apply from BJA.
FY24 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based
Closing Date
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Through this opportunity, the Office of Justice Programs seeks to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based community-based violence intervention and prevention programs.
FY24 Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crime
Closing Date
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This program supports comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve responses to hate crimes.
FY24 Invited to Apply—Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 5
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This solicitation is exclusively for those who received a letter from BJA to apply.
FY24 Invited to Apply—Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 6
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
This solicitation is exclusively for those who received a letter from BJA to apply.
FY24 Enhancing Correctional Practices to Protect Vulnerable People: Technical Assistance and Microgrant Program
Closing Date
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This program will award one cooperative agreement to fund an organization to administer a competitive microgrant program and provide training and technical assistance to agencies working to protect vulnerable people in prisons, jails, and other confinement settings, and to reduce reliance on restrictive or punitive approaches.
FY24 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy
Closing Date
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This program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property (IP) theft and related crime as well as supporting law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting IP crimes and reducing violent crime associated with IP cases and investigations.
FY24 STOP School Violence Program Competitive Solicitation
Closing Date
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This program is designed to improve school safety by providing students, teachers, and staff with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence.
FY24 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts (VTC), including service coordination, participant service and supervision coordination, fidelity to the VTC model, and recovery support services.
FY24 National Community Courts Initiative
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support efforts by state, local, and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions.
FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program—Competitive
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund improvements to forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government. This solicitation is only for competitive funds.
FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program—Formula
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund improvements to forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by forensic science laboratories operated by states and units of local government. This solicitation is only for state administering agencies applying for formula funds.
FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program
Closing Date
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This program provides funding to state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies to support activities and expenses associated with the investigation and prosecution of cold case murders involving civil rights violations.
FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impacts of illicit opioids, stimulants, or other substances.
FY24 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low level criminal offenses.
FY24 Coordinated Hate Crimes Resource Center
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, and their community partners, to address hate crimes by establishing a coordinated hate crimes resource center.
FY24 Integrated Treatment for Individuals with Co-occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks a training and technical assistance provider with expertise in working with communities to improve access to integrated treatment for justice-involved individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
FY24 Justice Information Sharing Training and Technical Assistance Program
Closing Date
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This program seeks to assist state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in reducing crime and improving the functioning of the criminal justice system through more effective information sharing, multi-agency collaboration, and the implementation of data-driven, evidence-based strategies.
FY24 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Program Formula Grant Solicitation
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to increase access to treatment to individuals with substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders during detention or incarceration and to improve continuity of care during and after reentry by delivering community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.
FY24 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Incubator Initiative
Closing Date
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This program funds organizations to serve as financial intermediaries to community-based reentry programs (subawardees) and to provide support via an incubator model in order to increase capability and capacity within the subawardees’ organizations.
FY24 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning to their communities after a period of incarceration.
FY24 Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the purchase and lease of body-worn cameras by publicly funded law enforcement and corrections agencies.
FY24 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)
Closing Date
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Application JustGrants Deadline
With this solicitation, BJA seeks a training and technical assistance provider to help jurisdictions prevent and reduce overdose deaths as part of the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program.
FY24 Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program
Closing Date
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This program provides funding to eligible entities to expand upon the reporting, transportation, processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases in their jurisdictions, including migrants.
FY24 National Public Safety Partnership—Capacity Building Grant Limited Competition Grant Solicitation
Closing Date
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This program provides funding for state and local prosecutors and local law enforcement agencies who have participated in the National Public Safety Partnership to secure resources that will help reduce crime and increase public safety and trust in the criminal justice system.
FY24 Training and Technical Assistance for Justice-Focused Community-Based Organizations
Closing Date
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This program provides for the development, operation, and management of a training and technical assistance program for justice-focused community-based organizations directly serving communities disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
FY24 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level Training and Technical Assistance
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support training and technical assistance providers assisting states and jurisdictions to use the Justice Reinvestment Initiative to enhance the fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency of their criminal justice system.
FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program
Closing Date
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This program is designed to assist jurisdictions in addressing hate crimes and to assist victims and communities that are facing an increase in hate crimes.
FY24 Smart Reentry: Housing Demonstration Program
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund state, local, and tribal governments to enhance or implement evidence-based activities or services to improve reentry and reduce recidivism by expanding and/or increasing access to housing for people who are currently or formerly involved in the criminal justice system.
FY24 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to reduce the number of deaths and injuries of individuals with forms of dementia (such as Alzheimer’s disease) or developmental disabilities (such as autism) who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments.
FY24 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program Formula Solicitation
Closing Date
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This program provides funding for the creation and/or implementation of extreme risk protection order programs, state crisis intervention court proceedings, and related programs/initiatives.
FY24 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
Closing Date
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This program provides funding to state agencies designated by the governor to improve the recruitment and retention of local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors.
FY24 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
Closing Date
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With this solicitation, BJA seeks to make payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program to eligible states and units of local government that incur certain types of costs due to incarceration of “undocumented criminal aliens” during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, reporting period.
FY24 Visiting Fellows Program
Closing Date
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With this opportunity, BJA seeks to invest in current and future leaders in the criminal justice field to advance priority national policy issues and offer cross-developmental opportunities for Department of Justice staff and criminal justice practitioners and researchers.
Additional Opportunities
Designed for Dignity
Deadline: May 30, 2024
Through this opportunity, Vera, with funding from BJA, will partner with state corrections agencies to participate in training and technical assistance focused on developing, implementing, and enhancing strategies to foster safer, more humane prison cultures, climates, and spaces for both correctional staff and those who are incarcerated.
FY24 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program
Deadline: June 10, 2024
Created by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 and administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the BVP Program reimburses states, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribes for up to 50 percent of the cost of body armor vests purchased for law enforcement officers.