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FUNDING
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BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE • OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

May 17, 2022

Karhlton F. Moore, Director


Important Submission Guidelines!

Alert: SAM.gov Entity Validation Update

GSA implemented a new process to validate an entity’s legal business name and physical address when requesting a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and for completing a SAM.gov entity registration. Due to a high volume of requests, entity validations are taking longer than expected to process. This validation process is now taking 7-10 business days, and in some cases longer. 

OJP strongly recommends starting your SAM.gov registration process as soon as possible to allow the time necessary to process entity validations well in advance of the Grants.gov due date posted in the solicitation. Read this FAQ for more information.

Applicants must submit the required documents in Grants.gov by the Grants.gov deadline to proceed with the final application submission in JustGrants. Applicants will not be able to finalize their application in JustGrants if the Grants.gov deadline is missed. Applicants are encouraged to submit all application materials at least 48-72 hours prior to application deadlines to allow time to correct any problems or errors.


NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

National Public Safety Partnership

This program offers cities three years of formal engagement coordinated through the Bureau of Justice Assistance, needs-based strategic assessments to support the city's violent crime prevention and community engagement efforts, and access to subject-matter expert consultation and customized training and technical assistance.

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Application Deadline: July 1, 2022

 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES CLOSING SOON

 

Comprehensive Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Program

The program will fund selected sites for the sole purpose of purchasing storage and disposal equipment to allow law enforcement, first responders, and citizens to safely return and/or destroy unused medicine.

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Application Deadline: May 20, 2022

FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program

This program focuses on delivering TTA to strengthen tribal correctional system capacity to enhance public safety and facilitate successful community reintegration efforts.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 11, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 23, 2022

FY 2022 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting People Who Are Incarcerated, and Safeguarding Communities

This program provides funding for projects designed to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment in confinement facilities, and to achieve and maintain compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 19, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 23, 2022

FY 2022 The Kevin and Avonte Program: Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities

This program provides funding 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.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 19, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 24, 2022

FY 2022 Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program to Support Law Enforcement Agencies

This program provides funding to law enforcement agencies seeking to purchase body-worn cameras (BWCs) to establish or expand comprehensive body-worn camera programs with a specific and demonstrated plan to implement this technology to maximize the benefits of BWCs.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 20, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program

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, as authorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 20, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative

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

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 20, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE

This program provides funding for state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies to develop and test new or enhanced applications of the swift, certain, and fair principles of intervention to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people under community supervision.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 20, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program

This program provides funding to plan and implement and to enhance veterans treatment court services to include coordination, management of veterans treatment court participants, and recovery support services.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 20, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Training and Technical Assistance Program

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to provide training and technical assistance (TTA) to grantees and practitioners to improve correctional substance use disorder treatment programming and post-release outcomes for individuals who are incarcerated.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 26, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 31, 2022

FY 2022 National Training and Technical Assistance: Capital Case Litigation Initiative

The purpose of the Capital Case Litigation Initiative is to assist states with: (1) enhancing the ability of prosecutors to effectively represent the public in state capital cases, (2) supporting state prosecutors to develop and implement appropriate standards of practice and qualifications, (3) minimizing the potential for error in the trial of capital cases, and (4) improving the quality of legal representation provided to indigent defendants in state capital cases.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 26, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 31, 2022


FY 2022 Corrections Officer and Staff Safety and Wellness Center

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to establish and administer a Corrections Officer and Staff Safety and Wellness Center (the Center).

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 26, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: May 31, 2022

 

ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

  

FY 2022 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program

This program provides funding to support law enforcement-behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 1, 2022

   

FY 2022 Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry

This program provides funding to establish, expand, and improve treatment and recovery support services for people with substance use disorders during their incarceration and upon reentry into the community.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 1, 2022

   

FY 2022 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

This program provides funding to support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come into contact with the justice system.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 1, 2022

   

FY 2022 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Program

This program provides funding to conduct outreach and offer training on identifying hate crimes, as well as to investigate and prosecute hate crimes.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 1, 2022

   

FY 2022 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative

This program provides funding to address the issue and impact of unsubmitted sexual assault kits at law enforcement agencies.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 1, 2022

   

FY 2022 Veterans Treatment Court Risk and Need Enhancement Initiative

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding to enhance veterans treatment court services to include coordination, management of veterans treatment court participants, and recovery support services. This program provides resources to state, local, and federally recognized tribal governments to support drug court programs and systems for eligible veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 27, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 3, 2022

   

FY 2022 National Initiatives in Justice and Mental Health: Training and Technical Assistance for Grantees and the Field

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding under five separate training and technical assistance (TTA) categories for multiple justice and mental health programs to deliver site-based, program-specific TTA and broader TTA for the field.

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Grants.gov Deadline: May 31, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 6, 2022

   

FY 2022 Community Supervision Resource Center

This opportunity will be used to establish a resource center to provide information and assistance to state, local, and tribal entities responsible for adult probation, parole, and pretrial supervision.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 1, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 6, 2022


   

FY 2022 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program

This program supports efforts by wrongful conviction review entities that represent individuals with post-conviction claims of innocence to review individual cases.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 1, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 6, 2022


   

FY 2022 Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy

This program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property (IP) theft and related crime and supports law enforcement in investigating and prosecuting IP crime and reducing violent crime associated with IP cases and investigations.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 1, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 6, 2022

   

FY 2022 STOP School Violence Specialized Training and Technical Assistance Program

This program is designed to improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a positive school climate.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 3, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 10, 2022

   

FY 2022 Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning from incarceration.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 7, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 13, 2022


   

FY 2022 Law Enforcement National Initiatives to Improve Public Safety, Enhance Agency Operations via Training, Recruitment and Retention and Building Community Trust

This program focuses on creating and implementing training and technical assistance programs for criminal justice stakeholders that support law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in the development of violence reduction strategies, training of law enforcement officers, and implementation of ethical technological strategies that build digital trust and promote community engagement.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 8, 2022

JustGrants Deadline: June 13, 2022

FY 2022 Smart Reentry and Supervision:  Grants, Tools, and Technical Assistance to Facilitate Change

This program provides resources to support states and units of local government in planning, implementing, or expanding effective reentry and supervision practices and service delivery systems that address individuals' needs and reduce recidivism.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 8, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 13, 2022

FY 2022 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program Training and Technical Assistance

This program providing funding to an organization(s) to provide critical and innovative training and technical assistance services to law enforcement officers who face the challenges presented by the international and domestic terrorism threat.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 10, 2022
JustGrants Deadline:  June 16, 2022

FY 2022 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Site-based Program

This program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to respond to illicit substance use and misuse; reduce overdose deaths; promote public safety; and support access to prevention, harm-reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 13, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 17, 2022

   

FY 2022 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative

Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications for funding state, local, and tribal governments to enhance or implement performance-based and outcomes-based contracts with reentry, permanent supportive housing, or recovery housing providers to reduce recidivism and address the substance use disorders impacting formerly incarcerated people.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 14, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 21, 2022

   

FY 2022 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program Formula Grant 

This program assists states with developing and implementing residential substance use disorder treatment programs within state correctional facilities, as well as within local correctional and detention facilities, in which persons are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance use disorder treatment.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 15, 2022
JustGrants Deadline:  June 21, 2022

FY 2022 Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Program

This program assists state, local, and territorial (SLTT) efforts to break the cycle of substance use by reducing the demand for, use, and illegal trafficking of controlled substances.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 17, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 24, 2022

FY 2022 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program

This program provides student loan repayment assistance for local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors who commit to extended service in those roles.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 21, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Community Courts Initiative

This program provides funding to support efforts by state, local, and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 21, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 BJA Visiting Fellows Program

The purpose of each fellowship is to make important policy and programmatic contributions in a focus area of criminal justice. Fellows will collaborate with BJA and DOJ staff members to provide critical outreach, data, research, and subject-matter expertise to inform the development of new BJA strategies and programs to benefit the field.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 21, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Justice Counts Implementation Program

This program helps state governments improve their capacity to set goals for their criminal justice systems, measure whether they are achieving them, and use results to make data-driven policy decisions and allocate scarce resources effectively.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 21, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Department of Justice Jails and Justice Support Center

This program provides funding to establish a Department of Justice (DOJ) Jails and Justice Support Center to assist jails in creating and sustaining safe, humane, and effective environments for people who are detained and incarcerated in them and for people who work in and visit them.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive

This program seeks to improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local governments.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

This program provide support to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Forensics Training and Technical Assistance Program

This program helps state governments improve their capacity to set goals for their criminal justice systems, measure whether they are achieving them, and use results to make data-driven policy decisions and allocate scarce resources effectively.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

FY 2022 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

This program will provide support to increase the capacity of state and local prosecution offices to address/close violent crime cold cases.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 27, 2022

Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program

The purpose of the program is to reimburse states, counties, federally recognized tribes, cities, and local jurisdictions up to 50% of the cost of body armor vests purchased for law enforcement officers.

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Application Deadline: June 27, 2022 

FY 2022 Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program

This program will support grants by supporting forensic pathology fellowships and providing resources necessary for medical examiner and coroner offices to achieve and maintain accreditation.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 22, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: June 28, 2022
 

FY 2022 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program - Formula

This program provides states with tools needed to improve forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by forensic science laboratories operated by states and units of local government.

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Grants.gov Deadline: June 28, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: July 12, 2022

FY 2022 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation

This program provides funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining and responding to emerging or chronic crime programs and systemic issues using innovative approaches.

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Grants.gov Deadline: July 6, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: July 11, 2022

FY 2022 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula)

This program will provide support to states and units of local government to increase the capacity of publicly funded forensic DNA and DNA database laboratories to process more DNA samples, thereby helping to reduce the number of forensic DNA and DNA database samples awaiting analysis and/or prevent a backlog of forensic and database DNA samples.

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Grants.gov Deadline: July 7, 2022
JustGrants Deadline: July 12, 2022

 

UPCOMING FUNDING WEBINARS

FY 2022 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive

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Event date: May 25, 2022

FY 2022 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence

This webinar will provide details and guidance for potentials applicants to the FY 2022 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence solicitation.  The presenters will discuss the purpose and goals of this funding opportunity; review its eligibility requirements; and address frequently asked questions.

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Event date: June 1, 2022

 

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

FY 2022 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

In FY 2022, applications will be submitted to the Department of Justice in a two-step process.

  • Step 1: Applicants will submit a SF-424 and a SF-LLL in Grants.gov.
  • Step 2: Applicants will be invited to submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.

For more information on application submission training resources, visit the JustGrants Application Submission training resources page. A new DOJ Application Submission Checklist is now available to support applicants in submitting their grant application this year.