BJA FY 2026 Bridging Immigration-Related Deficits Experienced Nationwide Program: Joint Task Force Crossroads America - Indiana Invitation to Apply

The BJA Bridging Immigration-Related Deficits Experienced Nationwide Program: Joint Task Force Crossroads America - Indiana Invitation to Apply is a federal discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of Justice through the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The opportunity is associated with Assistance Listing 16.076, Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking, and is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services. The opportunity is specifically directed to the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute rather than to a broad pool of applicants. The purpose of the funding opportunity is to support costs incurred by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute in carrying out coordinated law enforcement activities. The stated objectives include effectively addressing law enforcement matters related to criminal illegal aliens, apprehending violent offenders, disrupting drug trafficking, human trafficking, gang activity, and related criminal activity, and enhancing public safety. The program emphasizes coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations as the mechanism for advancing these objectives. Funding may support personnel, travel, training, and the purchase and maintenance of equipment. The source specifically identifies aerial surveillance equipment as an example of equipment that may be supported, while indicating that allowable equipment is not limited to that example. The stated uses of funds must support the law enforcement and public safety purposes identified in the opportunity. The source does not provide additional information concerning indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, a defined period of performance, or other detailed spending restrictions. No cost sharing or matching requirement applies. The award ceiling is 1615056 dollars. Although the Grants.gov synopsis displays an award floor of zero dollars, that value does not establish a substantive minimum award amount and is therefore treated as unavailable for data entry purposes. Estimated total program funding and the expected number of awards are not stated. Eligibility is narrowly defined. Grants.gov identifies the eligible applicant type as Other and clarifies in the Additional Information on Eligibility field that the eligible entity is the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. No other eligible organizations, governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, individuals, or other entities are identified in the provided source. The opportunity is therefore treated as restricted to Indiana and to the specifically named state entity. Because the restriction is statewide rather than limited to a particular county, city, ZIP code, or other sub-state service area, no narrower geographic area is identified. The opportunity was posted on September 3, 2026, and the current and original closing date for applications is September 9, 2026. The provided source includes an Apply function through Grants.gov, indicating that the application is submitted through the Grants.gov application workspace. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, initial application, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified. The source also does not provide application questions, required narrative sections, required attachments, evaluation criteria, scoring criteria, or a separate question-and-answer deadline. No recurring or rolling application schedule is stated. The source does not identify an anticipated award notification date, project start date, performance period, or future application cycle, and it contains no language indicating that this invitation will recur annually, biennially, quarterly, or on another regular schedule. For assistance with accessing the full announcement electronically, the listed contact is the OJP Response Center at OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov. No individual grantor contact name or telephone number is provided in the source.

Align requested personnel, travel, training, and equipment costs with the stated objectives of addressing law enforcement related to criminal illegal aliens, apprehending violent offenders, disrupting drug trafficking, human trafficking, gang and related criminal activity, and enhancing public safety through coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations.