Federal Law Justice and Legal Services Grants

This funding opportunity provides support to organizations that assist state and local correctional facilities in implementing effective substance use treatment and aftercare programs for incarcerated individuals.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state, local, and tribal governments to improve their justice systems and implement evidence-based strategies that reduce crime and recidivism.

This grant provides funding to organizations working to improve the management of seized evidence in Honduras, enhancing the capacity of local law enforcement to combat transnational criminal organizations.

This grant provides funding to U.S.-based NGOs and educational institutions to improve forensic capabilities in Ethiopia, enhancing law enforcement's ability to investigate human rights violations and sexual and gender-based violence.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to build the capacity of state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to establish new family treatment courts, enhance existing family treatment courts, or expand family treatment courts at the larger state and county levels. This program furthers the Department;apos;s mission to expand access to evidence-based prevention and treatment by supporting states and communities as they develop and implement effective and coordinated substance use intervention programs.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state government entities in capital punishment states to improve legal representation for indigent defendants facing death penalty charges and enhance prosecutorial practices in capital cases.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations to manage travel and logistics for training programs aimed at enhancing the capabilities of law enforcement and justice sector officials in Mexico and the U.S.

This initiative provides funding to U.S.-based community organizations and agencies to develop and implement effective solutions that reduce menthol cigarette use among high-risk populations, including youth, LGBTQ+ communities, and racial and ethnic minorities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to law enforcement and correctional agencies for developing and implementing training programs that improve responses to individuals in crisis, particularly those with behavioral health issues or disabilities.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nations state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops.usdoj.gov) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY 24 Tribal Resources Grant Program Technical Assistance (TRGP-TA) Alaska Tribal Law Enforcement Technical Assistance Project. FY24 TRGP-TA funds will be used to support technical assistance efforts to assist Alaska Tribes with law enforcementspecific needs, including starting law enforcement agencies, developing policies and procedures, addressing jurisdictional challenges, and other needs unique to Alaska Tribes and tribal law enforcement. Program funds will also support the development of a current State of Tribal Law Enforcement in Alaska report with an assessment of tribal law enforcement services and needs, challenges, areas of greatest need, and any unique barriers. The assessment will help shape technical assistance offered under the program along with areas for the COPS Office to focus on in future efforts.

This funding opportunity provides financial assistance to state, local, and tribal governments to enhance their capacity for immigration-related law enforcement and public safety initiatives.

This program provides for the development, operation, and management of a training and technical assistance (TTA) program for justice-focused community-based organizations directly serving communities disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. The TTA provider will facilitate the delivery of national-scale, high-quality TTA to increase the administrative, financial, and programmatic capacity of justice-focused community-based organizations designed to primarily serve historically marginalized and underserved communities, including rural communities; increase awareness of OJP funding opportunities to targeted organizations and provide skill-building and other TTA to support the ability for these organizations to apply for and maintain OJP funding, if received; improve the quality of their programming and service delivery; and build support for their infrastructure and administrative and financial controls to successfully meet OJP program goals and objectives to strengthen their role as coproducers of safety and justice.

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The purpose of this solicitation is to invite organizations and entities to apply for continuation funding in support of specific BJA initiatives. This solicitation is exclusively for those who received a letter from BJA to apply. All guidelines and funding rules are the same as the original funded project. Statutory Authority: Title I of Pub. L. No. 90-351 (generally codified at 34 U.S.C. 10151-10726), including subpart 1 of part E (codified at 34 U.S.C. 10151 -10158); see also 28 U.S.C. 530C(a).

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to combat online threats to freedom of expression, particularly those targeting journalists and human rights defenders from authoritarian regimes.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nations state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The COPS Office has been appropriated more than $20 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 136,000 officers. COPS Office information resources, covering a wide range of community policing topics such as school and campus safety, violent crime, and officer safety and wellness, can be downloaded via the COPS Offices home page, https://cops.usdoj.gov. The COPS Hiring Program (CHP) provides funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime. To read an overview of the principles of community policing, please see the COPS Office publication Community Policing Defined. The COPS Office is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and build trust between law enforcement and the community.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that deliver comprehensive, trauma-informed services to minor victims of human trafficking, helping them recover and reintegrate into society.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state governments for enhancing direct services to victims of crime through community-based organizations and public agencies.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for training programs that help corrections staff effectively manage individuals experiencing mental health crises in jails and prisons.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to hire prosecutors who will work alongside federal agencies to combat crimes like fraud, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.

The "BJA FY24 Invited to Apply- Initiatives that Support Law Enforcement" grant is a funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice for previously funded recipients to continue supporting training, technical assistance, and innovative projects that enhance law enforcement, reduce crime, and strengthen community relationships, while promoting civil rights, equity, and access to justice.