Federal Law Justice and Legal Services Grants

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and tribal governments to improve prescription drug monitoring systems, enhance data sharing, and combat the misuse of controlled substances, particularly opioids.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to U.S. state and territorial governments for implementing and improving residential substance use disorder treatment programs in correctional facilities, with a focus on reducing recidivism and ensuring continuity of care after release.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to strengthen Iraqi civilian law enforcement's capacity to combat Iranian-aligned militia groups and ISIS along Iraq's western border.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to federally recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native organizations to enhance victim services and address the needs of families affected by missing or murdered Indigenous persons in their communities.

This program provides funding for research that explores the causes of housing affordability issues in the U.S. and helps shape effective policy solutions.

This program provides funding to federally recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native organizations to develop and enhance victim support services tailored to the unique needs of their communities.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations to coordinate travel logistics and enhance training and technical assistance for Bolivian law enforcement and criminal justice officials in their efforts to combat transnational crime and promote regional stability.

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund three training and technical assistance (TTA) providers to support grantees selected through a companion solicitation titled BJA FY 2024 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) Formula Solicitation. The companion solicitation provides funding to states and subrecipients for the creation and/or implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings, extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs, and related gun violence reduction programs/initiatives. These programs can include efforts to leverage the capacity and expand the scope of existing problem-solving courts, such as drug courts, mental health courts, and veterans treatment courts, to assess the risks and needs of persons with gun offenses and provide research-driven approaches to address their underlying needs to prevent further violence. In addition, this TTA program will also support recipients of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program, as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022 modified the JAG program statute to include a program area for the implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs, and it added a reporting and evaluation component for grants awarded for crisis intervention programs or initiatives.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies to implement strategies that reduce recidivism and improve probation and parole operations.

This grant provides funding to nonprofit Tribal coalitions dedicated to addressing domestic violence and sexual assault in Tribal and Native Hawaiian communities.

This funding opportunity is designed to enhance the legal representation of youth in the justice system by providing training and resources to organizations that support youth defense practitioners.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state, local, and Tribal governments for developing and implementing comprehensive strategies to help individuals successfully reintegrate into their communities after incarceration, with a focus on reducing recidivism.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local governments, nonprofits, and tribal organizations to implement innovative programs that enhance public safety and improve the justice system through training, community engagement, and evidence-based practices.

The Violence Against Women Act of 2013 first authorized this program as an amendment to the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, and it was further amended by the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022) to include Alaska Tribes (codified as amended at 25 U.S.C. 1304(h)(2)). The OVW Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Grant Program (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) (Assistance Listing # 16.025) supports tribes in their efforts to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit covered crimes within the Tribes jurisdictional boundaries and provides technical assistance for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise the jurisdiction. Covered crimes are: assault of Tribal justice personnel; child violence; dating violence; domestic violence; obstruction of justice; sexual violence; sex trafficking; stalking; and violation of a protection order. More information on the scope and requirements of STCJ is available on the DOJ website at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/2013-and-2022-reauthorizations-violence-against-women-act-vawa. The program supports tribes in preparing to exercise or exercising the jurisdiction to ensure that victims find safety and justice and that non-Indians who commit covered crimes within their communities are held accountable.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) offers this grant to fund a national membership and accreditation organization supporting Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). These centers coordinate responses to child abuse victims by providing training, technical assistance, and promoting national standards. This initiative is in line with the Department of Justice’s efforts to enhance community safety and protect civil rights, focusing on building trust between law enforcement and communities. The program targets to uphold law, ensure national safety, and protect civil rights by fostering environments that support victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary collaborations.

This funding opportunity provides $500,000 to the Stark County Board of Commissioners to continue their efforts in improving the criminal justice response to domestic violence and related crimes.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for research and evaluation projects aimed at improving responses to human trafficking, particularly along the Southern Border, and is open to a wide range of organizations, including governments, educational institutions, and nonprofits.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local governments for improving forensic science and medical examiner services, focusing on reducing case backlogs, enhancing training, and addressing challenges related to the opioid crisis.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for a single organization to deliver executive leadership training programs specifically designed for new wardens in correctional facilities across the United States.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Impact Justice for enhancing compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act through auditing, technical assistance, and oversight of sexual abuse prevention in correctional facilities across the United States.