Federal Law Justice and Legal Services Grants

This funding opportunity provides financial support for organizations to assess and gather intelligence on cybercrime and the misuse of cryptocurrency, aiming to protect American communities and businesses from these threats.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions focused on enhancing the capabilities of the State Prosecutor Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina to combat transnational crime through advanced data analysis and investigative mentoring.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations working to improve labor rights and protections for garment workers in global supply chains, particularly in countries with trade agreements with the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding. OJP 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, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to make payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) 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. This program furthers the DOJs mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.

This funding opportunity provides state governments with financial assistance to enhance various public safety and criminal justice initiatives, including law enforcement, mental health programs, and technology improvements.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for a single organization to develop and implement scenario-based training programs that prepare first responders for active shooter and violent threat situations, enhancing public safety and emergency response collaboration.

This grant provides funding to state and local courts, as well as Tribal governments, to establish or enhance family treatment courts that support families affected by parental substance use and involvement with the child welfare system.

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support law enforcement agencies that have an intellectual property (IP) enforcement task force or plan to create one. The Intellectual Property Enforcement Program assists state, local, and tribal jurisdictions in preventing and reducing intellectual property 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. Any awards under this solicitation would be made under statutory authority provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. As of the writing of this solicitation, the Department of Justice is operating under a short-term Continuing Resolution with no full-year appropriation for the Department being enacted for FY 2024 currently. Specific Information The Intellectual Property Enforcement Program: Protecting Public Health, Safety, and the Economy from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy is specifically designed to support jurisdictions in investigating and prosecuting intellectual property crimes. This will be accomplished by assisting state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to build partnerships with federal agencies and prosecutors through IP enforcement task forces. This program also works to prevent and reduce intellectual property theft and related crimes by improving community and buyer awareness. IPEP includes an educational component to assist buyers in determining the authenticity of seemingly legitimate websites that instead deceive consumers into purchasing counterfeit goods. Solicitation Goals and Objectives Goals The goal of this program is to improve the coordination of IP enforcement efforts among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities. This coordination will include IP task force members and federal agencies meeting to update, discuss, and collaborate on IP investigations, prosecutions, training, and public awareness activities. The information to be shared through these task forces must include information about targeting, investigating, analyzing, and prosecuting matters involving IP crimes as they relate to violations of state and local criminal statutes and federal prosecutions. Objectives • Improve coordination of IP enforcement efforts among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities. • Establish and/or enhance state, local, tribal, or territorial IP enforcement task forces, to include campus law enforcement agencies. Deliverables • Provide information to update the United States Department of Justice’s Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act Annual Report. • Provide updates to the OJP Program Plan. Page 7 O-BJA-2024-172080 For information about what the applicant needs to submit regarding Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables, please see the How to Apply section on the Application Goals, Objectives, Deliverables, and Timeline Web-Based Form. Priority Areas In order to further OJP’s mission, OJP will provide priority consideration when making award decisions to the following: The Inventory of Federal Priorities for Policing will help the U.S. Department of Justice evaluate the possibility for priority consideration, where appropriate, and identify potential gaps in training and technical assistance. To receive this additional priority consideration, applicants will complete the Inventory as a survey within JustGrants. For additional information, see the Data Requested with Application section.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for projects that protect cultural heritage and prevent the illicit trade of artifacts in Tunisia, targeting educational institutions, NGOs, and public entities involved in cultural preservation.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to U.S. and Mexico-based nonprofit organizations and educational institutions to enhance the capabilities of Mexican law enforcement and prosecutors in effectively combating cartel-related and transnational crimes.

This funding opportunity provides financial support for a coordinating center to conduct a long-term study on the social development of youth, focusing on factors influencing substance use, delinquency, and interactions with the juvenile justice system.

This funding opportunity provides financial assistance to state, local, and tribal governments to enhance their criminal justice operations related to immigration enforcement and public safety initiatives.

This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 20125. The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) (CFDA# 16.525) provides funding for institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to nonprofit organizations and other eligible entities to enhance the documentation and accountability of religious freedom abuses in Nigeria, focusing on improving data collection and advocacy efforts in areas affected by religious violence.

This grant provides funding to non-profit organizations to strengthen fair housing enforcement efforts and establish new fair housing organizations, particularly in underserved areas.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) invites applicants who received an official request from BJA to apply for funding to continue work on a specific prior grant award. This correspondence would have been sent to applicants with instructions to apply to this solicitation. All programs will follow guidelines detailed in the original solicitation under which funding was provided. The scope, purpose, award amount, and performance period of the new project will be substantially the same as the previous one.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that can enhance logistical and administrative operations for U.S.-funded counternarcotics and law enforcement programs in Costa Rica.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop intervention and supervision services for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior, and to provide treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers. Under this initiative, successful applicants are expected to have an established multidisciplinary team that (1) supports a comprehensive holistic approach to treating youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and (2) provides support services to victims and families/caregivers.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that assist jails in improving safety, security, and operations while addressing challenges like high inmate turnover and mental health issues.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations and agencies to enhance the nationwide Blue Alert system, which helps protect law enforcement officers and improve public safety.