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FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES

BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE • OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

March 25, 2022

Karhlton F. Moore, Director


Important Submission Guidelines!

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.


Actions Needed Associated with UEI Transition

As part of the federal government’s transition from the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) to Unique Entity Identifiers (UEI), Grants.gov will transition to UEI at 11:59 p.m. ET on March 31, 2022. A recent JustGrants announcement includes important information about the transition and actions that entities must take when applying for funding opportunities with a Grants.gov close date after March 31, 2022.

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program (TCCB TTA) 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 Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program

Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications to plan, implement, and enhance drug court services, including service coordination, management of drug court participants, and recovery support services.

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

 

DEADLINES EXTENDED

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

FY 2022 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative

The purpose of this initiative is to support local and tribal jurisdictions’ capacity to work with their ATF partners to utilize intelligence, technology, and community engagement to swiftly identify unlawfully used firearms and their sources, and effectively prosecute perpetrators engaged in violent crime.

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

FY 2022 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

This opportunity will provide funding under the Second Chance Act to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide reentry services and programs.

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

UPCOMING FUNDING WEBINARS

Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program

This webinar will provide an overview of the FY 2022 TCCB TTA Program solicitation. Prospective applicants will learn about the purpose of the program; applicant eligibility requirements; program goals, objectives and deliverables; selection criteria for the awardee; and application submission requirements. A Q&A session will follow at the end of the presentation.

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Event date: March 30, 2022

BJA Funding and Resources – Corrections, Reentry, and Reform

In this webinar, attendees will learn the primary initiatives the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) plans to fund in 2022 that support jails, prisons, the community-based organizations they work with, and experts to support them. Panelists will review BJA opportunities, along with eligibility requirements, examples of allowable uses of funding, estimated funding amounts, as well as training and technical assistance opportunities. A Q&A session will follow at the end of the presentation.

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Event date: March 31, 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.