💻 REMINDER – BJA FY 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – Local Solicitation Application Deadline

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is reminding eligible applicants that the Fiscal Year (FY) 24 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation (Grants.gov Opportunity Number O-BJA-2024-172239) is now available. The Grants.gov deadline to apply for funding is 8:59 p.m. eastern time (ET) on October 16, 2024, and the JustGrants deadline to apply is 8:59 p.m. ET on October 22, 2024. Note: Applications must be submitted by the stated deadline, regardless of whether the Certifications and Assurances by Chief Executive (CE) of Applicant Government has been completed and attached. BJA will add to the grant award package a withholding of funds award condition to address any missing or incomplete CE certification post-award.   

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are limited to units of local government appearing on the FY24 Local JAG Allocations list.*By law, for purposes of the JAG Program, the term “units of local government” includes a town, township, village, parish, city, county, borough, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a state, or it may be a federally recognized American Indian tribal government that performs law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). A unit of local government also may be any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district established under applicable state law with authority to independently establish a budget and impose taxes; for example, in Louisiana, a unit of local government means a district attorney or parish sheriff. More information, including JAG Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), can be found on the BJA JAG web page.  

*Units of local government that do not appear on the FY24 Local JAG Allocations list can contact their State Administering Agency to determine if pass-through funding is available from State JAG funding.  

Solicitation Webinar: A solicitation webinar was held on September 24, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET, and once available, the recording will be posted on the BJA website and JAG web page. To learn more about the application submission process, visit JustGrants Training: Application Submission.  

Application Submission Information: Before applying, all applicants must register with the System for Award Management (SAM). You must renew and validate your registration every 12 months. If you do not renew your SAM registration, it will expire. An expired registration can delay or prevent application submission in Grants.gov and JustGrants. Registration and renewal can take up to 10 business days to complete.

Note: To be eligible to receive funding, applications must be submitted by an entity with a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and active SAM registration associated with the unit of local government that is eligible to apply to receive an award.  

Submission: Applications must be submitted to DOJ electronically through a two-step process that begins in Grants.gov and is completed in JustGrants.  

• Step 1: After registering with SAM.gov, the applicant must submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/register by the Grants.gov deadline. To leave time to address any technical issues that may arise, an applicant should submit the SF-424 and SF-LLL as early as possible, and it is recommended not later than 48 hours before the Grants.gov deadline.   

Note: There are two distinct categories under the FY24 Local JAG Program: Category 1 – Applicants with eligible allocation amounts of less than $25,000 (Competition ID # C-BJA-2024-00091-PROD) and Category 2 – Applicants with eligible allocation amounts of $25,000 or more (Competition ID # C-BJA-2024-00092-PROD). If your unit of local government is eligible for an award amount of less than $25,000, please ensure an application is submitted under Category 1 (less than $25,000). If your unit of local government is eligible for an award of $25,000 or more, please ensure an application is submitted under Category 2 ($25,000 and above).  

• Step 2: The applicant must then submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants at JustGrants.usdoj.gov by the JustGrants deadline. 

OJP recommends that applicants submit the complete application package in JustGrants at least 48 hours prior to the JustGrants deadline. Some of the required sections of the application will be entered directly into JustGrants, and other sections will require documents to be uploaded and attached. Therefore, applicants should allow enough time before the JustGrants deadline to prepare all the requirements of the application. Applicants may save their progress in the system and add to or change the application as needed prior to hitting the “Submit” button at the end of the application in JustGrants.  

An applicant will receive emails when successfully submitting in Grants.gov and JustGrants and should maintain all emails and other confirmations received from SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and JustGrants systems. 

For additional information, see the “How To Apply” section in the Application Resource Guide and the DOJ Application Submission Checklist. 

Contact Information: 

• Grants.gov: For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726, 606–545–5035 or email at support@grants.gov.  

• JustGrants: For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or 833–872–5175.  

• OJP Response Center: For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800–851–3420 or TTY: 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov.