DIRECTORY OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRIBAL GRANTS
The Department of Justice created this directory of grant resources to support the President’s charge, in Executive Order 14053 (“Improving Public Safety and Criminal Justice for Native Americans and Addressing the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous People”), to make “grantmaking more equitable for Tribal applicants seeking support for law enforcement purposes and for the provision of services to victims and survivors.” Administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Office on Violence Against Women, the initiatives described below include discretionary and formula grant programs for which tribes are eligible. They support a range of effective criminal justice, prevention, intervention, reentry, and victim services activities. Funding opportunities can be found on grants.gov and are announced as they become available on the OJP, OVW, and COPS Office websites.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)
The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) aims to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances on individuals and communities by supporting comprehensive, collaborative initiatives. COSSUP funding provides necessary resources that allow communities to respond to illicit substance use and misuse to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system. COSSUP supports units of state, local, and tribal governments to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts that identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants, and other drugs. Allowable uses of funds include: front end diversion; overdose response; overdose mapping; data collection and research; overdose fatality review; jail-based programming; access to treatment and peer recovery services; drug take back and disposal; court and prosecution diversion; child welfare; and harm reduction efforts. The program also promotes cross-system planning and coordination to deliver a broad range of evidence-based, culturally relevant interventions. More information can be found at the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) website.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program
The Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 4, BJA provides site-based funding to federally recognized tribes to renovate or expand existing tribal justice-related facilities or build new tribal justice-related facilities (prefabricated, permanent modular, stick-built, or pre-engineered steel building options only). The facility types supported by this program include police departments, courts, detention centers, multipurpose justice centers (including police departments, courts, and/or corrections), transitional living facilities (halfway houses), correctional alternative or treatment facilities, and domestic violence shelters/safe homes/transitional living facilities/advocacy programs. For additional information on CTAS, visit the Tribal Justice and Safety Grants webpage and more information on Purpose Area 4 is available at the Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure Program (TJSIP) webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program
Builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new, or enhance existing, alternative sentencing programs for parents in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes. More information is at the Family-Based Justice Center website.
Family Treatment Courts Program
Builds the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices that increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families that improve child, parent, and family outcomes. More information is at the Family Treatment Court Program webpage.
Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
The Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children provides funding to jurisdiction to implement strategies that strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children while maintaining secure facilities; provide services that meet the needs of children of incarcerated parents and foster positive youth development; provide reentry and transitional services for incarcerated parents that focus on parental responsibility; and provide family counseling services and educational support to children of incarcerated parents. More information is at the Supporting Incarcerated Parents and Their Families - CSG Justice Center webpage.
Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Incubator Initiative
The purpose of the Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Incubator Initiative is to build programmatic, financial, and organizational capacity in community-based organizations and faith-based institutions to provide sustainable and transitional services to people leaving incarceration that focus on community and family reintegration, building strengths-based assets, and reducing recidivism (including reducing arrests, new charges, convictions for new offenses, and reincarceration). More information is available at the FY24 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Incubator Initiative webpage.
Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
The Second Chance Act: Community-based Reentry Program provides funding and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide comprehensive reentry services to individuals who have been incarcerated. Funds awarded under this program support individuals at moderate to high risk for recidivism. These services include both pre- and post-release programming and reentry support. Prior to release from incarceration, funded programs screen, assess, and identify individuals for program participation. Participants receive case management services and are connected evidence-based programming designed to ensure that the transition from prison or jail to the community is successful. Supports and services provided through this program can include service coordination and tracking; gender-specific and trauma informed programming and services; individual and/or group mentoring and peer supports; educational, literacy, and vocational services; substance use and mental health disorder treatment and recovery services; connections to physical health care; family services to support family reunification and restoration; assistance in securing safe and affordable housing; civil legal assistance services; and staff training. More information is available at the FY24 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program webpage.
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. This program supports state and local youth offender reentry programs and community-based youth reentry programs. More information is at the Youth Reentry and Family Engagement webpage.
Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program supports jurisdictions to develop and implement a cross-system collaborative approach to improve responses and outcomes for youth with mental health disorders (MHD) and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into contact with the juvenile justice system or are leaving a custodial setting. More information is at the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program website.
Adult Treatment Court Program
The Adult Treatment Court Program supports state, local, and tribal efforts to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts, including tribal healing to wellness courts. Adult treatment court programs are a tool for criminal court partners and the judiciary to facilitate coordinated approaches that address the needs of nonviolent individuals involved in the justice system who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental health needs. These courts effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, random drug testing, equitable sanctions and incentives, and recovery support services in judicially supervised court settings to reduce recidivism and substance use and misuse, as well as prevent overdoses. These initiatives can incorporate cultural elements and approaches. For more information visit the Adult Treatment Court Program webpage.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)
The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) aims to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances on individuals and communities by supporting comprehensive, collaborative initiatives. COSSUP funding provides necessary resources that allow communities to respond to illicit substance use and misuse to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system. COSSUP supports units of state, local, and tribal governments to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts that identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants, and other drugs. Allowable uses of funds include: front end diversion; overdose response; overdose mapping; data collection and research; overdose fatality review; jail-based programming; access to treatment and peer recovery services; drug take back and disposal; court and prosecution diversion; child welfare; and harm reduction efforts. The program also promotes cross-system planning and coordination to deliver a broad range of evidence-based, culturally relevant interventions. More information can be found at the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) website.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 8: Tribal Youth Healing to Wellness Courts
Supports tribal efforts to develop and implement Youth Healing to Wellness Courts to respond to the alcohol and substance use issues, including opioid use of juveniles and young adults under the age of 21. More information is at the Youth Healing to Wellness Court Program webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative
The Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated. The initiative also includes support for victims’ families and stakeholders impacted by these cases, including reconciliation efforts for those impacted by these crimes. Funds are limited to address incidents that occurred no later than December 31, 1979. Agencies are encouraged to work with their federal partners to pursue these cases and coordinate the review of case files and evidence related to potential cases, consistent with other activities under the Emmett Till Act. For more information, visit the FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program website.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Family Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices that increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families that improve child, parent, and family outcomes. More information is at the Family Treatment Court Program webpage.
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
This program encourages partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. More information is at the OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program webpage.
Justice for Families Program
The Justice for Families Program (JFF Program) improves the response of all aspects of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. All services must be provided in a culturally relevant manner. More information is at the OVW Justice For Families Program webpage.
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) and enhance existing JDTCs for individuals with substance use problems or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma. More information is at the Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts webpage.
Legal Assistance for Victims Program
The Legal Assistance Program (LAV Program) strengthens civil and criminal legal assistance programs for adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. More information is at the OVW Legal Assistance for Victims Program webpage.
Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr Initiative
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program supports state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies and their partners in conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting tools, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. This can include crimes committed based on a victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Approaches can include both specific jurisdictions and state or regional approaches serving multiple jurisdictions. For more information, visit the FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
This program aims to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Tribes became eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. More information is at the National Criminal History Improvement Program webpage.
NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records. More information is at the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) webpage.
Rural Program
The Rural Program funds projects that implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; provide treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services to victims in rural communities; or develop or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault, like Sexual Assault Response Teams and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs. More information is at the OVW Rural Program webpage.
Tribal Criminal and Civil Legal Assistance Program
The Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) Program goal is to build and enhance capacity and improve delivery of civil and criminal legal services to individuals and tribes, as well as develop policies that improve access to tribal justice systems. Eligible applicants are nonprofit entities as defined by U.S.C. 501 (c) (3) which provide civil and criminal legal assistance services for Indian tribes, tribal justice systems, or members of Indian tribes pursuant to federal poverty guidelines. More information is at the Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) Program webpage.
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom; increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women; strengthen tribal justice interventions; enhance services to Indian women victims; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed towards these crimes; provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children; provide transitional housing for victims; provide legal assistance for victims; provide services to address the needs of youth victims; and develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to these crimes against Indian women. More information is at the OVW Tribal Governments Program webpage.
Tribal Jurisdiction Program
The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) provides support and technical assistance to Indian tribes for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise “special tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) and funds to exercise the jurisdiction. More information is at the OVW Tribal Jurisdiction Program webpage.
Veterans Treatment Court Program
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC), including service coordination, participant service and supervision coordination, fidelity to the VTC model, and recovery support services. VTCs effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, mental health disorder treatment, treatment for co-occurring disorders, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans with treatment needs in order to reduce recidivism, increase access to treatment and recovery support, and prevent overdose. More information is at the FY24 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program webpage.
Abuse in Later Life Program
This program addresses elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, against victims who are 50 years or older through training and services. More information is at the OVW Abuse in Later Life Program webpage.
Campus Program
The Campus Program funds institutions of higher education to develop coordinated community responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The Campus Program encourages a comprehensive coordinated community approach that enhances victim safety, provides services for victims, and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. The funding supports activities that develop and strengthen trauma informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Campus Program webpage.
Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program
The Children and Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In addition, the CYEM Program focuses on boys’ and men’s roles in ending violence against women by supporting projects that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Children and Youth & Engaging Men Program webpage.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
The Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) is a coordinated effort across the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) that is designed to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs, including efforts to address gang and gun violence. Based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders, the CVIPI seeks to ensure public safety and provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) are collaborating to ensure jurisdictions have access to the expertise they need to address community violence that involves children, youth, young adults, and adults, both as the individuals responsible for perpetrating this violence and those who are victims of it. To learn more, visit the Community Violence Intervention webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 9: Tribal Youth Program
Supports tribal efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Funding enables tribes to develop, expand, or strengthen approaches along the juvenile justice continuum that can range from prevention to intervention and treatment. More information is at the Tribal Youth Programs and Services webpage and The Resource Basket Alaska Native Youth website.
Disability Grant Program
The Disability Program establishes and strengthens multidisciplinary collaborative relationships and increases organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Disability Grant Program webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
This program will develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to fight human trafficking. This collaborative approach must include victim and social service providers, law enforcement and prosecution personnel (local, state, and federal), and a range of other governmental and non-governmental partners that work together to provide a diverse set of appropriate services for trafficking victims; train law enforcement and other stakeholders in how to identify victims of trafficking in persons and related offenses, and provide justice for victims through the investigation and prosecution of traffickers. Category 1 of this program will support new task forces in taking the first critical first steps to starting up a multidisciplinary task force and establishing a strong foundation of task force leadership structure, clear roles and responsibilities, and internal processes and protocols. Category 2 of this program will help task forces solidify and expand multidisciplinary task force operations and services, to include expanded protocol development and implementation, partnerships, outreach, and broader peer support and knowledge sharing with the field. More information is at the Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking webpage.
Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence
The program provides funding to jurisdictions to enhance and/or expand partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement a multitiered, comprehensive approach that focuses on preventing and reducing school violence and increasing school safety. More information is at the Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence webpage.
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
This program encourages partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. More information is at the OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program webpage.
Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr Initiative
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program supports state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies and their partners in conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting tools, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. This can include crimes committed based on a victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Approaches can include both specific jurisdictions and state or regional approaches serving multiple jurisdictions. For more information, visit the FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program webpage.
Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents
OJJDP seeks to support services for mentoring organizations that specifically work with the children of incarcerated parents (COIP) population. This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services for COIP. More information is at the Supporting Incarcerated Parents and Their Families - CSG Justice Center webpage.
Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse
This program provides funding to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by unlawful or addictive opioid use. There are two categories as follows: Category 1: Project sites - includes mentoring organizations that have partnerships with local/state substance abuse treatment agencies; and Category 2: Statewide and Regional Strategies - supports a more broad-based approach to mentoring the target population and allows for subgrants within the state or region. More information is at the Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
This program aims to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Tribes became eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. More information is at the National Criminal History Improvement Program webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
This program aims to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history record background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117–159). Tribes are eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.
NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records. More information is at the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) webpage.
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Supports programs and strategies that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by the opioid epidemic. More information is at the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative website.
School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act of 2018) gave the COPS Office authority to provide awards directly to States, units of local government, or Indian tribes to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs and technology. More information is at the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) webpage.
Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
The STOP School Violence Program is designed to improve school safety by providing students, teachers, and staff with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to increase school safety by implementing solutions that will improve school climate. Solutions include school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students, technological innovations that are shown to increase school safety such as anonymous reporting technology, and other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. More information is at the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program webpage.
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom; increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women; strengthen tribal justice interventions; enhance services to Indian women victims; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed towards these crimes; provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children; provide transitional housing for victims; provide legal assistance for victims; provide services to address the needs of youth victims; and develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to these crimes against Indian women. More information is at the OVW Tribal Governments Program webpage.
Adult Treatment Court Program
The Adult Treatment Court Program supports state, local, and tribal efforts to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts, including tribal healing to wellness courts. Adult treatment court programs are a tool for criminal court partners and the judiciary to facilitate coordinated approaches that address the needs of nonviolent individuals involved in the justice system who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental health needs. These courts effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, random drug testing, equitable sanctions and incentives, and recovery support services in judicially supervised court settings to reduce recidivism and substance use and misuse, as well as prevent overdoses. These initiatives can incorporate cultural elements and approaches. For more information visit the Adult Treatment Court Program webpage.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)
The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) aims to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances on individuals and communities by supporting comprehensive, collaborative initiatives. COSSUP funding provides necessary resources that allow communities to respond to illicit substance use and misuse to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system. COSSUP supports units of state, local, and tribal governments to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts that identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants, and other drugs. Allowable uses of funds include: front end diversion; overdose response; overdose mapping; data collection and research; overdose fatality review; jail-based programming; access to treatment and peer recovery services; drug take back and disposal; court and prosecution diversion; child welfare; and harm reduction efforts. The program also promotes cross-system planning and coordination to deliver a broad range of evidence-based, culturally relevant interventions. More information can be found at the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) website.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Family Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices that increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families that improve child, parent, and family outcomes. More information is at the Family Treatment Court Program webpage.
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) and enhance existing JDTCs for individuals with substance use problems or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma. More information is at the Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts webpage.
Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse
This program provides funding to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by unlawful or addictive opioid use. There are two categories as follows: Category 1: Project sites - includes mentoring organizations that have partnerships with local/state substance abuse treatment agencies; and Category 2: Statewide and Regional Strategies - supports a more broad-based approach to mentoring the target population and allows for subgrants within the state or region. More information is at the OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse) webpage.
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Supports programs and strategies that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by the opioid epidemic. More information is at the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative website.
Veterans Treatment Court Program
With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of Veterans Treatment Courts (VTC), including service coordination, participant service and supervision coordination, fidelity to the VTC model, and recovery support services. VTCs effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, mental health disorder treatment, treatment for co-occurring disorders, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans with treatment needs in order to reduce recidivism, increase access to treatment and recovery support, and prevent overdose. More information is at the FY24 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program webpage.
Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program
The Children and Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In addition, the CYEM Program focuses on boys’ and men’s roles in ending violence against women by supporting projects that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Children and Youth & Engaging Men Program webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 2: Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning
The Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding and intensive technical assistance to help them develop a comprehensive and coordinated plan to address public safety and victimization. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 2, BJA provides funding for tribes to engage in comprehensive justice system strategic planning that will improve tribal justice and safety; develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent crime related to opioid, alcohol, and other substance abuse; and renovate, expand, and/or replace tribal justice facilities to enhance facility conditions and/or add capacity for recidivism-reduction programming. For additional information on CTAS, visit the DOJ Tribal Justice and Safety Grants webpage and more information on Purpose Area 2 is available here Fact Sheet: Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program
The Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 4, BJA provides site-based funding to federally recognized tribes to renovate or expand existing tribal justice-related facilities or build new tribal justice-related facilities (prefabricated, permanent modular, stick-built, or pre-engineered steel building options only). The facility types supported by this program include police departments, courts, detention centers, multipurpose justice centers (including police departments, courts, and/or corrections), transitional living facilities (halfway houses), correctional alternative or treatment facilities, and domestic violence shelters/safe homes/transitional living facilities/advocacy programs. For additional information on CTAS, visit the Tribal Justice and Safety Grants webpage and more information on Purpose Area 4 is available at the Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure Program (TJSIP) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 8: Tribal Youth Healing to Wellness Courts
Supports tribal efforts to develop and implement Youth Healing to Wellness Courts to respond to the alcohol and substance use issues, including opioid use of juveniles and young adults under the age of 21. More information is at the Youth Healing to Wellness Court Program webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Family Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices that increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families that improve child, parent, and family outcomes. More information is at the Family Treatment Court Program webpage.
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
This program encourages partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. More information is at the OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program webpage.
Justice for Families Program
The Justice for Families Program (JFF Program) improves the response of all aspects of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. All services must be provided in a culturally relevant manner. More information is at the OVW Justice For Families Program webpage.
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) and enhance existing JDTCs for individuals with substance use problems or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma. More information is at the Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts webpage.
Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program
Provides funds for juvenile justice facilities to respond to and recover from emergencies. Funds may be used to restore essential services and operations. More information is at the Emergency Planning for Juvenile Residential Facilities webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
This program aims to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Tribes became eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. More information is at the National Criminal History Improvement Program webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
This program aims to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history record background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117–159). Tribes are eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.
NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records. More information is at the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) webpage.
Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
This program supports prevention and early intervention strategies for girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system. More information is at the Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System webpage.
Rural Program
The Rural Program funds projects that implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; provide treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services to victims in rural communities; or develop or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault, like Sexual Assault Response Teams and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs. More information is at the OVW Rural Program webpage.
Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
The Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children provides funding to jurisdiction to implement strategies that strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their children while maintaining secure facilities; provide services that meet the needs of children of incarcerated parents and foster positive youth development; provide reentry and transitional services for incarcerated parents that focus on parental responsibility; and provide family counseling services and educational support to children of incarcerated parents. More information is at the Supporting Incarcerated Parents and Their Families webpage.
Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
The Second Chance Act: Community-based Reentry Program provides funding and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations and Indian tribes to provide comprehensive reentry services to individuals who have been incarcerated. Funds awarded under this program support individuals at moderate to high risk for recidivism. These services include both pre- and post-release programming and reentry support. Prior to release from incarceration, funded programs screen, assess, and identify individuals for program participation. Participants receive case management services and are connected evidence-based programming designed to ensure that the transition from prison or jail to the community is successful. Supports and services provided through this program can include service coordination and tracking; gender-specific and trauma informed programming and services; individual and/or group mentoring and peer supports; educational, literacy, and vocational services; substance use and mental health disorder treatment and recovery services; connections to physical health care; family services to support family reunification and restoration; assistance in securing safe and affordable housing; civil legal assistance services; and staff training. More information is available at the FY24 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program webpage.
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. This program supports state and local youth offender reentry programs and community-based youth reentry programs. More information is at the Youth Reentry and Family Engagement webpage.
Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence
This program provides funding to applicant organizations to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. More information is at the Children Exposed to Violence webpage.
Tribal Criminal and Civil Legal Assistance Program
The Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) Program goal is to build and enhance capacity and improve delivery of civil and criminal legal services to individuals and tribes, as well as develop policies that improve access to tribal justice systems. Eligible applicants are nonprofit entities as defined by U.S.C. 501 (c) (3) which provide civil and criminal legal assistance services for Indian tribes, tribal justice systems, or members of Indian tribes pursuant to federal poverty guidelines. More information is at the Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) Program webpage.
Tribal Jurisdiction Program
The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) provides support and technical assistance to Indian tribes for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise “special tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) and funds to exercise the jurisdiction. More information is at the OVW Tribal Jurisdiction Program webpage.
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom; increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women; strengthen tribal justice interventions; enhance services to Indian women victims; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed towards these crimes; provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children; provide transitional housing for victims; provide legal assistance for victims; provide services to address the needs of youth victims; and develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to these crimes against Indian women. More information is at the OVW Tribal Governments Program webpage.
Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program supports jurisdictions to develop and implement a cross-system collaborative approach to improve responses and outcomes for youth with mental health disorders (MHD) and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into contact with the juvenile justice system or are leaving a custodial setting. More information is at the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program website.
Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth
This program supports and strengthens collaborations between arts-based organizations and juvenile justice systems to develop, expand, or enhance promising and effective interventions that provide access to high-quality arts programs with and for current or previous justice-involved youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, recidivism, and/or other problem and high-risk behaviors. OJJDP defines justice-involved youth as those participating in court-ordered diversion programs in detention, correctional, or other residential facilities, and/or are on probation due to a delinquency finding by juvenile court. More information is at the OJJDP FY24 Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth webpage.
Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program
The Children and Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In addition, the CYEM Program focuses on boys’ and men’s roles in ending violence against women by supporting projects that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Children and Youth & Engaging Men Program webpage.
Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program
This program supports children's advocacy centers (CACs) through a variety of subgrant assistance designed to enhance effective interventions in child abuse cases. CACs provide a coordinated response to child abuse victims through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the agencies involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that respond to child abuse. More information is at the Children's Advocacy Centers webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 8: Tribal Youth Healing to Wellness Courts
Supports tribal efforts to develop and implement Youth Healing to Wellness Courts to respond to the alcohol and substance use issues, including opioid use of juveniles and young adults under the age of 21. More information is at the Youth Healing to Wellness Court Program webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 9: Tribal Youth Program
Supports tribal efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Funding enables tribes to develop, expand, or strengthen approaches along the juvenile justice continuum that can range from prevention to intervention and treatment. More information is at the Tribal Youth Programs and Services webpage and The Resource Basket website.
Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth. Under Category 1, DOJ will support states and tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. Under Category 2, DOJ will support training and technical assistance (TTA) to support all OVC grantees funded under the Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking program. More information is at the OVC FY 2024 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking webpage.
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Builds the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) and enhance existing JDTCs for individuals with substance use problems or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma. More information is at the Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts webpage.
Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program
Provides funds for juvenile justice facilities to respond to and recover from emergencies. Funds may be used to restore essential services and operations. More information is at the Emergency Planning for Juvenile Residential Facilities webpage.
Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents
OJJDP seeks to support services for mentoring organizations that specifically work with the children of incarcerated parents (COIP) population. This program supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services for COIP. More information is at the Supporting Incarcerated Parents and Their Families webpage.
Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse
This program provides funding to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth impacted by unlawful or addictive opioid use. There are two categories as follows: Category 1: Project sites - includes mentoring organizations that have partnerships with local/state substance abuse treatment agencies; and Category 2: Statewide and Regional Strategies - supports a more broad-based approach to mentoring the target population and allows for subgrants within the state or region. More information is at the OJJDP FY24 Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioid and Other Substance Misuse webpage.
Mentoring for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
This program supports mentoring services to youth populations that are involved in the juvenile justice system (including those youth currently placed within a juvenile correctional facility or those who have recently been released from a juvenile facility). This program supports mentoring programs to reduce juvenile delinquency, truancy, drug abuse, victimization, and other problem and high-risk behaviors. More information is at the OJJDP FY24 Mentoring Programs for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System webpage.
Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
Supports programs and strategies that identify, respond to, treat, and support children, youth, and families impacted by the opioid epidemic. More information is at the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative website.
Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals
This solicitation provides funding to support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts across the country to train child protection professionals in the field, including law enforcement officers, social workers, mental and medical health professionals, and prosecutors. More information is at the OJJDP FY24 Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals webpage.
Preventing Trafficking of Girls
This program will support prevention and early intervention services and treatment, including mentoring and other direct support services, for girls who are at risk of, or are victims of, sex trafficking, including girls who may be justice-system involved. More information is at the OVC FY24 Preventing Trafficking of Girls webpage.
Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
This program supports prevention and early intervention strategies for girls who are involved in the juvenile justice system. More information at the Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System webpage.
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
Encourages collaboration between state agencies, local government, and community and faith-based organizations to address the challenges that reentry and recidivism reduction pose for moderate to high-risk juvenile offenders returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities. This program supports state and local youth offender reentry programs and community-based youth reentry programs. More information is at the Youth Reentry and Family Engagement webpage.
Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence
This program provides funding to applicant organizations to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. More information is at the Children Exposed to Violence webpage.
Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
The STOP School Violence Program is designed to improve school safety by providing students, teachers, and staff with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to increase school safety by implementing solutions that will improve school climate. Solutions include school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students, technological innovations that are shown to increase school safety such as anonymous reporting technology, and other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. More information is at the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program webpage.
Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
Funding supports the establishment of pilot demonstration programs that will develop, implement, and build replicable treatment models for residential-based innovative care, treatment, and services. Programs serve youth 25 and younger who have been involved in the foster care and/or juvenile justice systems, or have experienced child poverty, abuse, or neglect; human trafficking; substance use or misuse; or gang involvement. More information is at the OJJDP FY 2023 Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care webpage.
Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program
This program is targeted to law enforcement agencies, including tribal, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body worn camera policy and implementation programs. It addresses how to develop and implement policies and procedures for effective program adoption, including the purchase, deployment, and maintenance of camera systems and equipment; data storage and access; and privacy considerations. These funds are to be used to purchase or lease camera technology, but program stipulations also require that the devices be deployed in deliberate and planned manner. Before receiving the bulk of their funds, award recipients must first demonstrate a commitment and adherence to a strong body worn camera policy framework. The program also stresses requisite training, tracking the impacts of body worn cameras, and internal and external stakeholder input. Correctional agencies are eligible to apply provided they are publicly funded and perform law enforcement functions. More information is at the Body-Worn Camera Partnership Program webpage.
Community Policing Development (CPD)
Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The CPD program funds projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective community policing strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement and community partners, increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using proven community policing practices, and institutionalize community policing practice in routine business. More information is at the COPS Grants website.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
The Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) is a coordinated effort across the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) that is designed to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs, including efforts to address gang and gun violence. Based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders, the CVIPI seeks to ensure public safety and provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) are collaborating to ensure jurisdictions have access to the expertise they need to address community violence that involves children, youth, young adults, and adults, both as the individuals responsible for perpetrating this violence and those who are victims of it. To learn more, visit the Community Violence Intervention webpage.
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)
The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) aims to reduce the impact of opioids, stimulants, and other substances on individuals and communities by supporting comprehensive, collaborative initiatives. COSSUP funding provides necessary resources that allow communities to respond to illicit substance use and misuse to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system. COSSUP supports units of state, local, and tribal governments to plan, develop, and implement comprehensive efforts that identify, respond to, treat, and support those impacted by illicit opioids, stimulants, and other drugs. Allowable uses of funds include: front end diversion; overdose response; overdose mapping; data collection and research; overdose fatality review; jail-based programming; access to treatment and peer recovery services; drug take back and disposal; court and prosecution diversion; child welfare; and harm reduction efforts. The program also promotes cross-system planning and coordination to deliver a broad range of evidence-based, culturally relevant interventions. More information can be found at the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) website.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 1: Tribal Resources Grant Program
Under CTAS, the DOJ offers funding through Purpose Area #1: Public Safety and Community Policing. Purpose Area #1 is designed to expand the implementation of community policing and meet the most serious needs of law enforcement in Tribal Nations through a broadened comprehensive program. The funding can be used to hire or re-hire full-time career law enforcement officers and village public safety officers as well as procure basic equipment and training to assist in the initiation or enhancement of Tribal community policing efforts. More information is at the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) webpage.
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
The Tribal Justice Systems Program provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia with funding to help them address critical public safety challenges their tribal justice systems face. Through the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 3, BJA provides funding for tribes to develop, support, and enhance adult tribal justice systems to prevent and respond to tribal justice and public safety, including violent crime and crime related to illicit opioid, alcohol, and other substance use. This can include prevention, law enforcement response, tribal pretrial, court and judicial functions, tribal probation, tribal jails and reentry from corrections. For additional information on CTAS Purpose Area 3, visit the Tribal Justice Systems Program (CTAS Purpose Area 3) webpage.
COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
The COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is a competitive grant program designed to provide funding directly 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 the CHP program 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. More information is at the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) website.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative
The Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated. The initiative also includes support for victims’ families and stakeholders impacted by these cases, including reconciliation efforts for those impacted by these crimes. Funds are limited to address incidents that occurred no later than December 31, 1979. Agencies are encouraged to work with their federal partners to pursue these cases and coordinate the review of case files and evidence related to potential cases, consistent with other activities under the Emmett Till Act. For more information, visit the FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program website.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence
The program provides funding to jurisdictions to enhance and/or expand partnerships with community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement a multitiered, comprehensive approach that focuses on preventing and reducing school violence and increasing school safety. More information is at OJJDP FY24 Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence webpage.
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
This program encourages partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. More information is at the OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program webpage.
Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program
The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program funds are used to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs. The LEMHWA program funds projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs. More information is at the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program webpage.
Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr Initiative
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program supports state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies and their partners in conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting tools, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. This can include crimes committed based on a victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Approaches can include both specific jurisdictions and state or regional approaches serving multiple jurisdictions. For more information, visit the FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
This program aims to improve the nation’s safety and security by enhancing the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history record information; and by ensuring the nationwide implementation of criminal justice and non-criminal justice background check systems. Tribes became eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. More information is at the National Criminal History Improvement Program webpage.
National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
This program aims to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history record background checks. This program was developed to implement Title III, Division B (3) – Appropriations outlined in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (P.L. 117–159). Tribes are eligible for funding pursuant to the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.
NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
This program provides grants to assist states, state court systems and tribal governments in updating the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) with certain mental health, protection and restraining order, domestic violence conviction, and other criminal history record information which may disqualify individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms. BJS coordinates its work on the NICS program with the efforts of the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to ensure that funded state and state court system programs are complementary and consistent with the overall goal of improving the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of state and national criminal records. More information is at the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) webpage.
Rural Program
The Rural Program funds projects that implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; provide treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services to victims in rural communities; or develop or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault, like Sexual Assault Response Teams and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs. More information is at the OVW Rural Program webpage.
School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act of 2018) gave the COPS Office authority to provide awards directly to States, units of local government, or Indian tribes to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs and technology. More information is at the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) webpage.
Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Technological Investigative Capacity
This program seeks to increase the technological investigative capacity and associated training of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force personnel nationwide through the development, refinement, and advancement of widely used investigative tools, methods, and technologies that address child pornography (or child sexual abuse material - CSAM), exploitation, and sex trafficking. The ICAC Task Force Program supports a national network of 61 multiagency, multijurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation. Additionally, the task forces provide forensic and investigative technical assistance to law enforcement and prosecutorial officials. More information is at the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program webpage.
Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
The STOP School Violence Program is designed to improve school safety by providing students, teachers, and staff with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to increase school safety by implementing solutions that will improve school climate. Solutions include school-based behavioral threat assessments and/or intervention teams to identify school violence risks among students, technological innovations that are shown to increase school safety such as anonymous reporting technology, and other school safety strategies that assist in preventing violence. More information is at the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program webpage.
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom; increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women; strengthen tribal justice interventions; enhance services to Indian women victims; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed towards these crimes; provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children; provide transitional housing for victims; provide legal assistance for victims; provide services to address the needs of youth victims; and develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to these crimes against Indian women. More information is at the OVW Tribal Governments Program webpage.
Tribal Jurisdiction Program
The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) provides support and technical assistance to Indian tribes for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise “special tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) and funds to exercise the jurisdiction. More information is at the OVW Tribal Jurisdiction Program webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
SMART Support for Adam Walsh Implementation Grant Program
This program assists certain federally recognized Indian tribes, states, principal territories and the District of Columbia to develop and enhance programs designed to implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) (34 U.S.C. section 20901 et seq.). SORNA was enacted to provide a comprehensive set of minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States. SORNA requires jurisdictions to maintain a sex offender registry and for sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration. The program supports a variety of projects to further SORNA implementation, such as but not limited to the upgrade of registry systems, digitizing criminal history records, training and technical assistance, procurement of hardware and software and hiring personnel and consultants to assist in developing SORNA-compliant registration and notification programs. The program also facilitates information sharing and access among jurisdictions. More information is at the SMART FY 2024 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program webpage.
Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Sexual Illegal Behavior
This solicitation provides 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 will 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. More information is at the Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior webpage.
Abuse in Later Life Program
This program addresses elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, against victims who are 50 years or older through training and services. More information is at the OVW Abuse in Later Life Program webpage.
Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program
This program will provide funding for housing opportunities to victims of human trafficking, including emergency housing, transitional housing, and short-term housing assistance. More information is at the OVC Funding and Awards webpage.
Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program
This program is targeted to law enforcement agencies, including tribal, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body worn camera policy and implementation programs. It addresses how to develop and implement policies and procedures for effective program adoption, including the purchase, deployment, and maintenance of camera systems and equipment; data storage and access; and privacy considerations. These funds are to be used to purchase or lease camera technology, but program stipulations also require that the devices be deployed in deliberate and planned manner. Before receiving the bulk of their funds, award recipients must first demonstrate a commitment and adherence to a strong body worn camera policy framework. The program also stresses requisite training, tracking the impacts of body worn cameras, and internal and external stakeholder input. Correctional agencies are eligible to apply provided they are publicly funded and perform law enforcement functions. More information is at the Body-Worn Camera Partnership Program webpage.
Campus Program
The Campus Program funds institutions of higher education to develop coordinated community responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The Campus Program encourages a comprehensive coordinated community approach that enhances victim safety, provides services for victims, and supports efforts to hold offenders accountable. The funding supports activities that develop and strengthen trauma informed victim services and strategies to prevent, investigate, and respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Campus Program webpage.
Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program
The Children and Youth and Engaging Men (CYEM) Program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts that develop and expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. In addition, the CYEM Program focuses on boys’ and men’s roles in ending violence against women by supporting projects that create educational programming and community organizing to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. More information is at the OVW Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program webpage.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
The Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) is a coordinated effort across the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) that is designed to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs, including efforts to address gang and gun violence. Based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders, the CVIPI seeks to ensure public safety and provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) are collaborating to ensure jurisdictions have access to the expertise they need to address community violence that involves children, youth, young adults, and adults, both as the individuals responsible for perpetrating this violence and those who are victims of it. To learn more, visit the Community Violence Intervention webpage.
Culturally Specific Services Program
The Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program (Culturally Specific Services Program) supports culturally specific community-based organizations in addressing the critical needs of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims in a manner that affirms a victim’s culture. More information is at the OVW Culturally Specific Services Program webpage.
Disability Grant Program
The Disability Program establishes and strengthens multidisciplinary collaborative relationships and increases organizational capacity to provide accessible, safe, and effective services to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. More information is at the OVC FY 2023 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program webpage.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. Learn more at the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program webpage.
Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program
This program will provide funding for both shelter and transitional housing and other assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their companion animals, and also provide training for stakeholders on critical issues related to victimization and service needs. More information is at the OVC FY 2023 Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program webpage.
Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative
The Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative supports efforts by state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cold case homicides suspected of having been racially motivated. The initiative also includes support for victims’ families and stakeholders impacted by these cases, including reconciliation efforts for those impacted by these crimes. Funds are limited to address incidents that occurred no later than December 31, 1979. Agencies are encouraged to work with their federal partners to pursue these cases and coordinate the review of case files and evidence related to potential cases, consistent with other activities under the Emmett Till Act. For more information, visit the FY24 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program website.
Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
The Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program seeks to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues using innovative approaches. The program supports strategies to address these issues, including trying new approaches, addressing gaps in responses, building or translating research knowledge, or building capacity. With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to prevent and reduce crime and enhance the criminal justice system through innovative approaches that accelerate justice by identifying, defining, and responding to emerging or chronic crime problems and systemic issues. More information is at the Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs webpage.
Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
This program will develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to fight human trafficking. This collaborative approach must include victim and social service providers, law enforcement and prosecution personnel (local, state, and federal), and a range of other governmental and non-governmental partners that work together to provide a diverse set of appropriate services for trafficking victims; train law enforcement and other stakeholders in how to identify victims of trafficking in persons and related offenses, and provide justice for victims through the investigation and prosecution of traffickers. Category 1 of this program will support new task forces in taking the first critical first steps to starting up a multidisciplinary task force and establishing a strong foundation of task force leadership structure, clear roles and responsibilities, and internal processes and protocols. Category 2 of this program will help task forces solidify and expand multidisciplinary task force operations and services, to include expanded protocol development and implementation, partnerships, outreach, and broader peer support and knowledge sharing with the field. More information is at the OVC FY24 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking webpage.
Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations
Under Category 1, this program will support the development or expansion of sexual assault examination programs, including sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) programs and sexual assault forensic examiner (SAFE) programs, that focus on improving the provision of sexual assault care using a community-based approach, such as through a campus community, nonprofit, community-based, and/or tribe-affiliated victim services provider. Funding may also support SANE education, mentorship programs, multidisciplinary teams that respond to sexual assault cases, and emerging technology-based models such as TeleSANE and ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to enhance the clinical expertise of the practicing SANE and support the prevention of vicarious trauma. Under Category 2, this program will fund one applicant to provide technical assistance (TA) to Category 1 grantees. More information is at the OVC FY 2023 Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations webpage.
Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
This program supports the development and operation of nonprofit, nongovernmental tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions. More information is at the OVW Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program webpage.
Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
This program encourages partnerships between state, local, and tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to ensure that sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are treated as serious violations of criminal law requiring the coordinated involvement of the entire criminal justice system. More information is at the OVW Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program webpage.
Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth. Under Category 1, DOJ will support states and tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. Under Category 2, DOJ will support training and technical assistance (TTA) to support all OVC grantees funded under the Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking program. More information is at the OVC FY 2024 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking webpage.
Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
The goal of this program is to provide services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and gender-responsive services to ensure their safety, security, and healing and to prevent them from being directed to or involved in the justice system. Eligibility for services under this grant are limited to victims who were trafficked and began receiving services while under age 18; however, receipt of services can extend beyond the age of 18, as needed. More information is at the OVC FY 2024 Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking webpage.
Justice for Families Program
The Justice for Families Program (JFF Program) improves the response of all aspects of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse. The program supports the following activities for improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by the targeted crimes: court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; civil legal services; and the provision of resources in juvenile court matters. All services must be provided in a culturally relevant manner. More information is at the OVW Justice For Families Program webpage.
Legal Assistance for Victims Program
The Legal Assistance Program (LAV Program) strengthens civil and criminal legal assistance programs for adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are seeking relief in legal matters relating to or arising out of that abuse or violence. More information is at the OVW Legal Assistance for Victims Program webpage.
Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr Initiative
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program supports state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies and their partners in conducting outreach, educating practitioners and the public, enhancing victim reporting tools, and investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. This can include crimes committed based on a victim’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. Approaches can include both specific jurisdictions and state or regional approaches serving multiple jurisdictions. For more information, visit the FY24 Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program webpage.
Meeting the Basic Needs of Crime Victims in Underserved Communities
Native American Tribal organizations are eligible to participate in this competitive grant program. (Federally recognized tribal governments are not eligible to apply.) The purpose of this program is to organizations that provide culturally responsive services to crime victims and survivors from communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization. When this solicitation is published in May, 2024 information will be available at the OVC FY24 Meeting the Basic Needs of Crime Victims in Underserved Communities webpage.
Preventing Trafficking of Girls
This program will support prevention and early intervention services and treatment, including mentoring and other direct support services, for girls who are at risk of, or are victims of, sex trafficking, including girls who may be justice-system involved. More information is at the OVC FY24 Preventing Trafficking of Girls webpage.
Rural Program
The Rural Program funds projects that implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; provide treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services to victims in rural communities; or develop or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault, like Sexual Assault Response Teams and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs. More information is at the OVW Rural Program webpage.
Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
This program will provide funding for services to victims of human trafficking, as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. There are three purpose areas. Purpose Area 1 will fund awards to develop the capacity to serve human trafficking victims. Purpose Area 2 will fund awards that intend to enhance access to comprehensive services for human trafficking victims. Purpose Area 3 will fund specialized services for human trafficking victims. More information is at the OVC FY 2024 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking webpage.
Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program
This program creates, maintains, and expands sustainable sexual assault services provided by organizations that are uniquely situated to respond to the needs of sexual assault victims from culturally specific populations. More information is at the OVW SAS Culturally Specific Program webpage.
Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence
This program provides funding to applicant organizations to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. More information is at the Children Exposed to Violence webpage.
Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Sexual Illegal Behavior
This solicitation provides 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 will 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. More information is at the Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior webpage.
Transitional Housing Program
The Transitional Housing Program funds organizations to assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who are in need of transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, and related supportive services. More information is at the OVW Transitional Housing Program webpage.
Tribal Governments Program
The Tribal Governments Program provides funding to tribes to develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom; increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women; strengthen tribal justice interventions; enhance services to Indian women victims; work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed towards these crimes; provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children; provide transitional housing for victims; provide legal assistance for victims; provide services to address the needs of youth victims; and develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to these crimes against Indian women. More information is at the OVW Tribal Governments Program webpage.
Tribal Jurisdiction Program
The Grants to Tribal Governments to Exercise Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) provides support and technical assistance to Indian tribes for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise “special tribal criminal jurisdiction” (STCJ) and funds to exercise the jurisdiction. More information is at the OVW Tribal Jurisdiction Program webpage.
Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program
This program is to provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (e.g., accompanying victims to court, medical facilities, police departments), support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault. TSASP specifically supports projects to create, maintain, and expand sustainable sexual assault services provided by Tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations within Indian country and Alaska Native villages. More information is at the OVW Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program webpage.
Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program
Funds may be used for any purpose related to serving victims of crime: community needs assessment and strategic planning; victim service programs; community outreach and education; other activities needed to address the needs of a wide variety of crime victims in tribal communities including MMIP. To participate in this noncompetitive, formula program Tribes need to have submitted a population certification to OVC during February, 2024. This program is offered annually. More information is at OVC FY24 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Program - Invited to Apply webpage.
LIST OF All PROGRAMS
- Abuse in Later Life Program
- Adult Treatment Court Program
- Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program
- Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth
- Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program
- Campus Program
- Children and Youth and Engaging Men Program
- Children’s Advocacy Centers National Subgrants Program
- Community Policing Development (CPD)
- Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
- Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)
- COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
- CTAS Purpose Area 1: Tribal Resources Grant Program
- CTAS Purpose Area 2: Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning
- CTAS Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems
- CTAS Purpose Area 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program
- CTAS Purpose Area 8: Tribal Youth Healing to Wellness Courts
- CTAS Purpose Area 9: Tribal Youth Program
- Culturally Specific Services Program
- Disability Grant Program
- Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
- Emergency and Transitional Pet Shelter and Housing Assistance Grant Program
- Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations Initiative
- Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Program
- Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
- Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence
- Expanding Access to Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations
- Family-Based Alternative Sentencing Program
- Family Treatment Court Program
- Grants to Tribal Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
- Improving Criminal Justice Responses Program
- Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking
- Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
- Justice for Families Program
- Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
- Juvenile Justice Emergency Planning Demonstration Program
- Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program
- Legal Assistance for Victims Program
- Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr Initiative
- Meeting the Basic Needs of Crime Victims in Underserved Communities
- Mentoring for Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Mentoring for Youth Affected by Opioids and Other Drug Misuse
- Mentoring for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
- National Criminal History Improvement Program Supplemental Funding under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
- NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
- Opioid Affected Youth Initiative
- Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for Child Protection Professionals
- Preventing Trafficking of Girls
- Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
- Rural Program
- School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP)
- Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children
- Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Incubator Initiative
- Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
- Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
- Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
- Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program
- SMART Support for Adam Walsh Implementation Grant Program
- Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
- Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Technological Investigative Capacity
- Students, Teachers and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
- Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Sexual Illegal Behavior
- Supporting Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care
- Transitional Housing Program
- Tribal Criminal and Civil Legal Assistance Program
- Tribal Governments Program
- Tribal Jurisdiction Program
- Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program
- Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula Grant Program
- Veterans Treatment Court Program
- Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
- CORRECTIONS
- COURTS
- Adult Treatment Court
- COSSUP
- CTAS 3: TJS
- CTAS 8: TYHWC
- Edward Byrne Memorial JAG
- Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations
- EI: Field Initiated
- Family Treatment Court
- Improving CJ Responses
- Justice for Families
- Juvenile Drug Treatment Court
- Legal Assistance for Victims
- Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr
- NARIP
- NCHIP
- Rural Program
- TCCLA
- Tribal Governments
- Tribal Jurisdiction
- Veterans Treatment Court
- CRIME PREVENTION
- Abuse in Later Life
- Campus
- Children & Youth & Engaging Men
- CTAS 3: TJS
- CTAS 9: TYP
- CVIPI
- Disability Grant
- ECM TF to Combat Human Trafficking
- Edward Byrne Memorial JAG
- EI: Field Initiated
- Enhancing School Capacity to Address YV
- Improving CJ Responses
- Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr
- Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Mentoring Youth Affected by Opioids & Drugs
- NARIP
- NCHIP
- NCHIP Supplemental Funding
- Opioid Affected Youth
- School Violence Prevention Program
- STOP School Violence
- Tribal Governments
- DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE
- JUSTICE SYSTEM
- Children & Youth & Engaging Men
- CTAS 2: CTJSSP
- CTAS 3: TJS
- CTAS 4: TJS Infrastructure
- CTAS 8: TYHWC
- Edward Byrne Memorial JAG
- EI: Field Initiated
- Family Treatment Court
- Improving CJ Responses
- JJ Emergency Planning Demonstration
- Justice for Families
- Juvenile Drug Treatment Court
- NARIP
- NCHIP
- NCHIP Supplemental Funding
- Reducing Risk for Girls in the JJ System
- Rural Program
- SCA Addressing Incarcerated Parents
- SCA Community-Based Reentry
- SCA Youth Reentry
- Strategies to Support CEV
- TCCLA
- Tribal Governments
- Tribal Jurisdiction
- Youth Justice and Mental Health
- JUVENILE JUSTICE
- Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth
- Children & Youth & Engaging Men
- CAC National Subgrants
- CTAS 8: TYHWC
- CTAS 9: TYP
- Improving Outcomes for Child & Youth HT Victims
- Juvenile Drug Treatment Court
- JJ Emergency Planning Demonstration
- Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents
- Mentoring Youth Affected by Opioids & Drugs
- Mentoring Youth in the JJ System
- Opioid Affected Youth
- Post-Secondary Education Opportunities for CPP
- Preventing Trafficking of Girls
- Reducing Risk for Girls in the JJ System
- SCA Youth Reentry
- Strategies to Support CEV
- STOP School Violence
- Support Vulnerable Youth Transitioning Out FC
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- BWC Policy & Implementation
- Community Policing Development
- COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
- COSSUP
- CTAS 1: TRG
- CTAS 3: TJS
- CVIPI
- Edward Byrne Memorial JAG
- EI: Field Initiated
- Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations
- Enhancing School Capacity to Address YV
- Improving CJ Responses
- LEMHWA
- Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr
- NARIP
- NCHIP
- NCHIP Supplemental Funding
- Rural Program
- School Violence Prevention Program
- STOP School Violence
- Strengthening ICAC Tech Capacity
- Tribal Governments
- Tribal Jurisdiction
- RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND STATISTICS
- SEX OFFENDERS
- VICTIMS OF CRIME
- Abuse in Later Life
- Anti-Trafficking HAP
- BWC Policy & Implementation
- Campus
- Children & Youth & Engaging Men
- Culturally Specific Services
- CVIPI
- Disability Grant
- ECM Task Force to Combat HT
- Edward Byrne Memorial JAG
- EI: Field Initiated
- Emergency & Transitional Pet Shelter & HA Grant
- Emmet Till Cold Case Investigations
- Expanding Access to SAFE
- Grants to Tribal DV & SA Coalitions
- Improving CJ Responses
- Improving Outcomes for Child & Youth HT Victims
- Integrated Services for Minor Victims of HT
- Justice for Families
- Legal Assistance for Victims
- Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr
- Meet Needs CV Underserved Communities
- Preventing Trafficking of Girls
- Rural Program
- SAS Culturally Specific
- Services for Victims of HT
- Strategies to Support CEV
- Supporting Effective Intervention for Youth
- Transitional Housing
- Tribal Governments
- Tribal Jurisdiction
- Tribal SAS
- Tribal VS Formula Grant
- LIST OF PROGRAMS
Also see the Department of Justice Tribal Justice, Safety, and Wellness Resources fact sheet for an overview of tribal grant programs.