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The Justice Department's grants go through the Office of Justice Programs (including BJA, OJJDP and the Office for Victims of Crime), the Office on Violence Against Women and the COPS Office. State, local and tribal governments and nonprofits apply, starting in Grants.gov and finishing in JustGrants.

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  1. Closes21 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Invited to Apply- Medicaid and Corrections Program

    DOJ · Others

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY 26 Invited to Apply – Medicaid and Corrections Program. This opportunity seeks to support the delivery of highly specialized technical assistance and training to sheriffs, jail administrators, state departments of correction, and correctional leaders and staff in order to support understanding and imp

    Closes todayUp to $800,000
  2. Closes21 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program

    DOJ · Public colleges, Nonprofits (not 501(c)(3)), Small businesses, +4 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 26 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program. This opportunity strengthens Tribal justice systems by providing specialized technical experts to assist federally recognized Indian Tribes in developing, implementing, and enhancing justice systems. The program addresses violent crime,

    Closes todayUp to $1.9 million
  3. Closes22 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program

    DOJ · Others

    This NOFO will support projects designated for funding pursuant to the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74, Div. A, Title II.) to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation).

    Closes tomorrowUp to $4.2 million
  4. Closes22 OCT

    OVC FY2027 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance – Highland Park, Illinois

    DOJ · Others

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY 2026 Invited to Apply Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Crime Victim Compensation and/or Assistance. This opportunity supports victims of mass violence and terrorism through the Antiterrorism Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP). Funding for this program comes from the Antiterroris

    Closes tomorrowUp to $3.2 million
  5. Closes28 OCT

    OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 10

    DOJ · Tribes, States, Others, +2 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program. This program will support state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies to assign or hire qualified prosecutors to serve full-time or part-time (on a case-by-case basis) as Special Attorneys under the direction of the National Fraud Enforcement Division

    Closes in 7 daysUp to $3 million
  6. Closes29 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Capital Case Litigation Initiative: Improving the Quality of Legal Representation in State Capital Cases

    DOJ · Others

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Capital Case Litigation Initiative: Improving the Quality of Legal Representation in State Capital Cases. This opportunity will enhance the ability of prosecutors to effectively represent the public in state capital cases and to improve the quality of legal representation for defense attorney

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $450,000
  7. Closes29 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program

    DOJ · Cities and towns, States, Special districts, +3 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR)—Formula Grants Program. This opportunity will support states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to process, and/or to increase the capacity to process, more DNA samples for entry into t

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $3.5 million
  8. Closes29 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement- Competitive Grants Program

    DOJ · States, Counties, Cities and towns, +3 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY26 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement—Competitive Grants Program. This opportunity funds improvements to forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government.

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $500,000
  9. Closes29 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA

    DOJ · Cities and towns, Special districts, Tribal organizations, +4 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA (COLD) Program. This opportunity supports prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of violent cold case crimes where a DNA profile from a suspect is already developed. This initiative aims to enhance public safety, hold violent offenders accountable, a

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $750,000
  10. Closes29 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program

    DOJ · Tribes, Cities and towns, Counties, +4 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program. This opportunity supports the implementation and enhancement of veterans’ treatment court (VTC) operations to reduce the use of opioids, stimulants, and other substances, including alcohol, by high-risk/high-need veterans in the criminal justice system. VTCs e

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $2.5 million
  11. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program

    DOJ · Others, Counties, States, +4 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program. This opportunity supports states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to deliver substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular setting

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $750,000
  12. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

    DOJ · States, Counties, Tribes, Cities and towns

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program. This opportunity will support states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new or enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTCs) to improve outcomes for youth with substanc

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $1 million
  13. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance

    DOJ · Small businesses, Public colleges, Nonprofits, +2 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance program. This opportunity will build the capacity of state, Tribal, and local agencies to effectively investigate and prosecute cases of missing and exploited children. The program provides assistance to multidisciplinary team

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $1.2 million
  14. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs

    DOJ · School districts, Public colleges, Others, +8 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs. This opportunity supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and going into the juvenile justice system. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or

    Closes in 8 days$1 million to $4 million
  15. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Technological Investigative Capacity

    DOJ · Special districts, Tribes, Counties, +8 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)Technological Investigative Capacity program. This opportunity will increase the technological investigative capacity and associated training of ICAC task force personnel nationwide through the development, refinement, and advancement of

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $675,000
  16. Closes29 OCT

    OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals

    DOJ · For-profits, Nonprofits, Nonprofits (not 501(c)(3))

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Victims of Child Abuse Act Training and Technical Assistance for Child Abuse Professionals program. This opportunity will support a national training and technical assistance program for child abuse professionals to enhance coordinated, multidisciplinary investigations and responses to chil

    Closes in 8 daysUp to $2.9 million
  17. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Adult Treatment Court Program

    DOJ · Tribes, Others, Counties, +2 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY2026 Adult Treatment Court Program. This opportunity supports the implementation and enhancement of Adult Treatment Court (ATC) operations to prevent overdoses and reduce the use of opioids, stimulants, and other substances by high-risk/high-need adults in the criminal justice system. Adult Treatme

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $2.5 million
  18. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 National Center for Veterans Justice

    DOJ · For-profits, Nonprofits, Nonprofits (not 501(c)(3)), +3 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 National Center for Veterans Justice. This opportunity will establish a national center to provide specialized support to state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies; treatment and service providers; courts; corrections systems; and community supervision agencies to effectively support

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $4 million
  19. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative

    DOJ · States, Tribes, Special districts, +4 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative. This opportunity supports local law enforcement in rural jurisdictions to prevent, respond to, and reduce violent crime. The goal is to equip rural law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices with the resources necessary to implement a violent c

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $2.6 million
  20. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

    DOJ · Tribes, Nonprofits (not 501(c)(3)), Nonprofits

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program. This opportunity will support community-based organizations and tribal governments to provide mentoring and transitional services for people returning to communities from adult correctional facilities and who are assessed as moderate to high

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $1 million
  21. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY 2026 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program

    DOJ · Counties, Public colleges, Tribes, +8 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Prevention (STOP) School Violence Program. This opportunity supports programs to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school threat assessment teams and/or intervention teams to identify violence risks, introducing technologies like

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $2 million
  22. Closes30 OCT

    BJA FY26 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement - Formula Grants Program

    DOJ · States

    Under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvements Grant Program, state administering agencies (SAAs) may be eligible and apply for both formula and competitive funds. This NOFO is ONLY for formula funds. An applicant seeking to apply for Coverdell competitive funds (consistent with 34 U.S.C. § 10563(a)(2)) that are available to eligible states and units

    Closes in 9 daysUp to $24 million
  23. Closes02 NOV

    BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)

    DOJ · For-profits, Small businesses, Nonprofits, +3 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the Comprehensive Opioid Stimulant and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA). This opportunity will provide training and technical assistance to BJA COSSUP grantees to address technical operational challenges to improve responses to overdose deaths, illicit opioids, stimulant

    Closes in 12 daysUp to $2 million
  24. Closes02 NOV

    BJA FY 2026 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program

    DOJ · Nonprofits (not 501(c)(3)), Cities and towns, Others, +8 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program. This opportunity strengthens the capacity of wrongful conviction review (WCR) entities and their criminal justice and victims’ services partners to more effectively and efficiently identify, assess, and manage post-convict

    Closes in 12 daysUp to $600,000
  25. Closes02 NOV

    OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support

    DOJ · Nonprofits, For-profits, Private colleges, +2 more

    This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program Support. This opportunity supports a national network of 61 multiagency, multijurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations, and prosecutions related to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation.

    Closes in 12 daysUp to $1.2 million

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Where DOJ grant money went in 2025

Awards from October 2024 to September 2025, from USAspending.gov.

Largest programs
Program (Assistance Listing)Awarded
Crime Victim Assistance 16.575$1.3 billion
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program 16.738$289 million
Crime Victim Compensation 16.576$178 million
Violence Against Women Formula Grants 16.588$172 million
Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program 16.838$125 million
STOP School Violence 16.839$78 million
Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative 16.045$60 million
Sexual Assault Services Formula Program 16.017$52 million
Largest nonprofit recipients
RecipientAwarded
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research, INC.$16 million
The Council of State Governments Ltd.$12 million
Regional Organized Crime Information Center$10 million
Metropolitan Family Services$8.2 million
The Latino Coalition for Community Leadership$8.2 million
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$8 million
Western States Information Network, INC$6.2 million
Rocky Mountain Information Network, INC$6 million

Questions

When is the next DOJ grant deadline?

The next deadline is October 21, 2026 for BJA FY 2026 Invited to Apply- Medicaid and Corrections Program.

How do I apply for a DOJ grant?

Register your organization in SAM.gov to get a Unique Entity ID, create a Grants.gov account, then find the opportunity and submit before its deadline. Some agencies finish the application in their own system, such as JustGrants, eRA Commons or Research.gov.

Can individuals get DOJ grants?

Rarely. Federal grants go mostly to organizations: nonprofits, local governments, tribes, schools, colleges and, in research programs, small businesses. Help for individuals usually comes through state and local agencies.

Do I have to pay to apply for a grant?

No. Real grant programs never charge to apply or to receive an award. Anyone asking for a fee before you get grant money is running a scam.

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