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BJA FY26 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes September 23, 2026

Posted
August 13, 2026
Closes
September 23, 2026
Award ceiling
$2,000,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
16.735
Category
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 16.735 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$10.1M
FY2025 obligated
$2.3M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$515,912
Awards in window
145

Top recipients: Impact Justice, The Urban Institute, Division of Child and Family Services, Department of Youth Affairs, Department of Juvenile Corrections Idaho

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

Synopsis

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program. This opportunity supports state, local, and tribal efforts to enhance their capacity to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities. State agencies, law enforcement, and prosecutorial agencies may utilize this funding for investigative and prosecutorial activities to decrease incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities and increase the rate of successful prosecutions in such cases.

Who can apply

For the purposes of this NOFO, “state and local prosecuting agencies” include state, county, and municipal government offices that are authorized to prosecute criminal offenses on behalf of the government; For the purposes of this NOFO, “other units of local government” include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state; For the purposes of this NOFO, “publicly funded law enforcement agencies” are law enforcement agencies funded by States, federally recognized Tribes, or units of local government.

How to apply

Applications go through the official government listing. Grants Radar links you straight to the source — applying is free.

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Agency contact: Bureau of Justice Assistance · [email protected] · 202-514-9354

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