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BJA FY 2026 Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative

Federal funding opportunity O-BJA-2026-172676 from Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice).

Posted
August 14, 2026
Closed
September 25, 2026
Award ceiling
$3,000,000
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
16.745, 16.812, 16.838
Category
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 16.745 (one of 3 on this opportunity) across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$34M
FY2025 obligated
−$3.6M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
−$2.8M
Awards in window
250

A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.

Top recipients: The Council of State Governments Ltd., New York, City of, County of York, Public Defender Maryland Office of, Unified Court System of New York State

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY2026 Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative (PSMHI). This opportunity supports comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use to reduce the burden of on law enforcement and the justice system; restore order in communities affected by homelessness, mental illness, and substance use; decrease recidivism; reduce crime; and improve overall public safety and restore confidence in public spaces. This initiative supports coordinated, direct intervention efforts across public safety, justice, mental health, and substance use agencies to increase access to mental health and substance use treatment through civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry, using accountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plans. This program moves beyond temporary interventions by supporting appropriate institutional care and civil commitment processes, when appropriate, for individuals unable to care for themselves.

Who can apply

Other units of local government; Nonprofit or for-profit mental health agencies or other non-governmental applicants are eligible to apply only if they meet two requirements: (1) The applicant is designated by the state mental health authority to provide services as a unit of the state or local government. (2) The applicant should attach documentation to support this designation

The official record

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

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