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BJA FY 2026 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Strengthening State and Local Operations to Reduce Crime and Recidivism

Federal funding opportunity O-BJA-2026-172770 from Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice).

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes November 20, 2026

Posted
October 7, 2026
Closes
November 20, 2026
Award ceiling
$4,000,000
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
16.827
Category
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 16.827 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$3M
FY2026 obligated
−$363,657
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
47

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., Justice Innovation Inc., Arkansas Div. of Community Correction, Oregon Judicial Department, City of Kansas City

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

Synopsis

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Strengthening State and Local Operations to Reduce Crime and Recidivism. This opportunity will support state, local, and tribal government efforts to reduce wasteful spending and inefficient uses of funds across justice system operations and redirect that funding to target crime and other public safety and/or justice system challenges. Applicants should propose projects that address one or more urgent local justice system challenge. Applicants should use existing data and information to identify the specific challenges they will focus on and how they will refocus resources on the strategies and populations most likely to reduce crime. Jurisdictions may consider addressing challenges across the judicial system, including those related to law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, jails and prisons, probation, and parole.

Who can apply

Other units of local government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.

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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