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BJA FY26 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172674

28 days left

Award Range

$0$2.0M

Deadline

September 23, 2026

What This Grant Funds

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.

Eligible Applicant Types

City/Township GovernmentsOther Tribal OrganizationsOther (see NOFO for details)County GovernmentsState GovernmentsFederally Recognized Tribal Governments

Funding Details

Maximum Award
$2.0M
Cost Sharing Required?
No
Funding Instrument
grant

Key Dates

Posted: August 13, 2026
Application Deadline: September 23, 2026 (28 days remaining)

Agency Contact

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

OJP.ResponseCenter@usdoj.gov

Ready to apply?

View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov