law_justice_and_legal_services · USDOJ-OJP-BJA
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.govReady to apply?
View the full NOFO and submit your application on Grants.gov