BJA FY26 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172674
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Other
- County Governments
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance is soliciting applications to fund state, local, and tribal investigations and prosecutions of sexual assaults in confinement facilities, with applications due September 23, 2026 in Grants.gov (SF-424) and full submissions due September 30, 2026 in JustGrants.
Eligible applicants are state governments, county governments, city or township governments, federally recognized and non-federally recognized Native American tribal governments, state and local prosecuting agencies, other units of local government, and publicly funded law enforcement agencies. No cost-sharing requirement applies.
The program distributes approximately $7 million across an anticipated four awards of up to $2 million each for a 48-month period beginning October 1, 2026. Applicants may submit only one application, though entities may serve as subrecipients in multiple applications.
Permissible uses include establishing or enhancing prosecution units, supporting evidence collection and victim and witness interviewing, providing training for law enforcement and prosecutors, establishing multidisciplinary sexual assault response teams, acquiring investigative equipment such as security cameras, and developing coordinated interagency responses. The proposal narrative is limited to 10 pages and must address need assessment, project goals and objectives, project design and implementation, and organizational capabilities. Applications must include a detailed budget with cost calculations and memoranda of understanding from project partners.
The program prioritizes projects supporting law enforcement operations, combatting violent crime, protecting children, supporting crime victims, and those coordinated with federal efforts through 287(g) partnerships or Homeland Security Task Forces.
This opportunity falls under CFDA 16.735, the PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation.
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.
Eligibility
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PKG00293946.pdf |
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