DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172778
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Special District Governments
- 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 Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance is soliciting applications for the FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program, with applications due October 20, 2026 (Step 1 in Grants.gov) and October 27, 2026 (Step 2 in JustGrants). All applicants must have established and fully participate in a 287(g) partnership and either participate in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) operations or other major DOJ enforcement efforts, or commit to doing so within the award period.
Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city and township governments, special district governments, federally recognized and non-federally recognized tribal governments, state agencies with law enforcement responsibilities, and other units of local government such as towns, boroughs, parishes, and villages. State and local entities must submit a Chief Executive Officer certification of compliance with 8 U.S.C. 1373 and 1644. All applicants must provide a letter of support from DOJ confirming HSTF or major DOJ operations participation.
The program carries no cost-sharing or matching requirement. Approximately 50 awards of up to $500,000 each will be made, totaling $25 million. The award period runs 36 to 60 months beginning December 1, 2026.
Permissible activities include hiring or rehiring full-time sworn and non-sworn law enforcement personnel (salaries funded for up to three years expended within five years), hiring critical non-law enforcement personnel such as forensic, investigative, and prosecution support staff, and purchasing technology and equipment including surveillance systems, body-worn cameras, and NIBIN machines.
The program operates under Assistance Listing 16.076 (Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking), authorized by Public Law 119-21. Applicants must register with SAM.gov by October 6, 2026.
Synopsis
This initiative seeks to protect American citizens from being victimized, harmed, or killed by criminal illegal aliens, and ensure that no additional families endure the trauma and life altering devastation experienced by our Angel Families. This funding opportunity will support state, local, and tribal government's activities to identify, disrupt, and prevent violent crime committed by criminal illegal aliens and enhance public safety through coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations. Awards from this program should be used to support significant participation in and support of Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) activities and other DOJ efforts to combat gangs, cartels, and other violent crime. Within the context described above, examples of permissible activities include but are not limited to the following: • Sworn and Non-Sworn Law Enforcement Personnel-Funding can be used to hire or rehire full-time sworn career law enforcement officers/deputies and civilian/non-sworn personnel as outlined below: o Hire new full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel, including by filling existing officer/deputy vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency's budget. o Rehire full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel who have been laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget reductions. o Rehire full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel who are (at the time of application) currently scheduled to be laid off by your jurisdiction on a specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions. • Non-Law Enforcement Personnel-Funding can be used for the hiring, retention, and training of critical personnel for the purposes cited above. Examples of personnel could include but need not be limited to the following: forensic, investigative, analytical; prosecution and legal support. Funding may not be used for co-responders, interpreters, or translators. Funding will support salaries for up to three years of eligible positions to be expended within a five-year period of performance to accommodate time needed for recruitment and hiring. • Technology and Equipment-Funding can be used to purchase and support multi-year implementation, ongoing subscriptions, training, and maintenance of equipment and advanced technology to address critical resource gaps and enhance capacity to support criminal justice operations related to the purposes cited above. Examples of technology and equipment could include but need not be limited to the following o Surveillance, Intelligence, and Investigative Technology o Forensic and Analytical Equipment o Officer Safety and Tactical Equipment
Eligibility
State agencies with law enforcement responsibilities; 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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00294232.pdf |
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