OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 4
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172647
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $3,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- County Governments
- State Governments
- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- 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 Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance is soliciting applications for the FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 4, a cooperative agreement funding prosecutors to serve as cross-designated Special Attorneys or Special Assistant United States Attorneys investigating and prosecuting crimes committed by criminal aliens and drug or human trafficking within the United States, with applications due July 8, 2026. Eligible applicants are state governments, local governments (county, city, township), federally recognized Tribal governments, and other entities operating prosecuting agencies. Selected prosecutors remain employees of their home agencies while serving full-time or part-time under direction of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, Criminal Division, or a United States Attorney's Office, coordinating on a case-by-case basis with federal authorities. The program strengthens investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expands intergovernmental coordination, and increases availability of cross-designated prosecutorial personnel to enforce criminal laws related to fraud, crimes by aliens, drug trafficking, and human trafficking. The program is authorized under Public Law 119-21, Title X, Subtitle A, Part II, Section 100055 (codified at 34 U.S.C. 61101) and operates under CFDA 16.076 (Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking). Award recipients must comply with standard Department of Justice administrative and financial management requirements, including three-year record retention from the final expenditure report submission and 2 CFR Part 200 and Part 2800 regulations. The source does not specify award ceilings, award floors, number of awards, or period of performance.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program. This program will support state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies to assign or hire qualified prosecutors to serve full-time or part-time (on a case-by-case basis) as Special Attorneys under the direction of the National Fraud Enforcement Division or the Criminal Division, or to serve as Special Assistant United States Attorneys (SAUSAs) within a United States Attorney's Office. These "cross-designated" prosecutors will remain employees of their home agencies but will investigate and prosecute assigned fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States (hereafter referred to as "criminal aliens") for the duration of their appointment under this program. Cross-designated prosecutors may also be assigned cases involving drug or human trafficking committed within the United States. The National Fraud Enforcement Division, Criminal Division, and United States Attorney's Offices will coordinate with selected prosecutor offices on a case-by-case basis to address logistics and any unique local circumstances. This grant program, authorized under Public Law 119-21, Title X, Subtitle A, Part II, Section 100055 (codified at 34 U.S.C. § 61101), is intended to strengthen investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expand intergovernmental coordination, and enhance the ability of jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States, as well as investigate and prosecute drug and human trafficking crimes. The program is also intended to increase the availability of cross-designated prosecutorial personnel who can pursue these matters in coordination with federal authorities and contribute to the effective enforcement of applicable criminal laws.
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