OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 6
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172665
- 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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- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- County Governments
- Other
- State Governments
- 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 cooperative agreement applications for the FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program Round 6, with applications due August 7, 2026. The program funds state, local, tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies to assign or hire qualified prosecutors as cross-designated Special Attorneys or Special Assistant United States Attorneys who investigate and prosecute fraud and crimes committed by aliens within the United States, and who may also be assigned drug or human trafficking cases under coordination with federal authorities.
Eligible applicants include federally recognized tribal governments, county governments, state governments, city or township governments, and other governmental entities operating prosecuting agencies. Selected prosecutors remain employees of their home agencies while serving under the direction of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, Criminal Division, or United States Attorneys' Offices on a case-by-case basis. The program operates under the Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (BIDEN) Reimbursement Fund established by Public Law 119-21, Title X, Subtitle A, Part II.
Program objectives include strengthening investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expanding intergovernmental coordination, and enhancing jurisdictional ability to investigate and prosecute crimes committed by aliens and trafficking offenses. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement. Award decisions are made by the Assistant Attorney General, and successful applicants must accept or decline their award package within 45 days of notification. Recipients must retain all award-related records for three years from final expenditure report submission and comply with 2 CFR Part 200 audit and administrative requirements.
The opportunity is assigned under Assistance Listing 16.076 (Law Enforcement Support for Combatting Criminal Aliens, Drug, and Human Trafficking).
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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