Part E – State Challenge Activities

The Department of Justice administers Part E State Challenge Activities (CFDA 16.549), a program that has not awarded grants since September 2003, with the most recent award being $97,000 obligated nearly 23 years ago.

This program is effectively inactive and not worth pursuing. The portfolio shows 357 total awards spanning 1995 to 2003, with activity concentrated in 1999–2003 (36 to 78 awards annually); only one award was disbursed in 2003, marking the end of measurable activity. No grant opportunities have been posted in the past two decades. The source does not identify any recent solicitations or plans to reopen the program.

When active, the program funded state-level challenge activities through Project Grants, which comprised 98 percent of awards, with a small number of Formula Grants (2 percent). The Department of Justice was the sole funder across all 357 awards. Total federal dollars obligated reached $25.1 million over the program's eight-year life, with typical awards ranging from $15,000 to $1 million. Representative recent awards (from 2002) included $967 thousand to an unnamed recipient for FY 2002 OJJDP Title II Part E State Challenge Activities, $481 thousand for a fiscal year 2003 state challenge activity, and multiple awards in the $87,500 to $400,000 range. One significant negative adjustment of $1.52 million appeared in the 2002 award record, suggesting rescissions or deobligations.

The program's cessation in 2003 indicates either budget redirection, policy discontinuation, or consolidation into other DOJ assistance lines. Current business development efforts should treat this listing as archived unless federal activity resumes.