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BJA FY 22 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program 3

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings
  • 16.753 -- Congressionally Recommended Awards

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. BJA is authorized to distribute funds to support projects designated for funding in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) that improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and assist victims of crime (other than compensation). The explanatory statement regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) lists the designated projects, which the act incorporates by reference, as stated in relevant part below — $184,707,000 is for discretionary grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation), which shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified under the heading, "Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/ Byrne Discretionary Grants," in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) [.] Pub. L. No. 117-103, div. B, title II (2022), 136 Stat 49, 125. Statutory Authority: Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. No. 117-103, 136 Stat. 49, 125)

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Eligible applicants are limited to those identified in the Congressional Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) for the projects designated for funding who did not submit an application to the initial FY 2022 Invited to Apply — Byrne Discretionary Community Project Funding/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program solicitation that closed on May 27, 2022. The legal name (or "doing business as" name) associated with the applicant’s unique entity identifier (UEI) as registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) must coincide with the recipient listed in the JES. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Grantor contact information

Description

For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF-424) and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only), or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET Monday-Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the solicitation closing date. grants@ncjrs.gov

Email

Technical Assistance

grants@ncjrs.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171388

Closed: August 22, 2022

Application process

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Award

$158,200,000

Program Funding

208

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$760,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

O-BJA-2022-171388

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

3

Posted date:

July 5, 2022

Archive date:

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