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BJA FY 22 Implementing the PREA Standards, Protecting People Who Are Incarcerated, and Safeguarding Communities

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings
  • 16.735 -- PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation

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. The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) directs the U.S. Department of Justice to provide grants to jurisdictions and agencies nationwide to "protect inmates (particularly from prison rape) and to safeguard the communities to which inmates return" (34 U.S.C. § 30305(a)). Grantees...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • State governments
  • City or township governments
  • County governments

Additional information

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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, 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 JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or at 833-872-5175. 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 Jessa Wilcox, Policy Advisor, by telephone at 202-598-9808 or by email at Jessa.Wilcox@usdoj.gov. 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-2022-171032

Closed: May 19, 2022

Application process

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Award

$3,000,000

Program Funding

12

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$250,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

O-BJA-2022-171032

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

4

Posted date:

March 16, 2022

Archive date:

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