BJA FY 2025/2026 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172654
Program owner: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Summary: Formula grants to U.S. Attorney-certified Project Safe Neighborhoods fiscal agents for implementing federal judicial district strategies that reduce violent crime through coordinated law-enforcement, prosecution, intelligence, task-force, and partnership activities.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance will provide combined FY 2025 and FY 2026 Project Safe Neighborhoods formula funding for comprehensive, district-level violent-crime reduction strategies. Supported strategies may include coordinated law-enforcement and prosecution operations, intelligence and data analysis, investigations and prosecutions targeting violent offenders and criminal or trafficking organizations, and gang-task-force activities.
Only the fiscal agent certified by the U.S. Attorney for the applicable federal judicial district may apply directly. The fiscal agent administers the award and may make BJA-authorized subawards or enter into contracts with entities carrying out the district strategy. Thirty percent of grant funding is subject to the program's gang-task-force set-aside. The expected award period is 48 months beginning October 1, 2026.
The solicitation remains labeled open for applicants that completed the Grants.gov step by August 27, 2026. An applicant that did not submit through Grants.gov by that deadline cannot proceed to the JustGrants deadline on September 3, 2026.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: U.S. Attorney-certified Project Safe Neighborhoods Team fiscal agents for federal judicial districts.
The direct applicant must be certified as the district's fiscal agent by the applicable U.S. Attorney. Eligible certified fiscal agents include states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations including tribal nonprofits, and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments. An entity, including a law-enforcement agency, is not directly eligible merely because it participates in PSN; it must be the certified fiscal agent or participate through an authorized subaward or contract.
What can the funding be used for?
Implementation of the federal judicial district's Project Safe Neighborhoods violent-crime reduction strategy, including coordinated law-enforcement and prosecution activities; intelligence and data analysis; investigations and prosecutions involving violent offenders, gangs, criminal or transnational organizations, human trafficking, and drug trafficking; qualifying task-force activities; authorized subawards and contracts; compliant project evaluation or research-partner support; and fiscal-agent administration. Fiscal agents may retain up to 10% for administrative costs. Thirty percent of grant funding must be allocated in accordance with the gang-task-force set-aside described in the NOFO.
Restrictions
Programs or activities that violate, promote or facilitate violations of, or impede enforcement of federal immigration law; activities violating applicable federal civil-rights or nondiscrimination laws; and legal services for removable aliens or aliens otherwise unlawfully present, except crime-victim protection orders and immigration-related legal services expressly authorized or required by law or judicial ruling. General DOJ unallowable-cost rules also apply.
How to apply
The applicable U.S. Attorney-certified district fiscal agent must submit the SF-424 in Grants.gov by August 27, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, followed by the complete application in JustGrants by September 3, 2026, at 8:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Applicants that did not complete the Grants.gov submission by the first deadline cannot apply through JustGrants. The application must reflect the district PSN strategy, allocation, goals, budget, and planned distribution of funds.
Required materials
Step 1 requires the SF-424 through Grants.gov. Step 2 materials include Standard Applicant Information, a proposal abstract, Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Questionnaire, proposal narrative, budget, fiscal-agent certification letter signed by the applicable U.S. Attorney, timeline, disclosures, assurances, and certifications. Depending on applicability, attachments may include an indirect-cost-rate agreement, consultant-rate materials, compensation waiver, list of proposed subaward recipients, and Research and Evaluation Independence and Integrity Statement.
Program contact
OJP Response Center
[email protected]
800-851-3420; 202-353-5556 (TTY)
Official sources
- Office of Justice Programs checked September 2, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.
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