BJA FY 2026 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-Based Program
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172702
Program owner: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Summary: Federal funding for eligible state, territorial, local, and federally recognized tribal governments to develop, implement, or expand comprehensive responses to opioids, stimulants, overdose deaths, and other substance use. Expressly supported activities include law-enforcement investigations of unlawful opioid distribution, overdose prevention and reversal medication, treatment and recovery services, correctional-facility services, and reentry support.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance's COSSUP site-based program supports the development, implementation, or expansion of comprehensive programs responding to overdose deaths, illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substances.
Supported work may include locating and investigating illicit activities related to unlawful opioid distribution, prevention programs, access to overdose-reversal medications, community treatment and recovery services, services within correctional facilities, and reentry support.
The supplied Grants.gov data contains five competition categories: three local-jurisdiction categories, one state-government category, and one federally recognized tribal-government category.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: City or township governments; state governments; county governments; special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and other eligible applicants described in the eligibility text. The program description also expressly references territorial governments.
The source supports eligibility for state, territorial, local, and tribal governments. Structured applicant types include states, counties, cities or townships, special districts, federally recognized tribal governments, and an 'Others' category. Other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, and other general-purpose political subdivisions of a state. Standalone police departments, sheriff's offices, corrections agencies, or prosecutors are not expressly identified as direct applicants in the supplied synopsis.
What can the funding be used for?
Developing, implementing, or expanding comprehensive substance-use and overdose-response programs; locating and investigating illicit activity related to unlawful opioid distribution; increasing access to prevention programs and overdose-reversal medications; expanding community treatment and recovery support; providing services within correctional facilities; and supporting reentry.
How to apply
Electronic submission is required. Applicants must use the applicable Grants.gov competition package for the relevant local, state, or tribal category. The supplied source does not provide the full required-document list or establish whether there are additional OJP submission steps or a later final OJP deadline.
Program contact
OJP Response Center
[email protected]
202-514-9354
Official sources
- Grants.gov Public API checked September 2, 2026
- Office of Justice Programs checked October 5, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.