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: This federal grant supports state, territorial, local, and tribal government responses to overdose and illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substances. Expressly supported activities include investigating unlawful opioid distribution, overdose prevention and reversal medication, treatment and recovery services, correctional treatment, and reentry support.
The Bureau of Justice Assistance’s COSSUP site-based program supports the development, implementation, or expansion of comprehensive government responses to substance use and overdose.
Supported work can include law-enforcement efforts to locate and investigate unlawful opioid-distribution activity, prevention and overdose-reversal initiatives, treatment and recovery support in communities and correctional facilities, and reentry services. Competition packages are provided for urban or large local jurisdictions, suburban or medium-size local jurisdictions, rural jurisdictions, states, and federally recognized tribal governments.
Who is eligible?
Applicant types: State governments; county governments; city or township governments; special district governments; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; and applicants classified as “Others,” subject to the source's additional eligibility clarification.
The listed applicant types are state, county, city or township, special district, and federally recognized tribal governments, plus “Others.” The supplied clarification states that other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, and other general-purpose political subdivisions of a state. The synopsis also refers to territorial governments. Law-enforcement and corrections agencies are not separately listed as direct applicant types, so such activities may need to be proposed by an eligible government applicant.
What can the funding be used for?
Developing, implementing, or expanding comprehensive responses to overdose deaths and illicit opioids, stimulants, and other substances; locating and investigating illicit activities related to unlawful opioid distribution; increasing access to prevention programs and overdose-reversal medications; and expanding treatment and recovery support in communities, correctional facilities, and upon reentry.
How to apply
Electronic submission is required for the applicable Grants.gov competition package. Separate packages are listed for local urban/large, local suburban/medium-size, local rural, state, and federally recognized tribal-government categories. The supplied source verifies a September 24, 2026 Grants.gov package/response deadline but does not establish whether BJA requires a separate later submission through another system.
Program contact
OJP Response Center
[email protected]
202-514-9354
Official sources
- Grants.gov Public API checked August 31, 2026
- Office of Justice Programs checked September 2, 2026
Grant details can change. Confirm all requirements on the official source before applying.