Open Facts verified September 2, 2026

FY 2026 Crisis Response Training Program

Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172706

Program owner: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance

Application timeline

  • Recommended date to begin the registration and application process: September 5, 2026 12:00 am
  • SAM.gov registration or renewal deadline: September 21, 2026 12:00 am
  • Submit the SF-424 in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time: October 5, 2026 11:59 pm Eastern Time
  • Submit the full application in JustGrants by 8:59 p.m. Eastern Time: October 13, 2026 8:59 pm Eastern Time

Key details

  • Funding amount: Approximately $5,256,751 in total program funding is expected. BJA anticipates four awards under Category 1 and four under Category 2, with each award capped at $650,000.
  • Match required: No
  • Opens: August 25, 2026
  • Deadline: October 13, 2026

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Summary: Federal funding to develop, implement, or expand crisis-response and intervention training for law-enforcement and correctional officers, including eligible multi-participant virtual-reality training systems.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance will fund crisis-response training intended to improve public safety, officer safety, operational effectiveness, and law-enforcement responses to people in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, or traumatic brain injuries.

Category 1 supports training for sworn law-enforcement personnel, including police departments, sheriff’s offices, campus police, and field probation or parole officers. Category 2 supports facility-based officers in jails, prisons, and other correctional settings. Projects may include crisis-response and intervention training, qualifying multi-participant virtual-reality training systems, or both. Awards are expected to have 36-month project periods beginning January 1, 2027.

Who is eligible?

Applicant types: State governments; county governments; city or township governments; federally recognized and other Native American tribal governments; other units of local government; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education with on-campus police departments; and public or state-controlled hospitals with on-campus police departments.

The expressly listed eligible applicants are governmental and institutional entities. Proposed projects must fall within one of two program categories: Category 1 supports training for sworn law-enforcement personnel, including police departments, sheriff’s offices, field probation and parole officers, and campus police; Category 2 supports facility-based officers in jails, prisons, and correctional agencies, including institutional probation and parole staff and sheriff’s office detention personnel. Agencies that are not themselves one of the listed applicant entity types may need to apply through their governing eligible entity.

What can the funding be used for?

Developing, implementing, or expanding crisis-response and intervention training for law-enforcement or correctional officers; training officers to respond to people with behavioral health conditions, substance-use disorders, intellectual or developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, or traumatic brain injuries; and acquiring or implementing multi-participant, scenario-based virtual-reality training systems designed for law-enforcement or correctional settings.

Restrictions

Out-of-scope activities include programs or activities that violate, promote violation of, or impede enforcement of federal immigration law; activities that violate applicable federal civil-rights or nondiscrimination law; and legal services for removable aliens or aliens otherwise unlawfully present, subject to the NOFO's stated exceptions for crime-victim protection orders and immigration-related services expressly authorized or required by law or judicial ruling. Costs must also comply with general DOJ grant allowability requirements.

How to apply

Apply in two steps: submit the SF-424 through Grants.gov by October 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, then submit the full application through JustGrants by October 13, 2026, at 8:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Each application may address only one funding category. An applicant may submit multiple applications if each proposes a different project. For a project involving multiple entities, only one entity may apply; the other partners must be proposed as subrecipients rather than co-applicants.

Required materials

Required components expressly identified in the NOFO include the SF-424 submitted through Grants.gov, Standard Applicant Information in JustGrants, a Proposal Narrative not exceeding 10 pages, and the web-based Budget Detail Worksheet. The application also calls for a proposal abstract, the Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Questionnaire, applicable disclosures and assurances, and a project timeline. Conditional attachments include an indirect-cost-rate agreement, consultant-rate documentation, an employee-compensation waiver, a memorandum of understanding or letter of intent for project partners, a tribal authorizing resolution, and documentation supporting a request for priority consideration, when applicable.

Program contact

OJP Response Center
[email protected]
800-851-3420

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