Police Grants in Virginia (VA)

Explore grant opportunities available to law enforcement agencies, sheriff’s offices, and public safety partners in Virginia.

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Grant Categories in Virginia

• Anti-Gang Initiatives
• Aviation & Drone Units (UAS)
• Body-Worn Cameras
• Bomb Squad & EOD Teams
• Communications & Radio Systems
• Community Policing
• Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD)
• Courts, Prosecution & Collaborative Justice
• Crime Analysis & Data Systems
• Crisis Intervention & Behavioral Health
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Cybersecurity & Network Hardening
• De-escalation & Use-of-Force Training
• Digital Evidence Management
• Digital Forensics & Cybercrime
• Domestic Violence & Family Support
• Drug Enforcement & Overdose Prevention
• Emergency Operations & Disaster Preparedness
• Equipment & Protective Gear
• Facility Upgrades & Security
• Firearms & Tactical Training
• Gun Violence Reduction
• Hazard Mitigation
• Homeland Security & Terrorism Prevention
• Homeless Outreach & Special Population Programs
• Human Trafficking Prevention
• In-Car Cameras
• K9 Units
• Leadership Development
• License Plate Readers (ALPR)
• Marine Patrol Units
• Mental Health Response Training
• Mounted Units
• Officer Training & Certification
• Officer Wellness & Mental Health
• Patrol Operations & General Enforcement
• Peer Support & Counseling
• Personnel Development & HR Programs
• Physical Fitness & Health Programs
• Records Management Systems (RMS)
• Recruitment & Retention Programs
• Research, Data & Innovation
• School Resource Officer (SRO) Training
• Search & Rescue (SAR) Units
• Surveillance & Monitoring Technology
• SWAT & Tactical Response Teams
• Traffic Safety & Impaired Driving
• Uniforms & Duty Gear
• Vehicles & Fleet Upgrades
• Victim Services
• Violent Crime Reduction
• Youth Programs & School Safety

Grants Available in Virginia

• CY 2025-2027 Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund Grant Program

  Competitive Virginia grant supporting substance use disorder treatment and transitional services for people incarcerated in local and regional jails. Applicants could request up to $150,000 for the three-year grant period, although DCJS expressly reserved discretion to make awards greater or less than the requested amount.

  Deadline: 2024-10-18

• FY 2025 Byrne - Justice Assistance Grant Solicitation Law Enforcement Equipment

  Virginia DCJS made $2,000,000 in federal Byrne JAG funds available through a competitive solicitation for eligible Virginia local sheriff departments to purchase equipment that improves daily law-enforcement services, agency capacity, efficiency, or officer and citizen safety. Applications required a 25% local cash match and were due by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 10, 2025.

  Deadline: 2025-02-10

• FY 2026 Jail Mental Health Pilot Program (JMHPP) Grant

  State Fiscal Year 2026 continuation funding for five designated Virginia jail mental health pilot programs to provide evidence-based behavioral health treatment in correctional settings and continuity of care during reentry.

  Deadline: 2025-03-14

• FY 2026 Comprehensive Community Corrections Act (CCCA) and Pretrial Services Act (PSA)

  Virginia state funding for eligible county and city governments already receiving DCJS CCCA/PSA grants to continue local community-based probation and pretrial services during state fiscal year 2026.

  Deadline: 2025-03-28

• SFY 2026-2028 Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund Grant Program

  Competitive three-year grants for Virginia local and regional jails to establish, expand, or enhance substance use disorder treatment and transitional services for incarcerated individuals and people being released from jail.

  Deadline: 2025-04-11

• FY 26 State Aid to Localities with Police Departments “599”

  Virginia state aid for eligible localities operating qualifying police departments whose law-enforcement personnel meet state minimum training requirements. The total FY2026 program allocation is $229,650,081.

  Deadline: 2025-06-30

• Operation Ceasefire Grant CY 2026-2027 for Forensic and Analytical Technology

  Competitive Virginia state grant providing local law enforcement agencies up to $300,000 for forensic and analytical technology and equipment supporting violent-crime reduction strategies.

  Deadline: 2025-10-10

• FY 2026 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant: Law Enforcement Training and Equipment

  Competitive federal Byrne JAG funding administered by Virginia DCJS for local law enforcement agencies to obtain equipment, technology, training, targeted-enforcement overtime, temporary staffing support, and professional services that improve operational capacity and criminal justice performance.

  Deadline: 2026-03-13

• SFY 2027-2029 Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund Grant Program

  Virginia state funding limited to three named sheriff’s offices and one regional jail to continue jail-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services for incarcerated individuals.

  Deadline: 2026-04-24

• FY 27 Byrne - Justice Assistance Grant Solicitation Criminal Justice Programs

  Competitive federal Byrne/JAG pass-through funding administered by Virginia DCJS for Virginia units of local government supporting approved criminal-justice initiatives, including community policing, reentry, human-trafficking responses, criminal-justice planning, probation or jail peer support, and youth engagement.

  Deadline: 2026-04-27

• FY27 Byrne Justice Assistance Gun Violence Awareness and Prevention Initiatives

  Competitive federal Byrne/JAG funding administered by Virginia DCJS for Virginia local governments undertaking evidence-informed gun violence awareness, prevention, intervention, and reduction initiatives over a 22-month project period.

  Deadline: 2026-07-28

• COPS Hiring Program (CHP)

  Federal funding for eligible U.S. law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire career officers and deputies to increase community-policing and crime-prevention capacity.

  Deadline: 2026-07-29

• FY 2026 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP)

  Competitive federal grants for eligible state law enforcement agencies conducting or supervising anti-methamphetamine investigations. Funding supports investigative personnel, statewide task forces, analytical capacity, equipment, technology, training, and other costs directly related to locating or investigating methamphetamine laboratories, precursor diversion, and traffickers.

  Deadline: 2026-07-29

• FY 2027 State Aid to Localities with Police Departments “599”

  Virginia state aid for participating localities with qualifying police departments. For FY 2027, localities must certify police-department eligibility, compliance with minimum law-enforcement training requirements, and that the funds will supplement rather than supplant local public-safety funding.

  Deadline: 2026-08-04

• BJA FY 2025/2026 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program

  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.

  Deadline: 2026-09-03

• BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—State Formula

  Federal formula grants to state governments for law-enforcement and other criminal-justice personnel, equipment, supplies, training, contractual support, technical assistance, and information systems. Local law-enforcement and criminal-justice agencies are not direct applicants but may benefit through state-administered subawards and pass-through funding.

  Deadline: 2026-09-25

• CY 2027-2029 Virginia Opioid Use Reduction and Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund Grant Program

  Competitive Virginia funding for local and regional jails to establish, expand, or enhance substance use disorder treatment and transition services for incarcerated individuals. DCJS anticipates $900,000 in total funding, with each subgrant capped at $150,000 for the 36-month award period.

  Deadline: 2026-10-13

• FY 2026 Crisis Response Training Program

  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.

  Deadline: 2026-10-13

• Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWCPIP)

  BJA funding for law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body-worn camera policies and implementation practices. The source expressly identifies purchase or lease of camera technology as a use of BWCPIP funds.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program

  Small, competitive grants that support innovative community policing projects, training, and pilot initiatives.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

  Federal formula funding for designated state administering agencies and annually specified units of local government and tribes to support criminal-justice and public-safety activities. The program page lists separate FY 2026 State Formula and Local Formula opportunities, each with a Grants.gov deadline followed by a final JustGrants deadline.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP)

  Grant program that supports partnerships between law enforcement, courts, and mental health providers to improve responses to people with mental illnesses.

  Deadline: Not specified

• State Electronic Crash Data Collection

  Forecasted federal grants for modernizing statewide crash-data systems to support electronic collection, intrastate sharing, and standardized transfer to NHTSA. Eligible entities were designated statewide crash-data owners or custodians in states and specified jurisdictions, plus the Secretary of the Interior acting on behalf of an Indian Tribe.

  Deadline: Not specified