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O-BJA-2021-06002: BJA FY 21 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Reducing Crime by Improving Justice System Performance

Closed Closed June 28, 2021 Opportunity O-BJA-2021-06002 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Justice System Enhancements (O-OJJDP-2026-172742). Status: Closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$1.0 million
• Total funding$6.0 million
• Expected awards6
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Categories 1-4: State governments For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Category 5: Public and state controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits, other than institutions of higher education Private institutions of higher education To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Justice Reinvestment Initiative awards averaged $1.7 million; this notice allows up to $1.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (62% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. BJA's Justice Reinvestment Initiative: Improving Justice System Performance provides funding to develop and implement innovative and research-based responses that address a range of criminal justice system problems. It employs the Justice Reinvestment approach to criminal justice, which recognizes that every justice agency has a role to play in preventing crime, ensuring a fair and efficient justice system, facilitating appropriate sentencing and treatment, and protecting community security.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-OJJDP-2026-172742, which is open now.

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