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O-BJA-2021-27001: BJA FY 21 Child-friendly Family Visiting Spaces in Jails and Prisons Program

Closed Closed July 12, 2021 Opportunity O-BJA-2021-27001 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OJP FY 2026 Integrity in American Elections Grant Program (O-BJA-2026-172793). Status: Closes December 1, 2026 (24 days left). It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$350,000
• Total funding$1.8 million
• Expected awards5
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments and tribes.

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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. 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.

More grants for state and local governments, tribes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program awards averaged $414,240; this notice allows up to $350,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (87% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• 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. Preserving positive family connections can yield positive societal benefits in the form of reduced recidivism, less intergenerational criminal justice system involvement, and promotion of healthy child development. The environment of correctional facilities can be intimidating and detrimental to child development. Therefore, this program will provide grants for construction, renovation, or upgrades of child-friendly family visiting spaces in correctional facilities, as well as for revisions of policies and practices to support child-friendly visitation experiences.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-BJA-2026-172793, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.