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O-BJA-2025-172303: BJA FY25 Invited to Apply – Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program

Closed Closed January 14, 2025 Opportunity O-BJA-2025-172303

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of Justice Assistance notices from 2025.

Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grants of up to $126,888 to state and local governments. It expected to make one award. Applications closed on January 14, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 13, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Other notices with this title

Bureau of Justice Assistance has posted this title under other numbers: earlier or later rounds, or the same competition for another area. Each has its own dates and may change its rules.

NoticePostedDeadlineStatus
O-BJA-2024-171896November 7, 2023Closed November 14, 2023Closed
O-BJA-2023-171620February 22, 2023Closed March 8, 2023Closed
O-BJA-2022-171018December 21, 2021Closed January 7, 2022Closed
O-BJA-2021-66002February 9, 2021Closed February 23, 2021Closed

Key dates

PostedJanuary 13, 2025
DeadlineJanuary 14, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

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Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

This funding opportunity seeks to provide funding for emergency situations in which state and local resources are inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens and/or to enforce criminal law. BJA is authorized to distribute funds to help offset the costs of an adequate response to an uncommon situation that requires law enforcement, that is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respect to which state and local resources are inadequate to protect the lives and property of citizens or to enforce the criminal law.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Who has won Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance Grant grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance Grant (16.824) awarded $2.7 million across 12 grant awards, an average of $223,383 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationTennessee4$1.5 million
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal JusticeLouisiana1$1.2 million
Department of State Police MichiganMichigan3$657,976
New York State Division of Criminal Justice ServicesNew York1$446,781
Criminal Justice Coordinating CouncilGeorgia1$126,888

Top states: Tennessee ($1.5 million), Louisiana ($1.2 million), Michigan ($657,976), New York ($446,781), Georgia ($126,888).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Agencies often post the same opportunity again under a new number, so check the program's notices on Grants.gov and the similar open grants below.

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

Questions people ask

Is O-BJA-2025-172303 still open?

No. It closed on January 14, 2025.

Who can apply for BJA FY25 Invited to Apply – Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program?

Bureau of Justice Assistance accepted applications from state and local governments.

What is the deadline for BJA FY25 Invited to Apply – Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program?

Closed January 14, 2025. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $126,888 each.

Who has won Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance Grant grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Department of State Police Michigan. The program made 12 awards worth $2.7 million in that time.

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