Federal grant programs / Department of Justice

Regional Information Sharing Systems (16.610)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$163 million
• Grant awards14
• Typical award$12.3 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$38.8 million
• Size rank662 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• It is the 662nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 7 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 7 states and territories.

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Improved information and intelligence sharing to enhance enforcement operational efficiency. Program goal(s) description: RISS helps agencies combat regional crime threats such as violent crime, gang activity, narcotics trafficking, and terrorism by facilitating intelligence sharing, analysis, and investigative support. The program enhances operational efficiency, promotes collaboration, and helps law enforcement agencies identify and dismantle criminal networks across jurisdictions. Program objective(s) name: Improve cross jurisdiction information sharing, training, capacity, resources, and awareness of high-risk threats. Program objective(s) description: Expand access to secure, federated criminal intelligence platforms and tools for law enforcement nationwide; Promote event deconfliction protocols to prevent operational overlap and ensure officer safety; Provide specialized equipment loans, analytical support, and investigative resources to frontline agencies; and Offer ongoing field-based technical assistance and subject matter expertise to investigators and task forces and deliver training/develop briefings on high-risk threats including domestic terrorism, gun violence, and trafficking crimes.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

See the current fiscal year’s solicitation guidelines posted on the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.