BJA FY26 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program

USDOJ-OJP-BJA Posted O-BJA-2026-172674

Description

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program. This opportunity supports state, local, and tribal efforts to enhance their capacity to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities. State agencies, law enforcement, and prosecutorial agencies may utilize this funding for investigative and prosecutorial activities to decrease incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities and increase the rate of successful prosecutions in such cases.

Eligibility

For the purposes of this NOFO, “state and local prosecuting agencies” include state, county, and municipal government offices that are authorized to prosecute criminal offenses on behalf of the government; For the purposes of this NOFO, “other units of local government” include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state; For the purposes of this NOFO, “publicly funded law enforcement agencies” are law enforcement agencies funded by States, federally recognized Tribes, or units of local government.
Actions
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Funding Details
Award Floor
Not specified
Award Ceiling
$2,000,000.00
Total Estimated Funding
Not specified
Expected Awards
Not specified
Key Dates
Posted
August 13, 2026
Closes
September 23, 2026 8d
Archive Date
N/A
Agency Information
Agency Name
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Agency Code
USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Funding Instrument
Other