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BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula

Bureau of Justice Assistance

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other criti

Funding
Varies
Category
Uncategorized
Status
CLOSED
Deadline
10/10/2026

About

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula. This opportunity will provide formula funding to eligible units of local government to, in general, support hiring additional personnel and/or purchase equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice or civil proceedings, including for any one or more of the eleven program areas. Applicants should check the FY26 JAG allocations to determine if they are eligible to receive direct JAG funding from BJA prior to starting an application: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/jag/allocations.

Eligibility

Other units of local government

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 01Grants.gov eligibility code 02Grants.gov eligibility code 04Grants.gov eligibility code 07Grants.gov eligibility code 25
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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: County governments
  • Applicant type: City or township governments
  • Applicant type: Special district governments
  • Applicant type: Federally recognized tribal governments
  • Applicant type: Other eligible applicants

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Up to USD 4,964,030
  • Recorded deadline: October 10, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
  • Recorded focus: Law, justice and legal services
Do not infer missing fields: geographic eligibility. Absence from this directory record is not evidence that a restriction does not exist.
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Application checklist

How to apply for BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

  • • Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 01, Grants.gov eligibility code 02, Grants.gov eligibility code 04, Grants.gov eligibility code 07, Grants.gov eligibility code 25.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • Notice summary: Other units of local government

Focus areas: LJL

Recorded deadline

October 9, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

  1. 1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
  2. 2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
  3. 3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
  4. 4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Oct 9, 2026.