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BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program. This opportunity will support community-based organizations and tribal governments to provide mentoring and transitional services for people returning to communities from adult corre

Funding
Varies
Category
Uncategorized
Status
OPEN
Deadline
10/31/2026

About

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program. This opportunity will support community-based organizations and tribal governments to provide mentoring and transitional services for people returning to communities from adult correctional facilities and who are assessed as moderate to high risk for recidivism. Services may be provided pre-and/or post-release.

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 07Grants.gov eligibility code 13
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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: Federally recognized tribal governments
  • Applicant type: Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status other than higher-education institutions

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Up to USD 1,000,000
  • Recorded deadline: October 31, 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.
Before investing in an application, connect every eligibility claim, required registration, submission component and deadline to the current official notice. Open the recorded official source →

Application checklist

How to apply for BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program

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 07, Grants.gov eligibility code 13.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • No sufficiently specific eligibility summary is stored.

Focus areas: LJL

Recorded deadline

October 30, 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: Sep 23, 2026.