Funding: Jails and Prisons

Open Funding Opportunities

Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program

Provides funds to help and support law enforcement, correctional officers, probation and parole, and sheriff's departments partnering with mental health, substance use, and community service professionals and agencies to promote public safety and ensure appropriate responses are provided to individuals in crisis with behavioral health, conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries. Funds activities focused on planning, developing, enhancing, and evaluating a Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) program.

Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Tribal Justice Systems Program: Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #3

Funds to tribes to develop, support, and improve adult tribal justice systems. Seeks to support tribal and law enforcement efforts to prevent and reduce crime, including crime related to opioid, alcohol, stimulant, and other substance use disorders (SUD). Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).

Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025
Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Inactive Funding Opportunities

Many inactive programs are likely to be offered again. Grant deadlines are often short, and viewing inactive programs can give you a head start in applying next time.

Planning Initiative to Build Bridges to Increase Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Options in the Nation's Jails Inactive

Provides local jails with the opportunity to participate in a 9-month planning initiative to develop a comprehensive continuum of care that will increase access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment for individuals while in custody and in the community post-release. Seeks to reduce recidivism and the risk of overdose for the target population by increasing their engagement in evidence-based OUD treatment services. Offers a range of options for expanding access to OUD treatment to meet the needs of local jurisdictions, especially those in rural and tribal communities. This opportunity is an initiative of the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Application Deadline: Aug 28, 2024
Sponsor: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children Inactive

Offers funding to states, local and tribal governments, and community-based organizations to implement and expand services to meet the needs of incarcerated individuals and their minor children to prevent violent crime and reduce recidivism. Focuses on programs to reduce recidivism and support responsible parenting that lead to healthy child development, resiliency, and improved interactions among incarcerated parents and their minor children, family, and community members.

Application Deadline: Apr 15, 2024
Sponsor: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)