Federal Law Justice and Legal Services Grants

This funding opportunity supports U.S. higher education institutions and select nonprofit organizations in conducting research and developing educational initiatives to enhance security, privacy, and trust in the digital landscape.

This program provides funding to state courts and eligible organizations to develop innovative solutions for pressing national judicial challenges.

This funding initiative provides financial support for full-time judges and court managers to access professional development courses that enhance their skills and knowledge, helping to overcome budget constraints.

This funding initiative supports interdisciplinary research to enhance understanding of security threats and effective practices for protecting the U.S. research enterprise, targeting researchers, security professionals, and scholars.

This funding initiative provides support for researchers studying global and national security issues, including conflict resolution and the impact of environmental stressors, to enhance understanding and develop innovative methodologies.

This funding opportunity supports state and local courts, as well as national nonprofit organizations, in implementing innovative projects that enhance judicial administration and improve the quality of justice in the U.S.

This grant provides financial assistance to state and local courts and national judicial organizations to develop and implement tailored training programs that improve judicial education and court operations.

This program provides funding to Alaska Native Tribes and organizations to develop or improve victim support services that address the needs of crime victims in culturally relevant ways.

This funding opportunity supports research that explores how political and administrative systems affect public services and policy outcomes, targeting scholars and institutions in the social sciences.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to state and local courts for expert assessments and strategic planning to address specific challenges and improve the administration of justice.

This grant provides funding for interdisciplinary research that explores the relationship between law, human behavior, and scientific applications, targeting researchers in social sciences, law, and technology.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nations state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The COPS Office has been appropriated more than $20 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, territorial, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 136,000 officers. COPS Office information resources, covering a wide range of community policing topics such as school and campus safety, violent crime, and officer safety and wellness, can be downloaded via the COPS Offices home page, https://cops.usdoj.gov. The FY24 COPS Technology and Equipment Program (TEP) provides funding to state, territorial, local, Tribal, and other entities designated under the heading Community Oriented Policing Services, Technology and Equipment Community Projects/COPS Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment in JES Division C, which is incorporated by reference into Public Law 118-42, to develop and acquire effective law enforcement equipment, technologies, and interoperable communications that assist in responding to and preventing crime. The COPS Office is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

This program provides funding for organizations to design and deliver training to support the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force network, which includes law enforcement, prosecutors, digital forensic specialists, and other related agencies/organizations that address child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and online child exploitation.

With this non-competitive solicitation, BJA seeks to request applications from 16 cooperative agreement recipients and one grantee that have been previously funded to support state, local, tribal, and territorial criminal justice agencies, courts, practitioners, and communities.

The goal of the award is to provide logistical and administrative support to distinct rule of law, citizen security, and law enforcement projects in the Caribbean. The selected organization will work closely with designated project managers to determine implementation needs, arrange travel and coordinate training events in a timely and efficient manner. Goal 1: The goal of this project tis to deliver prompt and efficient programmatic, logistical, travel, and administrative services to support capacity building through INL/Caribbean programs in accordance with Federal regulations. The U.S. government estimates that a minimum of 200 people and up to approximately 600 people (although there is no maximum limit), as well as several law enforcement canines, will attend INL capacity-building events in an 18-month period through this solicitation. The number of participants per event can range from one-two to dozens. The events usually last anywhere from a few days to 6 months, but the average event is approximately one week. Proposals should include a cost estimate based on the administrative costs of organizational processing of plane tickets, lodging reservations, facilities rental, refreshments, bedding supplies, translation, electronic funds transfer, managing conferences and meetings, and other associated costs, which may include transport of training materials and canines. INL understands that costs are estimates and the applicant will not know what fluctuations may exist in pricing over the course of the project period. Therefore, estimates should not be based on individual plane tickets and meeting locations, for example, but rather on the administrative costs of processing participation in capacity-building/training events for participants.

With this solicitation, under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), BJA seeks to enhance the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies and public health officials to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through a centralized database administered by an authorized agency.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks applications to support a national network of 61 multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional task forces engaged in investigations, forensic examinations and prosecutions related to technology facilitated child sexual exploitation. Additionally, task forces provide forensic technical assistance to law enforcement and prosecutorial officials and provide community education information to parents, educators, prosecutors, law enforcement and others working to combat child exploitation. The successful applicant will provide program support to OJJDP; the ICAC task forces; ICAC National Training Program providers; and other federal, state, and local law enforcement officials partnering with the ICAC task force program specifically by maintaining, strengthening, and enhancing the ICAC Child Online Protection System (ICACCOPS) investigative tools.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to states, local governments, tribal communities, and nonprofit organizations to develop programs that strengthen the relationships between incarcerated parents and their minor children, improve family engagement, and reduce recidivism.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to various organizations and government entities to improve the justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, and related issues through specialized programs and services.

With this solicitation, OJJDP seeks to build on its history and leadership in addressing youth violence prevention by providing the field and practitioners with comprehensive resources and training materials through the OJJDP National Youth Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program. A web-based resource hub will provide guidance to anyone seeking to implement effective and quality evidence-based programming in the specified topic areas.