Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

$2.8 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026

Agency: Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
Assistance: Formula Grants;Project Grants
CFDA number: 16.738
What it does: Goal: Provide states, tribes, and units of local government with additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice. Objective(s): The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) is a formula grant program that provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement; prosecution and court; prevention and education; corrections and community corrections, including reentry; drug treatment and enforcement; planning, evaluation, and technology improvement; crime victim and witness initiatives; and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. JAG also supports the implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including but not limited to mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. JAG project grants may address precipitous increases in crime and/or training and technical assistance, and may be specified for a particular criminal justice use such as compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) or the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Note: BJA is currently re-developing its key performance measures for the JAG program.
Who benefits: JAG formula grants States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as eligible units of local government (including tribes). JAG project grants: Varies by NOFO, see https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Who applies: JAG formula grants: States and units of local government are eligible to apply. By law, for purposes of the JAG Program: States includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. states must designate a single State Administering Agency that has authority to apply on their behalf. Units of local government includes a town, township, village, parish, city, county, borough, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a state; or it may be a federally recognized Indian tribal government that performs law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). A unit of local government also may be any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district established under applicable state law with authority to independently establish a budget and impose taxes. Please see solicitations for eligibility requirements for JAG Formula, Project, and TTA programs.

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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.

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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

$2.8 Billion committed in FY2018–FY2026

Agency: Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
Assistance: Formula Grants;Project Grants
CFDA number: 16.738
What it does: Goal: Provide states, tribes, and units of local government with additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice. Objective(s): The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) is a formula grant program that provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement; prosecution and court; prevention and education; corrections and community corrections, including reentry; drug treatment and enforcement; planning, evaluation, and technology improvement; crime victim and witness initiatives; and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. JAG also supports the implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including but not limited to mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs. JAG project grants may address precipitous increases in crime and/or training and technical assistance, and may be specified for a particular criminal justice use such as compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) or the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Note: BJA is currently re-developing its key performance measures for the JAG program.
Who benefits: JAG formula grants States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, as well as eligible units of local government (including tribes). JAG project grants: Varies by NOFO, see https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Who applies: JAG formula grants: States and units of local government are eligible to apply. By law, for purposes of the JAG Program: States includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. states must designate a single State Administering Agency that has authority to apply on their behalf. Units of local government includes a town, township, village, parish, city, county, borough, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a state; or it may be a federally recognized Indian tribal government that performs law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). A unit of local government also may be any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district established under applicable state law with authority to independently establish a budget and impose taxes. Please see solicitations for eligibility requirements for JAG Formula, Project, and TTA programs.