The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is accepting applications for its Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults in Confinement Facilities Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/04/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
This NOFO supports state, local, and tribal efforts to enhance their capacity to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities. State agencies, law enforcement, and prosecutorial agencies may utilize this funding for investigative and prosecutorial activities to decrease incidents of sexual assault in confinement facilities and increase the rate of successful prosecutions of such cases.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1: Enhance prosecutorial and investigative operations and capacity for the processing and disposition of sexual assault cases in confinement settings.
- Objective 1: Increase the number of incidents of sexual assault that are investigated and referred for potential prosecution.
- Objective 2: Increase the rate of successful prosecutions of cases involving sexual assault in confinement facilities.
- Objective 3: Improve collaboration and operations among state agencies, correctional institutions, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies in investigating instances of sexual assault in confinement facilities
Funding Information
- Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $6,118,302
- Anticipated Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Period of Performance: 36 months
Eligibility Criteria
The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Other
- State and local prosecuting agencies
- Other units of local government
- Publicly funded law enforcement agencies
State Government Entities: For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
