On this page, you can identify funding opportunities and learn about the Federal Government funding process.

Sponsoring Agency Funding Opportunities

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO)
• National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, & Tracking (SMART)

Visit Grants.Gov to locate and apply for funding opportunities from Federal agencies. You can also sign up to receive e-mail notices when new opportunities are posted to Grants.gov.

Types of Funding
Much like other Federal agencies, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) offices and bureaus provide three types of funding to State, local, and private agencies and organizations: Formula (or Block), Discretionary, and Congressional Earmarks. Note that most OJP and other Federal agency grant funds are dispersed through Formula grant programs and Congressional Earmarks.

Formula (or Block)

• Awarded to State and local governments based on a predetermined formula. Formula might be based on a jurisdiction's crime rate, population, or other factors.
• Awarded to agencies in each State designated by the governor. These agencies are called State Administering Agencies (SAA).
• Generally requires States to pass awards to local agencies and organizations via subgrants.

Discretionary

• Awarded on a competitive basis to public and private nonprofit organizations.
• Funding ranges from single awards for research, evaluation, and technical assistance to multisite awards for program development.

Congressional Earmarks

• Hard Earmarks: Congress directs the Federal agency to provide certain funds to specific programs it has identified.
• Soft Earmarks: Congress identifies a program and directs the Federal agency to:
  • Evaluate the program.
  • Fund the program, if warranted.