Public Safety · Active
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants · DOJ · High-volume · mega band
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants (CFDA 16.540) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $500K–$20M
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOJ
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Juvenile Justice Formula Grants ranks #224 of 504, #10 of 23 within DOJ, and #3 of 38 among Public Safety programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 16.540 is an active Public Safety program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $500K–$20M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $4.2 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants · top-third ceiling among high-volume books (#88/502)
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants clears 414 of 502 published ceilings (82nd percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$20,000,000 Top 18% higher than 82% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-28
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.540 · DOJ VOL-STEADY · #224/504
VOL-STEADY · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- MID-PACK #224/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $500K–$20M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.540
VOL-STEADY · #224/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestJuvenile Justice Fo… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Hottest mega-dollar solicitation lane
Juvenile Justice Formula Grants sits in the hot×mega corner: 20 indexed Grants.gov rows and a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($500,000 to $20.0 million). Both competition density and dollar capacity are elevated versus the catalog median; read open listings first, then ceiling peers.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Formula grants to states for comprehensive juvenile justice plans, diversion programs, and rehabilitation.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOJ
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for Juvenile Justice Formula Grants. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly cooperative agreements (CA) · CFDA 16.540
54% of the 81 indexed listings under CFDA 16.540 are cooperative agreements (CA), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Juvenile Justice Formula Grants typically uses to move money. 17% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $312.2 million across 53 listings (avg $5.9 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 434 across 67 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.540, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 16.540
None of the 81 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.540 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $29,000 to $7.5 million (257×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. 98% of listings carry the Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 81 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $500,000 (80 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOJ · administering agency
U.S. Department of Justice
Law enforcement, crime prevention, victim services, and criminal justice system grants.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 16.540
OJJDP FY25 Invited to Apply - Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP FY25 Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP FY25 Title II Formula Grants Program Training and Technical Assistance Center
OJJDP FY25 Nonparticipating States: Connecticut, Texas, and Wyoming
OJJDP FY24 Invited to Apply – Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award OJJDP FY2020 Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP Supplemental Award to FY 2023 Title II Formula Grant – Invited to Apply
OJJDP FY24 Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP FY24 Invited to Apply – Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award OJJDP FY23 Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP FY24 Invited to Apply – Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award OJJDP FY22 Title II Formula Grants Program
OJJDP FY24 Invited to Apply – Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award OJJDP FY21 Title II Formula Grants Program
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 16.540: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) administers 23 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Employment Service (17.207). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainGrants is rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no number is typed in by an editor. This grant program's figures are rendered directly from SAM.gov Assistance Listings data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data issue on this page.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |