Public Safety · Active
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative · DOJ · High-volume · mid band
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $700K–$2.5M
- 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, Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative ranks #235 of 504, #21 of 23 within DOJ, and #20 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 16.812 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.
- $700K–$2.5M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $12.5 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative · midpack ceiling on a busy book (#294/502)
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative lands midpack on published ceilings (41st percentile; rank #294 of 502). The printed high is a catalog cap, not a guaranteed outlay.
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$2,500,000 Top 59% higher than 41% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-05-28
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.812 · DOJ VOL-STEADY · #235/504
VOL-STEADY · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- MID-PACK #235/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $700K–$2.5M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.812
VOL-STEADY · #235/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestSecond Chance Act R… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($700,000 to $2.5 million) with a hot opportunity book (20 indexed rows) under CFDA 16.812. Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 0%.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Grants for reentry programs reducing recidivism and improving outcomes for people released from incarceration.
Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors
Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (2 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 16.812
84% of the 141 indexed listings under CFDA 16.812 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative typically uses to move money. 24% of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $457.9 million across 67 listings (avg $6.8 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 808 across 90 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.812, 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 16.812
None of the 141 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.812 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $100,000 to $12.5 million (125×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. Listings span 8 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL, 64%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 141 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $833,000 (141 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 16.812
BJA FY25 Invited to Apply – Medicaid and Corrections Program
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Family-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
BJA FY 25 Invited to Apply- Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program
BJA FY25 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program
OJJDP FY25 Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program
OJJDP FY24 Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program – Invited to Apply Administrative Funding Adjustment
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 16.812: 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: Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (17.270). 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.
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