Public Safety · Active
John R. Justice Grant Program · DOJ · Active NOFO · mid band
John R. Justice Grant Program (CFDA 16.816) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $200K–$1M
- Typical award range
- 8
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOJ
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, John R. Justice Grant Program ranks #236 of 504, #22 of 23 within DOJ, and #32 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 16.816 is an active Public Safety program with 8 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 8 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $200K–$1M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $500,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
John R. Justice Grant Program · lower-band active desk (#420/502 by ceiling)
John R. Justice Grant Program sits below most listed ceilings (16th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
John R. Justice Grant Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$1,000,000 Top 84% higher than 16% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-04-13
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.816 · DOJ VOL-STEADY · #236/504
VOL-STEADY · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 8 indexed
- MID-PACK #236/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 8 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $200K–$1M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 8 listed / 8 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.816
VOL-STEADY · #236/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestJohn R. Justice Gra… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Steady solicitations at mid-scale funding
Mid-range ceiling ($200,000 to $1.0 million) plus an active Grants.gov book (8 indexed rows) for John R. Justice Grant Program. Open share on the recent slice: 0% (0/8). This is a working competition desk, not a dormant catalog stub.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Student loan repayment assistance for public defenders and prosecutors to retain qualified attorneys.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOJ
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for John R. Justice Grant Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 16.816
100% of the 8 indexed listings under CFDA 16.816 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism John R. Justice Grant Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $21.0 million across 3 listings (avg $7.0 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 133 across 3 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.816, 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 16.816
None of the 8 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.816 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings span $50,000–$500,000 (10.0×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. 88% of listings carry the Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 8 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $100,000 (8 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 16.816
BJA FY25 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
BJA FY24 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
BJA FY 23 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
BJA FY 22 John R. Justice (JRJ) Formula Grant Program
BJA FY 21 John R. Justice (JRJ) Program Formula Grant Solicitation
BJA FY 17 John R. Justice Program
BJA FY 14 John R. Justice Program
John R. Justice (JRJ) Grant Program
What to do next
CFDA 16.816: 8 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: Multifamily Housing Service Coordinators (14.267). 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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