Closed · BJA-2017-11406 · CFDA 16.738 · Discretionary

BJA FY 17 National Initiatives: Officer Safety and Wellness (VALOR)

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $2.5M
Award range
Closed
Status
March 7, 2017
Close date
3
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY 17 National Initiatives: Officer Safety and Wellness (VALOR) is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $2,500,000 across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.

up to $2.5M
award range
Closed
application status
3
expected awards
16.738
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

BJA FY 17 National Initiatives: Officer Safet… is closed (last close March 7, 2017). The parent program page for CFDA 16.738 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of Justice Assistance still indexes 882 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed March 7, 2017

Posted Jan 19 Closes Mar 7

Est. Total Funding

$13,431,507

Expected Awards

3

Instrument

Grant

Description

In 2010, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) VALOR Officer Safety Initiative was created in response to the startling increase in felonious assaults that have taken the lives of many law enforcement officers. VALOR provides all levels of law enforcement with tools to help prevent violence against law enforcement officers and enhance officer resilience, wellness, and survivability.

Market-open applicant set · includes for-profit door

The eligibility set for BJA FY 17 National Initiatives: Officer Safet… includes a for-profit door among 4 printed types (Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education; For-profit organizations other than small businesses). Competitive traffic can include commercial applicants alongside other listed classes. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 7 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 883).

Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 16.738

Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)

U.S. Department of Justice

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

BJA FY 17 National Initiatives: Officer Safet… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.738 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance lists 882 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

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