Closed · O-BJA-2021-171190 · CFDA 16.606 · Mandatory
BJA FY 21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $59M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- April 29, 2022
- Close date
- 600
- Expected awards
The verdict
BJA FY 21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program is a closed mandatory listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $59,000,000 across 600 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 $59M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 600
- expected awards
- 16.606
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
BJA FY 21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Pro… is closed (last close April 29, 2022). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. 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 April 29, 2022
Est. Total Funding
$221,175,193
Expected Awards
600
Instrument
Other
Description
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. OJP’s BJA administers SCAAP. Under SCAAP, OJP is statutorily required to make payments to "states" and "units of local government" that incur certain types of costs due to the "incarceration" of "undocumented criminal aliens" during a specific 12-month "reporting period." Under the FY 2021 program, payments will be made in connection with "undocumented criminal aliens" who had been convicted of at least one felony or two misdemeanors (typically for violations of state or local law) and who were "incarcerated" under the legal authority of the applicant government for at least 4 consecutive days during the "reporting period." (Additional details are set out in later sections of this document.) As part of its application, each applicant government provides particular information about individuals it "incarcerated" — under its own legal authority — for at least 4 consecutive days during the "reporting period" and whom the applicant government either (1) knows were "undocumented criminal aliens" or (2) reasonably and in good faith believes were "undocumented criminal aliens." (OJP transmits the data submitted on such individuals to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a detailed review.) As part of its application, each applicant government also must provide information pertinent to its average costs of incarceration during the "reporting period." Broadly speaking, SCAAP payments are calculated from information provided by applicant governments in online applications, information provided to OJP by DHS regarding the DHS review of data on "eligible inmates," and the amount of appropriated funds available for the SCAAP application cycle (e.g., for the FY 2021 program). All information submitted as part of an application is subject to appropriate review by OJP.
Multi-door applicant board · 4 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 4 distinct applicant types for BJA FY 21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Pro… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Other. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 12 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 883).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. For assistance with the online application to the FY 2021 program or other aspects of the FY 2021 program, contact the SCAAP Help Desk by phone at 1-202-353-4411 or by email to SCAAP@usdoj.gov. The SCAAP Help Desk operates Monday through Friday during normal business hours (eastern time). It is closed on federal holidays. SCAAP@usdoj.gov
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What to do next
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