Closed · O-BJA-2023-171745 · CFDA 16.738 · Discretionary
BJA FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety
Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $2M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 20, 2023
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
BJA FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $2,000,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.
- up to $2M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 16.738
- CFDA program
- 882
- other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance
Archived opportunity record
BJA FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New… is closed (last close June 20, 2023). 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 June 20, 2023
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing
Required
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. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fill a gap within OJP’s current funding plan by seeding the development, implementation, and testing of new or innovative approaches to achieving community safety that are alternatives to a traditional enforcement model for communities experiencing a precipitous increase in less serious and lower-level crimes. This solicitation will fund applications proposing an innovative strategy or model to improve community safety, build trust, limit unnecessary involvement in the criminal justice system, and improve residents’ perceptions of law enforcement and procedural fairness and legitimacy. BJA’s Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety Program will invest in a collaborative network of community-based organizations and institutions as well as local non-law enforcement government agencies. This collaboration will address these increases in less serious/lower-level crimes through the delivery of coordinated programs and services in order to avoid any unnecessary criminal justice system involvement. This new community safety model will support the development of community-led responses to the needs and objectives of community leaders, residents, and other stakeholders through a community engagement process. This approach can include coordination with law enforcement entities, where appropriate, in order to focus on a locality or one or more neighborhoods experiencing a precipitous increase in less serious crime.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 7 doors
BJA FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (7 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Federally recognized tribal governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); +3 more). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 2 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this exact eligibility-code string (0% of 883).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
- 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
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Parent Grant Program
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
U.S. Department of Justice
Agency Contact
For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center at 800-851-3420, 301-240-6310 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only), or grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center operates from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time (ET) Monday-Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov
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What to do next
BJA FY 23 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New… 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
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