Closed · O-BJA-2025-172507 · CFDA 16.812 · Discretionary

BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes

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

up to $900K
Award range
Closed
Status
May 8, 2026
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $900,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.

up to $900K
award range
Closed
application status
16.812
CFDA program
882
other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 8, 2026. Watch CFDA 16.812 (Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Up to $900,000.

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

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed May 8, 2026

Posted Mar 26 Closes May 8

Instrument

Grant

Description

This NOFO supports state, local, and tribal governments and community-based organizations to provide education and employment programs for people leaving jail and prison. The goal of the program is to improve academic and vocational/trade programs available to people in prisons and jails and expand workforce development and career pathways that result in improved job readiness, employment attainment, and retention thereby improving employment prospects and reducing recidivism. Applicants may consider proposing projects that develop marketable skills, leverage technology, and build capacity to align with their local job market and engage in the digital economy.

Wide-open applicant board · 14 Grants.gov doors

BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry… prints 14 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +10 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Humanities (HU). Inside Bureau of Justice Assistance's indexed book this exact eligibility-code string is unique to this listing.

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 05
Independent school districts
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 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
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.

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.812 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative 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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