Closed · O-BJA-2025-172588 · CFDA 16.812 · Continuation

BJA FY 25 Invited to Apply- Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces

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

up to $1M
Award range
Closed
Status
May 6, 2026
Close date
1
Expected awards

The verdict

BJA FY 25 Invited to Apply- Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces is a closed continuation listing from Bureau of Justice Assistance that offered Up to $1,000,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 882 other opportunities from Bureau of Justice Assistance.

up to $1M
award range
Closed
application status
1
expected award
16.812
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on May 6, 2026. Watch CFDA 16.812 (Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Up to $1,000,000.

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 6, 2026

Posted Apr 23 Closes May 6

Expected Awards

1

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2025 Invited to Apply for Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces. Originally released in FY23, BJA’s Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces program funded the development and initial implementation of the Safe Inside Initiative, which supports state departments of corrections (DOC) in their efforts to improve safety, security, and reduce recidivism, particularly among prisons facing acute workforce challenges. Through the Safe Inside Initiative funded via this program, state DOCs will receive highly specialized and technical training to help them effectively recruit, train, and retain qualified staff, and streamline operations in response to workforce trends.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · O-BJA-2025-172588

Grants.gov marks BJA FY 25 Invited to Apply- Transforming Pris… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). 221 other Bureau of Justice Assistance listings share this eligibility-code string (25% of 883).

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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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 16.812

Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative

U.S. Department of Justice

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Agency Contact

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What to do next

BJA FY 25 Invited to Apply- Transforming Pris… 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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