Federal Funding Opportunities

Discretionary Funds

A discretionary grant is a merit-based award of funds to eligible applicants who apply directly to the federal agency. A federal grant-making agency accepts applications for discretionary funding, determines eligibility, reviews the contents of the application, and determines which applicants receive awards and the amount of funding to be awarded.

• For more information, see What Is a Discretionary Grant? from Grants.gov.

Pass-Through Funds

For pass-through funds (block or formula grants), the funding amounts and spending parameters are set by federal law and agencies, but states have the flexibility to tailor spending to local priorities within those federal constraints. To access pass-through funds, applicants generally apply to the administering state and/or local government agencies or their grantees. Each administering agency typically sets its own process and deadline for subaward applications.

• For more information, see What Is a Block Grant? and What Is a Formula Grant? from Grants.gov.
• Pass-Through Funding Administrators
  • AmeriCorps State Commissions
  • DOJ BJA and OJJDP - State Administering Agencies
  • DOJ OVC - VOCA Victim Assistance State Administering Agencies
  • DOJ OVW - STOP and SASP Administrators 
  • DOL - State Workforce Development Boards (WIOA)
  • ED - PAIR Formula Grant Award Recipients
  • HHS - Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) Contacts
  • HHS - Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) State Administrators
  • HHS - National Foster Care & Adoption Directory (Title IV-E)
  • HHS - Older Americans Act, Title III-B/Area Agencies on Aging (Eldercare Locator)
  • HHS - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Funded Agencies
  • HHS - Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) Recipients
  • HHS - State Protection & Advocacy Program Agencies 
  • HHS - State and Territory Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Recipients
  • HHS - State and Tribal Child Support Agencies (Title IV-D)
  • HHS - Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG) Contacts
  • HHS - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Programs
  • HHS SAMHSA - Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Contacts
  • HHS SAMHSA - Single State Agencies for Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Programs
  • HUD - Grantee Contacts for Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, Continuum of Care, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Programs

Grants.gov is the federal government’s official website for searching for and applying for federal grants opportunities. Grants.gov features an expansive Grants Learning Center with educational materials on federal grants and the application process. The Grants Learning Center resources include the following:

• Grants 101
• Grant Writing Basics
• Grant Budget Narrative
• Grants.gov Community Blog

Many agencies offer training resources, information on how to apply for and manage grants, and future funding opportunities on their websites.

• AmeriCorps
• Department of Agriculture
  • Food & Nutrition Service
• Department of Education
• Department of Health and Human Services
  • Administration for Community Living
  • Administration for Children and Families
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  • Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Indian Health Service
• Department of Justice
  • Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • Office for Victims of Crime
  • Office on Violence Against Women
  • Office of Justice Programs
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Department of Labor

Additional materials exist to help grantseekers identify and apply for funding opportunities across the federal government, offering process overviews and specific resources.

• Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Webinars on Federal Funding for Legal Aid
  • Part I (April 2024)
  • Part II (July 2024)
• State Justice Institute Funding Toolkit for State Courts and Justice System Partners
• Congressional Research Service’s Resources for Grantseekers

Behavioral Health Partnership for Early Diversion of Adults and Youth

The purpose of this program is to establish or expand programs that divert adults and youth with a mental illness or a co-occurring disorder from the criminal or juvenile justice system to community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and other supports prior to arrest and booking. Special consideration given to services for veterans.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 9, 2023)
• Program Information

Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

This initiative provides planning and assessment funding to state and local jurisdictions that have high rates of youth incarceration to further develop a community-based continuum of care that includes a focus on positive youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based

This program seeks to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based community-based violence intervention and prevention programs that include efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Connecting Kids to Coverage - HEALTHY KIDS American Indian/Alaska Native Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements

This program for American Indian/Alaska Native communities provides funding to educate families about Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and help with their enrollment applications and renewals. Cooperative agreements aim to increase the participation of eligible, uninsured targeted low-income children.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s):  Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Public Benefits, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: December 20, 2022)
• Program Information

Connecting Kids to Coverage - HEALTHY KIDS Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements

This program provides funding to educate families about Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and help with their enrollment applications and renewals. Cooperative agreements aim to increase the participation of eligible, uninsured targeted low-income children, including American Indian/Alaskan Native children.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Public Benefits, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 28, 2022)
• Program Information

Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

This solicitation provides federally recognized Tribes and Tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety. Applicants may select the Purpose Areas that best address their Tribe’s concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and the needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking

The goals of this program are to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who are victims of sex and/or labor trafficking or at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 16, 2021)
• Program Information

Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence

This program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). Program goals are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal government and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Enhancing Youth Defense

The goal of this program is to implement youth defense delivery system enhancements that strengthen and improve youth defense. This program supports states and localities, through a combination of direct grants and national training and technical assistance, to implement sustainable system improvements that result in improved youth outcomes, reduced recidivism, safer communities, cost savings, and increased public confidence in the juvenile justice system.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Treatment Court Program

This program supports the establishment of new family treatment courts and enhancing or expanding existing family treatment courts. These courts aim to more effectively address the needs of parents, children, and families affected by a substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorder who are involved in the child welfare system because of child abuse and neglect or other parenting issues. They intend to increase collaboration with substance use treatment providers and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other support services for families and to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants

This program provides funding to implement culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed domestic violence and sexual assault services. Supportive services may include legal advocacy or assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 11, 2023)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects)

This program funds demonstration grants to expand the capacity of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service programs and community-based programs to serve adult, child, and youth victims/survivors and prevent future domestic violence. Activities may include expanding access to legal services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, nonprofit organizations, Tribal organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Family-Based Alternative Justice Program

This program aims to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative justice programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungements, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Field-Generated Strategies to Address the Criminalization of Sex Trafficking

This program seeks to end the criminalization of minor victims of sex trafficking and to develop, expand, or strengthen victim services to support minor victims of sex trafficking. Services funded under this program may include legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, institutions of higher education, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 16, 2022)
• Program Information

Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals

This program provides comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based treatment and services for individuals, including youth, and families with substance use disorders (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health conditions and SUDs who are experiencing homelessness, including enrollment for health insurance, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and other benefits.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 21, 2023)
• Program Information

Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and Youth

This program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Funded services can include legal representation in protection order proceedings.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health

This program aims to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. One service objective is to increase receipt of case management/care coordination to facilitate access to medical care and community-based resources, including medical-legal partnerships.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: December 15, 2023)
• Program Information

Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program

This solicitation supports cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers to improve clinical stabilization pretrial, during confinement, and support continuity of care and recovery during the transition to the community through clinical and other evidence-based activities or services for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 25, 2024)
• Program Information

Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

Program funds are to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities intended to improve outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. In addition, the program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking   
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal and state governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

This program funds services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and other responsive services. Direct services that may be funded include legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

This program seeks to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, including those with histories of trauma.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 14, 2024)
• Program Information

Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment Initiative

This program seeks to support states' and counties' implementation of innovative and/or research-based, data-informed recidivism-reduction policies, practices, and programs across multiple juvenile justice system components and disciplines, and sustainable strategies for reinvesting resulting costs saved or averted into effective juvenile justice prevention and intervention programs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

This program seeks to support states and communities to develop coordinated responses to opioid and other substance use-related challenges that impact youth and community safety. Funding may be used to support programs and services to youth and families impacted by both opioids and other substance use disorders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program

This program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls and young women who are survivors of, or are at-risk of, sex and/or labor trafficking. Funded services include legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Promise Neighborhoods

This program aims to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities by ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Funds can support a broad approach that allows grantees to coordinate mental health professionals, the criminal justice system, economic or workforce development organizations, and community leaders to intervene in areas with high rates of violence.

• Agency: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI)

SAMHSA’s PAIMI formula grant program is intended to protect and advocate for the rights of adults with serious mental illness and children with serious impairment or emotional disturbances by providing legal-based advocacy services and investigating abuse, neglect, and rights violations.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Protection and advocacy systems, American Indian Consortium for Native Americans
• Program Information

Reducing Risk for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System

This program seeks to support communities to assist girls aged 17 and younger who are at risk of involvement and/or involved in the juvenile justice system. Funding will support communities to develop, enhance, or expand early intervention programs and/or treatment services for girls involved in the juvenile justice system.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Reentry Employment Opportunities Grants - Growth Opportunities

This program prepares justice-involved youth and young adults for the world of work, and on a path to equitable career opportunities, through paid work experiences, occupational education and training, leadership development, mentorship, and post-work experience placement into unsubsidized employment and/or education. Grants focus on youth and young adults most impacted by community violence to advance equity, particularly in areas of concentrated crime and poverty as well as communities that have recently experienced significant unrest. Services should include, among others, legal assistance (e.g., expungement/sealing cases, securing participant licenses, child support/custody modifications, protective/restraining orders).

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low-level criminal offenses. This model will involve coordination with law enforcement entities to improve public safety and community residents’ perceptions of law enforcement and procedural fairness and legitimacy.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 1, 2024)
• Program Information

Runaway and Homeless Youth-Prevention Demonstration Program

This program supports street outreach, emergency shelters, and longer-term transitional living and maternity group home programs to provide shelter and comprehensive supportive services for young people who have run away, are forced to leave their homes, or are experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Partnerships to support prevention may include courts, juvenile justice, and legal service, among others.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Families, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 29, 2023)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children

This program seeks to implement and expand services that address the needs of incarcerated parents (juvenile or adult) who have children younger than age 18 by providing funding to assist in developing or expanding services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program 

This program will provide funding to develop programs to provide comprehensive reentry services for moderate- to high-risk youth before, during, and after release from confinement, and to support transitional services to assist youths' successful reintegration into the community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)

SSBGs offer states and territories a flexible funding source to tailor social service programming to their population’s needs. Funding may be directed towards achieving economic self-sufficiency; preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or the exploitation of children and adults; preventing or reducing inappropriate institutionalization; and securing referrals for institutional care, including legal services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Community Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Program Information

Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence

OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, independent school districts
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Block Grants (MHBG and SUBG/ SUPTRS BG)

The Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) program supports grantees that provide comprehensive, community-based mental health services to adults with serious mental illnesses and to children with serious emotional disturbances and to monitor progress in implementing a comprehensive, community-based mental health system.

The Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS BG or SUBG) program objectives are to help plan, implement, and evaluate activities that prevent and treat substance use. Targeted populations and service areas include pregnant women and women with dependent children, injection drug users, Tuberculosis services, early intervention services for HIV/AIDS, and primary prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal entities
• Most Recent Solicitation (MHBG Deadline: September 1, 2023) | (SUBG/SUPTRS BG Deadline: October 1, 2023)
• Program Information: MHBG | SUBG/SUPTRS BG

Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior Program

This program provides funding to communities to develop intervention and supervision services for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and provides treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers. Under this initiative, successful applicants are expected to have an established multidisciplinary team that (1) supports a comprehensive holistic approach to treating youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and (2) provides support services to victims and families/caregivers.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

This program provides funding to identify and implement strategies and services for youth between ages 12 and 26 in order to prevent homelessness, including strategies designed to serve youth and young adult populations with a high likelihood of imminently experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or other forms of victimization such as human trafficking, to include individuals transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Housing/Homelessness, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 1, 2025)
• Program Information

Title II Formula Grants Program

This solicitation provides funds to assist states in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects directly or through grants and contracts with public and private agencies for the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation programs to improve their juvenile justice system. States must pass through at least 66 and 2/3 percent of funds to units of local government, local private organizations, and eligible Indian Tribes that agree to attempt to comply with the core requirements.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 23, 2024)
• Program Information 

Title IV-D Child Support Establishment of Paternity

Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (Title IV-D) establishes a state-federal partnership to provide child support services that help (1) locate parents; (2) establish paternity; (3) establish child support obligations; and (4) enforce child support orders.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Child Support Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal and state governments
• Program Information

Title IV-E Prevention 

The Family First Prevention Services Act authorizes optional title IV-E funding for time-limited prevention services for mental health, substance abuse, and in-home parent skill-based programs for children or youth who are candidates for foster care, pregnant or parenting youth in foster care, and the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth. ACF policy allows IV-E agencies to receive IV-E reimbursement for a portion of the costs of providing legal services for both children and parents in foster care proceedings.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Children's Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Program Information: Foster Care | Adoption Assistance

Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious Emotional Disturbance, or Co-Occurring Disorders Experiencing Homelessness

This program provides comprehensive, coordinated and evidenced-based services for individuals, youth, and families with a serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance or co-occurring disorder who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness (e.g., people exiting jail or prison without a place to live).

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth; Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 5, 2023)
• Program Information

Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Program

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to enhance the operations of Tribal justice systems and improve access to those systems by Tribal citizens and other individuals. Training and technical assistance (TTA) funding will strengthen and improve the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases and indigent respondents in civil cause of action under jurisdiction of Indian tribes.

Resources may support legal assistance services for Indian Tribes, members of Indian Tribes, and Tribal justice systems, including guardian ad-litem appointments, court-appointed special advocates pursuant to the federal poverty guidelines and development and enhancement of tribal court policies, procedures and code. Criminal legal assistance services may include adult criminal actions, juvenile delinquency actions, guardian ad-litem appointments arising out of criminal delinquency acts or development and enhancement of tribal court policies, procedures and code.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 5, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Justice Support Directorate

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) provides funding to Tribes to support many initiatives through the Tribal Justice Support (TJS) Directorate. Tribes may use BIA funding for civil and criminal legal representation, including by contracting with legal service providers. Under Public Law 93-638 (PL 638), Tribes may submit direct requests for funding through PL 638 contracts based on Tribal court assessment recommendations from TJS for public defense services, child dependency representation, case managers, self-representation resources, and other functions. 

Additional specialized initiatives and specific appropriations are available to Tribal justice systems, including the Tiwahe Initiative, Healing to Wellness Courts, trainings for Tribal courts, and implementation of the Tribal Law and Order Act as well as the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. To learn more about BIA funding for Tribal justice systems, you may also contact TJS at bia_tribal_courts@bia.gov. 

• Agency: Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Program Information

Tribal Title IV-E Plan

This funding opportunity provides one-time awards to eligible applicants for developing plans to implement the Tribal Title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs. The award may be used for costs relating to the development of data collection systems, a cost-allocation methodology, agency and Tribal court procedures necessary to meet case review system requirements, or any other costs attributable to meeting other requirement necessary for approval of a Title IV-E plan.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Children's Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 1, 2025)
• Program Information

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grants

States and territories use funds to support eligible crime victim assistance programs that provide support services to crime victims, including crisis counseling, telephone and onsite information and referrals, criminal justice support and advocacy, shelter, therapy, and additional assistance, retaining up to 5 percent of their total grant for administrative and training purposes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Workforce Pathways for Youth

This program expands workforce development activities in out-of-school time organizations across the country that serve youth living in rural areas during non-school hours. Its goals include expanding age-appropriate workforce readiness programming, and legal assistance is an allowable supportive service under this grant.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

This program is designed to reduce the number of youth experiencing homelessness. The goal of the YHDP is to support selected communities, including rural, suburban, and urban areas across the United States, in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.

• Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Youth Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

This program seeks to support cross-system collaboration to improve responses and outcomes for youth under the age of 18 or under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come in contact with the juvenile justice system.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

YouthBuild

This program provides pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities.  Legal assistance is an allowable supportive service under this grant.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Employment
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, eligible Tribal entities, labor organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 16, 2024)
• Program Information

Advancing the Use of Technology to Assist Victims of Crime

This program seeks applications that demonstrate innovative strategies to create, expand, or enhance the use of technology to interact directly with crime victims or provide information, referrals, crisis assistance, and long-term help.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Technology
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 15, 2023)
• Program Information

Anti-Trafficking Housing Assistance Program

The purpose of this program is to develop, expand, and/or strengthen funded organizations so they can provide housing and associated support services to survivors of human trafficking. Funded supportive services may include legal services necessary to enable a housing program participant to locate and secure housing.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Housing/Homelessness, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
• Program Information

Bridging Inequities – Legal Services and Victims’ Rights Enforcement for Underserved Communities 

To increase access to legal assistance for victims of crime in underserved communities, this program supports a coordinating lead organization to competitively select legal fellows, to be hosted by organizations across the nation and located in underserved communities.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Tribal governments, institutions of higher education, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 16, 2022)
• Program Information

Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based

This program seeks to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based community-based violence intervention and prevention programs that include efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Community-Based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crime

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve responses to hate crimes. The program is also designed to develop community-informed models for preventing and responding to hate speech and incidents, as well as facilitating reconciliation and community healing.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 25, 2024)
• Program Information

Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

This solicitation provides federally recognized Tribes and Tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety. Applicants may select the Purpose Areas that best address their Tribe’s concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and the needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime

This program supports workforce development of victim service providers serving American Indian and Alaska Native victims of crimes in remote and hard-to-fill locations.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, for-profit organizations and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 12, 2023)
• Program Information

Direct Services for Survivors of Torture 

This program supports holistic, strengths-based, and trauma-informed services, including legal services, to survivors of torture and their families to assist them in the healing and recovery process.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses and organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2022)
• Program Information

Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking

The Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking (DVHT) Program is a grant program that funds comprehensive case management, direct services, and referrals through community partnerships to individuals who have experienced human trafficking. The DVHT Program empowers organizations and communities to deliver trauma-informed, strength-based, and victim-centered services and encourages innovative collaboration within communities to ensure long-term outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 30, 2023)
• Program Information

Domestic Violence Prevention Program

This 5-year grant supports the development and/or expansion of a domestic violence prevention program by incorporating domestic and sexual violence prevention efforts (including sexual exploitation/human trafficking, Missing and Murdered American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people, and child maltreatment) addressing social, spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being of victims through the integration of culturally appropriate practices and trauma-informed services for Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations serving the AI/AN population.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations, Urban Indian organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 2, 2022)
• Program Information

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation

JAG program funding supports a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs (including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams), and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives (including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs). There are two types of formula awards available under the JAG Program: State awards and local awards. This solicitation is for the local awards.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Technology, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 16, 2024)
• Program Information

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation

JAG program funding supports a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs (including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams), and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives (including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs). There are two types of formula awards available under the JAG Program: State awards and local awards. This solicitation is for the state awards.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Technology, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 17, 2024)
• Program Information

Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking

This program funds a collaborative task force of law enforcement agencies and victim and social service providers to develop, expand, or strengthen a multidisciplinary approach to fight human trafficking. Victim services that can be provided under this award include advocacy and legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking

The goals of this program are to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who are victims of sex and/or labor trafficking or at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 16, 2021)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants

This program provides funding to implement culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed domestic violence and sexual assault services. Supportive services may include legal advocacy or assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 11, 2023)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects)

This program funds demonstration grants to expand the capacity of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service programs and community-based programs to serve adult, child, and youth victims/survivors and prevent future domestic violence. Activities may include expanding access to legal services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, nonprofit organizations, Tribal organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Awards to States

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act formula grant funds are used to identify and provide subgrants to eligible entities for programs and projects within a state that are designed to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by providing immediate shelter and supportive services. Grant use may include shelter facility operations and administrative expenses and may be used to provide prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Grants to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Tribal formula grants fund programs and projects that are designed to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by providing immediate shelter and supportive services. Grant use may include shelter facility operations and administrative expenses and may be used to provide prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Housing/Homelessness, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
• Program Information

Family-Based Alternative Justice Program

This program aims to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative justice programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungements, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Field-Generated Solicitation: Increasing Options and Expanding Access for Victims of Crime

OVC seeks field-generated proposals that offer innovative solutions that will increase access to victim services and expand the options available to crime victims, especially in underserved communities. This solicitation encourages prospective applicants to partner with nontraditional partners that may not be typically associated with the victim services field.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program

The Underserved Program supports the development and implementation of strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking in underserved populations, and victim services to meet the needs of such populations.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations (population-specific organizations or victim service providers)
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program

The Culturally Specific Services Program supports culturally specific community-based organizations in addressing the critical needs of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims in a manner that affirms a victim’s culture.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and Tribal organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 2, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response

This program is designed to encourage partnerships among state, local, and Tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions or victim service providers
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and Youth

This program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Funded services can include legal representation in protection order proceedings.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program

The Campus Program strengthens the response of institutions of higher education in response to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and enhances collaboration among campuses, law enforcement, and victim service providers.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 16, 2024)
• Program Information

Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program

This solicitation supports cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers to improve clinical stabilization pretrial, during confinement, and support continuity of care and recovery during the transition to the community through clinical and other evidence-based activities or services for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 25, 2024)
• Program Information

Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking

Program funds are to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities intended to improve outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. In addition, the program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking   
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal and state governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Increasing Access to Services for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking Program

This program provides funding to increase the quantity and quality of victim-centered services available to assist American Indian and Alaska Native victims of human trafficking in urban areas.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans   
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 31, 2022)
• Program Information

Indian Tribal Governments Program

This program enhances the ability of Tribes to respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in their communities, and provide services for survivors, as well as develop education and prevention strategies.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Indian Tribal Governments Program: Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START)

The START program is targeted toward Tribal governments, or their designees, that have never, or not recently, received funding through the OVW Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program. The program supports the ability of Tribes to respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in their communities, and provide services for survivors, as well as develop education and prevention strategies. START grantees focus on capacity building early in the project period and will receive additional training, technical assistance, and support.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking

This program funds services that address the needs of minor victims of sex and labor trafficking through a continuum of trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and other responsive services. Direct services that may be funded include legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Justice for Families Program

This program supports improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse, including court-based and court-related programs and civil legal services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; courts; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program

This program funds the development of legal programs to serve victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Eligible organizations must not currently provide legal representation but propose to establish programs to provide legal services to victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and territorial organizations, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative

The Expanding Legal Services Initiative is intended to enable eligible organizations that do not currently offer legal services to establish a program that provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and territorial organizations, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Preventing Trafficking of Girls Program

This program supports prevention and early intervention services for girls and young women who are survivors of, or are at-risk of, sex and/or labor trafficking. Funded services include legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Promise Neighborhoods

This program aims to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities by ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Funds can support a broad approach that allows grantees to coordinate mental health professionals, the criminal justice system, economic or workforce development organizations, and community leaders to intervene in areas with high rates of violence.

• Agency: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support the development and testing of new or innovative approaches to improving community safety and trust that are alternatives to traditional enforcement mechanisms for neighborhoods experiencing high rates of less serious and low-level criminal offenses. This model will involve coordination with law enforcement entities to improve public safety and community residents’ perceptions of law enforcement and procedural fairness and legitimacy.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 1, 2024)
• Program Information

Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program

The Rural Program seeks to enhance the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and support projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas, including advocacy and legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Services for Victims of Human Trafficking

This grant funds the development, expansion, and strengthening of victim service programs for victims of human trafficking. Awards are made under one of three Purpose Areas, and awards made under Purpose Area 3 (Specialized Services for Human Trafficking Victims) may be used to fund the delivery of specialized services, including legal services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Human Trafficking, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 22, 2024)
• Program Information

Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program

This program supports nonprofit organizations that provide culturally specific intervention and related assistance for survivors of sexual assault from culturally specific communities.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 4, 2024)
• Program Information

Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP)

SASP Formula grants provide funds to states and territories to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or Tribal programs that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, without regard to age.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 3, 2024)
• Program Information

STOP (Services * Training * Officers * Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program

DOJ STOP grants support the development and strengthening of effective responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including legal assistance and court advocate programs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence

OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, independent school districts
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 24, 2024)
• Program Information

The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

This program provides funding to identify and implement strategies and services for youth between ages 12 and 26 in order to prevent homelessness, including strategies designed to serve youth and young adult populations with a high likelihood of imminently experiencing homelessness, housing instability, or other forms of victimization such as human trafficking, to include individuals transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Housing/Homelessness, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 1, 2025)
• Program Information

Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program

This program supports a comprehensive approach to addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including training and cross-training services for criminal justice professionals and professionals working with older victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program

This program seeks to create sustainable change that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and to hold perpetrators of those crimes accountable. Projects may not focus solely on direct legal services, but grantees may plan to provide accessible legal services if those services fit with the collaborative team composition and services the grantees offer.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 2, 2024)
• Program Information

Transforming America’s Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation and T&TA

This program seeks to support the development or enhancement of multidisciplinary teams to better identify and respond to cases of abuse of older adults and more comprehensively serve and support older victims of financial exploitation and other forms of elder abuse.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 24, 2023)
• Program Information

Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

This effort supports programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing as a result of a situation of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 9, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Program

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to enhance the operations of Tribal justice systems and improve access to those systems by Tribal citizens and other individuals. Training and technical assistance (TTA) funding will strengthen and improve the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases and indigent respondents in civil cause of action under jurisdiction of Indian tribes.

Resources may support legal assistance services for Indian Tribes, members of Indian Tribes, and Tribal justice systems, including guardian ad-litem appointments, court-appointed special advocates pursuant to the federal poverty guidelines and development and enhancement of tribal court policies, procedures and code. Criminal legal assistance services may include adult criminal actions, juvenile delinquency actions, guardian ad-litem appointments arising out of criminal delinquency acts or development and enhancement of tribal court policies, procedures and code.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 5, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Justice Support Directorate

The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) provides funding to Tribes to support many initiatives through the Tribal Justice Support (TJS) Directorate. Tribes may use BIA funding for civil and criminal legal representation, including by contracting with legal service providers. Under Public Law 93-638 (PL 638), Tribes may submit direct requests for funding through PL 638 contracts based on Tribal court assessment recommendations from TJS for public defense services, child dependency representation, case managers, self-representation resources, and other functions.               

Additional specialized initiatives and specific appropriations are available to Tribal justice systems, including the Tiwahe Initiative, Healing to Wellness Courts, trainings for Tribal courts, and implementation of the Tribal Law and Order Act as well as the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act. To learn more about BIA funding for Tribal justice systems, you may also contact TJS at bia_tribal_courts@bia.gov. 

• Agency: Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Other/General Legal Services, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Program Information

Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program

This program supports the operation of sexual assault programs or projects in Indian Tribal lands and Alaska Native villages to establish, maintain, and expand programs and projects that provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula

The OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula funding supports victim services in American Indian/Alaska Native communities, including direct services to victims and community outreach and education.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 27, 2024)
• Program Information

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grants

States and territories use funds to support eligible crime victim assistance programs that provide support services to crime victims, including crisis counseling, telephone and onsite information and referrals, criminal justice support and advocacy, shelter, therapy, and additional assistance, retaining up to 5 percent of their total grant for administrative and training purposes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Community-Based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crime

With this solicitation, BJA seeks to support comprehensive community-based approaches to addressing hate crimes that promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, and improve responses to hate crimes. The program is also designed to develop community-informed models for preventing and responding to hate speech and incidents, as well as facilitating reconciliation and community healing.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 25, 2024)
• Program Information

Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence

This program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). Program goals are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal government and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Treatment Court Program

This program supports the establishment of new family treatment courts and enhancing or expanding existing family treatment courts. These courts aim to more effectively address the needs of parents, children, and families affected by a substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorder who are involved in the child welfare system because of child abuse and neglect or other parenting issues. They intend to increase collaboration with substance use treatment providers and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other support services for families and to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program

The Underserved Program supports the development and implementation of strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking in underserved populations, and victim services to meet the needs of such populations.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations (population-specific organizations or victim service providers)
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

This program seeks to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, including those with histories of trauma.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 14, 2024)
• Program Information

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Formula Grant Awards

This program supports the protection and advocacy system in each state to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Although objectives and priorities vary state to state, most PAIR programs aim at reducing barriers to education, employment, transportation, and housing. In addition, PAIR programs advocate on behalf of individuals with significant disabilities to promote community integration and full participation in society. Eligible systems have the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies or approaches to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities.

• Agency: Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Education, Employment, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: Protection and advocacy systems
• Program Information

Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program

This program seeks to create sustainable change that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and to hold perpetrators of those crimes accountable. Projects may not focus solely on direct legal services, but grantees may plan to provide accessible legal services if those services fit with the collaborative team composition and services the grantees offer.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 2, 2024)
• Program Information

Continuum of Care Program

The program provides funding to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families; persons fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and youth experiencing homelessness.

• Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Community Planning and Development
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 29, 2025)
• Program Information

Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

This solicitation provides federally recognized Tribes and Tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety. Applicants may select the Purpose Areas that best address their Tribe’s concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and the needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Domestic Violence Prevention Program

This 5-year grant supports the development and/or expansion of a domestic violence prevention program by incorporating domestic and sexual violence prevention efforts (including sexual exploitation/human trafficking, Missing and Murdered American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people, and child maltreatment) addressing social, spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being of victims through the integration of culturally appropriate practices and trauma-informed services for Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations serving the AI/AN population.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations, Urban Indian organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 2, 2022)
• Program Information

Expanding Sexual Assault Victim Services on Campus Pilot Program

This program supports institutions of higher education to improve victim services on campus by expanding access to holistic sexual assault services on college campuses and creating a promising practice guide for higher education institutions that wish to expand their sexual assault services and advocacy.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Education
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education located in the Gulf Coast Region with relevant expertise, other institutions of higher education with a demonstrated history of providing relevant services
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 4, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants

This program provides funding to implement culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed domestic violence and sexual assault services. Supportive services may include legal advocacy or assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 11, 2023)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: Specialized Services for Abused Parents and Their Children (Demonstration Projects)

This program funds demonstration grants to expand the capacity of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence service programs and community-based programs to serve adult, child, and youth victims/survivors and prevent future domestic violence. Activities may include expanding access to legal services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, nonprofit organizations, Tribal organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Awards to States

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act formula grant funds are used to identify and provide subgrants to eligible entities for programs and projects within a state that are designed to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by providing immediate shelter and supportive services. Grant use may include shelter facility operations and administrative expenses and may be used to provide prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Grants to Native American Tribes (including Alaska Native Villages) and Tribal Organizations

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Tribal formula grants fund programs and projects that are designed to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by providing immediate shelter and supportive services. Grant use may include shelter facility operations and administrative expenses and may be used to provide prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Housing/Homelessness, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
• Program Information

Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations Program

The Underserved Program supports the development and implementation of strategies targeted at adult or youth victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking in underserved populations, and victim services to meet the needs of such populations.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations (population-specific organizations or victim service providers)
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program

The Culturally Specific Services Program supports culturally specific community-based organizations in addressing the critical needs of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims in a manner that affirms a victim’s culture.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and Tribal organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 2, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response

This program is designed to encourage partnerships among state, local, and Tribal governments, courts, victim service providers, coalitions, and rape crisis centers to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions or victim service providers
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Prevent and Respond to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Against Children and Youth

This program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. Funded services can include legal representation in protection order proceedings.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 26, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program

The Campus Program strengthens the response of institutions of higher education in response to the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and enhances collaboration among campuses, law enforcement, and victim service providers.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 16, 2024)
• Program Information

Indian Tribal Governments Program

This program enhances the ability of Tribes to respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in their communities, and provide services for survivors, as well as develop education and prevention strategies.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Indian Tribal Governments Program: Strengthening Tribal Advocacy Responses Track (START)

The START program is targeted toward Tribal governments, or their designees, that have never, or not recently, received funding through the OVW Grants to Indian Tribal Governments Program. The program supports the ability of Tribes to respond to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in their communities, and provide services for survivors, as well as develop education and prevention strategies. START grantees focus on capacity building early in the project period and will receive additional training, technical assistance, and support.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Justice for Families Program

This program supports improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse, including court-based and court-related programs and civil legal services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; courts; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program

This program funds the development of legal programs to serve victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Eligible organizations must not currently provide legal representation but propose to establish programs to provide legal services to victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and territorial organizations, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program Expanding Legal Services Initiative

The Expanding Legal Services Initiative is intended to enable eligible organizations that do not currently offer legal services to establish a program that provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit and territorial organizations, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: February 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Rural Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking Program

The Rural Program seeks to enhance the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and support projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas, including advocacy and legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 12, 2024)
• Program Information

Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program

This program supports nonprofit organizations that provide culturally specific intervention and related assistance for survivors of sexual assault from culturally specific communities.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 4, 2024)
• Program Information

Sexual Assault Services Formula Grant Program (SASP)

SASP Formula grants provide funds to states and territories to assist them in supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations or Tribal programs that provide direct intervention and related assistance to victims of sexual assault, without regard to age.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 3, 2024)
• Program Information

STOP (Services * Training * Officers * Prosecutors) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program

DOJ STOP grants support the development and strengthening of effective responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including legal assistance and court advocate programs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Strengthening Culturally Specific Campuses’ Approaches to Address Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Initiative Solicitation

This program provides funding for institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective strategies to prevent and address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, including improving trauma-informed investigations, creating coordinated community response approaches, developing and strengthening victim services, and developing or enhancing prevention education and awareness programs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Domestic Violence/ Stalking/Sexual Assault, Education
• Eligible Applicants: Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal colleges and universities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 31, 2024)
• Program Information

Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse Against Individuals with Disabilities and Deaf People Program

This program seeks to create sustainable change that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and to hold perpetrators of those crimes accountable. Projects may not focus solely on direct legal services, but grantees may plan to provide accessible legal services if those services fit with the collaborative team composition and services the grantees offer.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 2, 2024)
• Program Information

Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking

This effort supports programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing as a result of a situation of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 9, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program

This program supports the operation of sexual assault programs or projects in Indian Tribal lands and Alaska Native villages to establish, maintain, and expand programs and projects that provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, non-offending family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments, consortiums, and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 13, 2024)
• Program Information

Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula

The OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Formula funding supports victim services in American Indian/Alaska Native communities, including direct services to victims and community outreach and education.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 27, 2024)
• Program Information

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance Formula Grants

States and territories use funds to support eligible crime victim assistance programs that provide support services to crime victims, including crisis counseling, telephone and onsite information and referrals, criminal justice support and advocacy, shelter, therapy, and additional assistance, retaining up to 5 percent of their total grant for administrative and training purposes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 28, 2024)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program

This program supports quality of life of veterans and military families, caregivers, and survivors; social, economic, and/or educational services to Native and Indigenous people both on and off Native and Indigenous lands; and programming that advances justice and equality.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programs engage Americans 55 years and older in a range of volunteer activities to meet critical community needs such as supporting older adults and their caregivers, helping older adults re-enter the workforce, preventing and mitigating fraud and scams, and reducing the number of people who are unhoused. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Technology
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, territorial, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 25, 2024)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps State and National

AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. Organizations identify their community need, then design and implement an AmeriCorps program that will leverage people power as a solution. They recruit, train, and manage individuals (AmeriCorps members) to deliver those services.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through and Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State service commissions, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 23, 2025; See State Commission websites for subgrantee deadlines.)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. AmeriCorps is committed to working on a Nation-to-Nation basis with Tribal Nations and upholding the federal government’s Tribal trust responsibility.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps VISTA Projects

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps VISTA provides opportunities for individuals 18 years and older to dedicate a year of full-time service with a "sponsor" organization to create or expand programs designed to empower individuals and communities in overcoming poverty. Concept papers are requested three times per fiscal year.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

This initiative provides planning and assessment funding to state and local jurisdictions that have high rates of youth incarceration to further develop a community-based continuum of care that includes a focus on positive youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Community Services Block Grant

This program provides funds for services and activities that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in under-resourced communities, addressing employment, education, income and asset building services, housing, nutrition, emergency services, and/or health care based on community needs assessments conducted by the local entities.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Community Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and territorial governments
• Program Information

Expanding Sexual Assault Victim Services on Campus Pilot Program

This program supports institutions of higher education to improve victim services on campus by expanding access to holistic sexual assault services on college campuses and creating a promising practice guide for higher education institutions that wish to expand their sexual assault services and advocacy.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Education
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education located in the Gulf Coast Region with relevant expertise, other institutions of higher education with a demonstrated history of providing relevant services
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 4, 2024)
• Program Information

Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE) Initiative

The INSPIRE Initiative makes funding available for projects that address the substance use crisis by creating or expanding a recovery ecosystem—a complex linkage of multiple sectors, including but not limited to recovery communities, peer support, health and human services, faith communities, criminal justice, public safety, housing, transportation, education, and employers—that will lead to workforce entry or reentry for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.

• Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Reentry/Expungement, Rural, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants:  State and local governments, Tribal governments and consortiums, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Promise Neighborhoods

This program aims to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities by ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Funds can support a broad approach that allows grantees to coordinate mental health professionals, the criminal justice system, economic or workforce development organizations, and community leaders to intervene in areas with high rates of violence.

• Agency: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Formula Grant Awards

This program supports the protection and advocacy system in each state to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Although objectives and priorities vary state to state, most PAIR programs aim at reducing barriers to education, employment, transportation, and housing. In addition, PAIR programs advocate on behalf of individuals with significant disabilities to promote community integration and full participation in society. Eligible systems have the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies or approaches to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities.

• Agency: Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Education, Employment, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: Protection and advocacy systems
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program

This program supports evidence-based programs as part of a comprehensive response to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support transitional planning for individuals currently or formerly involved in the criminal justice system, including civil legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services, Public Benefits, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes

BJA seeks to fund reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning to their communities after a period of incarceration. The program supports fair chance opportunities to improve education and employment outcomes for individuals currently incarcerated with two years or less before release into the community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Strengthening Culturally Specific Campuses’ Approaches to Address Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Initiative Solicitation

This program provides funding for institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective strategies to prevent and address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, including improving trauma-informed investigations, creating coordinated community response approaches, developing and strengthening victim services, and developing or enhancing prevention education and awareness programs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Domestic Violence/ Stalking/Sexual Assault, Education
• Eligible Applicants: Hispanic-serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal colleges and universities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 31, 2024)
• Program Information

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs - Employment and Training Grants

These programs are designed to support employment and training activities in order to develop more fully academic, occupational and literacy skills; make individuals more competitive in the workforce; and promote economic and social development in accordance with the goals and values of such communities.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 21, 2022)
• Program Information

Workforce Pathways for Youth

This program expands workforce development activities in out-of-school time organizations across the country that serve youth living in rural areas during non-school hours. Its goals include expanding age-appropriate workforce readiness programming, and legal assistance is an allowable supportive service under this grant.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Young Adult Reentry Partnership (YARP)

The purpose of this program is to provide education and training services that improve the employment outcomes of young adults who are involved in the criminal justice system and/or who left high school prior to graduation and to develop the capacity of community colleges to meet the needs of young adults with justice system involvement. Young adults served under this grant program are between the ages of 18 and 24 and currently or previously have been involved in the juvenile or adult criminal justice system and/or who left high school prior to graduation.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit intermediary organizations, eligible Tribal entities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 26, 2021)
• Program Information

Advancing Aging Network Capacity to Recognize and Support Family, Kinship, and Tribal Caregivers Grants

This program funds cooperative agreements to advance the development of state, community, and Tribal family caregiver support programs funded under the National Family Caregiver Support Program.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 26, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program

This program supports quality of life of veterans and military families, caregivers, and survivors; social, economic, and/or educational services to Native and Indigenous people both on and off Native and Indigenous lands; and programming that advances justice and equality.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programs engage Americans 55 years and older in a range of volunteer activities to meet critical community needs such as supporting older adults and their caregivers, helping older adults re-enter the workforce, preventing and mitigating fraud and scams, and reducing the number of people who are unhoused. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Technology
• Eligible Applicants:Tribal, state, territorial, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 25, 2024)
• Program Information

Elder Justice Innovation Grants

This program aims to improve the field of adult maltreatment prevention and intervention at large and supports the development and advancement of knowledge and approaches about new and emerging issues related to elder justice.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Legal Assistance Enhancement Program

ACL’s Legal Assistance Enhancement Program (LAEP) supports legal assistance enhancements and innovations in four key areas: (1) outreach; (2) intake; (3) essential partnerships within and outside the aging network; (4) delivery of full-range legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 3, 2022)
• Program Information

MIPPA Medicare Beneficiary Outreach and Assistance Program: Funding for OAA Title VI Native American Programs

This program enhances assistance to Medicare beneficiaries through outreach activities to beneficiaries likely to be eligible for the Low-Income Subsidy program (LIS) or the Medicare Savings Program (MSP). Inform eligible Native American elders about the benefits available to them through Medicare Part D, LIS, MSP or Medicare prevention benefits and screenings.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults, Public Benefits, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 27, 2023)
• Program Information

Older Americans Act Grants

HHS ACL’s OAA grants fund support services for people 60 and over, with an emphasis on identifying and serving low income, rural, minority and limited English proficient older individuals, including legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Program Information

Pension Counseling and Information Program

This program provides services including legal assistance to individuals experiencing a problem with their pension, profit sharing, or retirement savings plans. These projects provide hands-on assistance in pursuing claims through handling administrative appeals processes, helping seniors to locate pension plans “lost” as a result of mergers and acquisitions, answering queries about complex plan provisions, and making targeted referrals to other professionals for assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 22, 2024)
• Program Information

Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Grants

This program funds free tax help for those 60 or older.

• Agency: Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults, Tax
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 31, 2024)
• Program Information

Training and Services to End Abuse in Later Life Program

This program supports a comprehensive approach to addressing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including training and cross-training services for criminal justice professionals and professionals working with older victims.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, domestic violence or sexual assault coalitions
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Transforming America’s Response to Elder Abuse: Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) for Older Victims of Abuse and Financial Exploitation and T&TA

This program seeks to support the development or enhancement of multidisciplinary teams to better identify and respond to cases of abuse of older adults and more comprehensively serve and support older victims of financial exploitation and other forms of elder abuse.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Elder Justice/Older Adults
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 24, 2023)
• Program Information

Advancing Aging Network Capacity to Recognize and Support Family, Kinship, and Tribal Caregivers Grants

This program funds cooperative agreements to advance the development of state, community, and Tribal family caregiver support programs funded under the National Family Caregiver Support Program.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, hospitals
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 26, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program

This program supports quality of life of veterans and military families, caregivers, and survivors; social, economic, and/or educational services to Native and Indigenous people both on and off Native and Indigenous lands; and programming that advances justice and equality.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programs engage Americans 55 years and older in a range of volunteer activities to meet critical community needs such as supporting older adults and their caregivers, helping older adults re-enter the workforce, preventing and mitigating fraud and scams, and reducing the number of people who are unhoused. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Technology
• Eligible Applicants:Tribal, state, territorial, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 25, 2024)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps State and National

AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. Organizations identify their community need, then design and implement an AmeriCorps program that will leverage people power as a solution. They recruit, train, and manage individuals (AmeriCorps members) to deliver those services.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through and Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State service commissions, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 23, 2025; See State Commission websites for subgrantee deadlines.)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. AmeriCorps is committed to working on a Nation-to-Nation basis with Tribal Nations and upholding the federal government’s Tribal trust responsibility.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation(Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps VISTA Projects

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps VISTA provides opportunities for individuals 18 years and older to dedicate a year of full-time service with a "sponsor" organization to create or expand programs designed to empower individuals and communities in overcoming poverty. Concept papers are requested three times per fiscal year.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 28, 2024)
• Program Information

Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

This initiative provides planning and assessment funding to state and local jurisdictions that have high rates of youth incarceration to further develop a community-based continuum of care that includes a focus on positive youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2024)
• Program Information

Community Services Block Grant

This program provides funds for services and activities that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in under-resourced communities, addressing employment, education, income and asset building services, housing, nutrition, emergency services, and/or health care based on community needs assessments conducted by the local entities.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Community Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and territorial governments
• Program Information

Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts

This program seeks to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts – including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services – focusing on the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs. With this program, SAMHSA aims to improve abstinence from substance use, housing stability, employment status, social connectedness, health/behavioral/social consequences, and reduce criminal justice involvement.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 1, 2024)
• Program Information

Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program

This program aims to provide career exploration, training, placement, and supportive services to veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, empowering them to secure good jobs in stable, high-demand occupations paying livable wages. In addition, the program intends to establish strong partnerships between public, private, and nonprofit organizations to deliver equitable services to marginalized veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness to assist in overcoming barriers to employment.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Housing/Homelessness, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local workforce development boards, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 11, 2024)
• Program Information

Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE) Initiative

The INSPIRE Initiative makes funding available for projects that address the substance use crisis by creating or expanding a recovery ecosystem—a complex linkage of multiple sectors, including but not limited to recovery communities, peer support, health and human services, faith communities, criminal justice, public safety, housing, transportation, education, and employers—that will lead to workforce entry or reentry for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.

• Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Reentry/Expungement, Rural, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants:  State and local governments, Tribal governments and consortiums, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 8, 2024)
• Program Information

National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP)

The National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP) is a nationally directed, locally administered program of services for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents. The purpose of this program is to strengthen the ability of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents to acquire necessary skills to either stabilize or advance in their agricultural jobs or obtain employment in new industries.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: Education and training providers, advocacy organizations, labor or worker organizations, industry representatives, and organizations that provide services to farmworkers and other populations facing multiple barriers to employment
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 3, 2024)
• Program Information

Promise Neighborhoods

This program aims to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities by ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Funds can support a broad approach that allows grantees to coordinate mental health professionals, the criminal justice system, economic or workforce development organizations, and community leaders to intervene in areas with high rates of violence.

• Agency: Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Protection and Advocacy of Individual Rights (PAIR) Formula Grant Awards

This program supports the protection and advocacy system in each state to protect the legal and human rights of individuals with disabilities. Although objectives and priorities vary state to state, most PAIR programs aim at reducing barriers to education, employment, transportation, and housing. In addition, PAIR programs advocate on behalf of individuals with significant disabilities to promote community integration and full participation in society. Eligible systems have the authority to pursue legal, administrative, and other appropriate remedies or approaches to protect and advocate for the rights of individuals with disabilities.

• Agency: Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Education, Employment, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: Protection and advocacy systems
• Program Information

Reentry Employment Opportunities Grants - Growth Opportunities

This program prepares justice-involved youth and young adults for the world of work, and on a path to equitable career opportunities, through paid work experiences, occupational education and training, leadership development, mentorship, and post-work experience placement into unsubsidized employment and/or education. Grants focus on youth and young adults most impacted by community violence to advance equity, particularly in areas of concentrated crime and poverty as well as communities that have recently experienced significant unrest. Services should include, among others, legal assistance (e.g., expungement/sealing cases, securing participant licenses, child support/custody modifications, protective/restraining orders).

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, independent school districts
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Reentry Employment Opportunities Grants - Partners for Reentry Opportunities in Workforce Development (PROWD)

This program provides targeted employment services to federally incarcerated individuals as they approach community reentry. The initiative seeks to better align job training and skills development services provided to program participants to the specific labor market needs of the communities where they will live.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Most Recent Solicitation
• Program Information

Reentry Employment Opportunities Grants - Pathway Home

These projects aim to eliminate the gap occurring between release from incarceration and enrollment into a reentry program leading to employment. Pathway Home grants begin serving adults pre-release and are designed to support state and local governments, as well as non-government organizations, in their work to reduce recidivism and improve employment outcomes for individuals returning to the community from incarceration.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, and more
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 4, 2024)
• Program Information

Rural Community Development Initiative

This program helps nonprofit housing and community development organizations, low-income rural communities, and federally recognized tribes support housing, community facilities, and community and economic development projects in rural areas.

• Agency: Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Housing/Homelessness, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; qualified for-profit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes

BJA seeks to fund reentry services and programs focused on strengthening education and employment outcomes for individuals returning to their communities after a period of incarceration. The program supports fair chance opportunities to improve education and employment outcomes for individuals currently incarcerated with two years or less before release into the community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Stand Down Grants

Stand Downs (SD) are typically one- to three-day events providing supplies and services to homeless veterans, such as food, shelter, clothing, health screenings and VA Social Security benefits counseling. Veterans can also receive referrals to other assistance such as health care, housing solutions, employment, substance use treatment and mental health counseling.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Service
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Substance Abuse, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local workforce development boards, veteran service organizations, nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 30, 2025)
• Program Information

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding

HHS ACF provides funds to help low-income families with children achieve economic mobility through cash assistance, employment and training assistance, and related services. In certain limited circumstances, TANF funds can be used for the resolution of legal problems if the expenditure is reasonably calculated to accomplish one of the TANF purposes and is reasonable, allocable, and allowable under 45 C.F.R. Part 75.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Families, Other/General Legal Services, Public Benefits
• Eligible Applicants:  State and territorial governments
• Program Information

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) State Formula Grants

These grants are designed to strengthen and improve our nation’s public workforce system and help get Americans, including youth and those with significant barriers to employment, into high-quality jobs and careers and help employers hire and retain skilled workers. Legal aid services are one of the supportive services allowable under this program.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Employment
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Program Information

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Indian and Native American Programs - Employment and Training Grants

These programs are designed to support employment and training activities in order to develop more fully academic, occupational and literacy skills; make individuals more competitive in the workforce; and promote economic and social development in accordance with the goals and values of such communities.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 21, 2022)
• Program Information

Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC)

This program funds grant projects within the Appalachian, Lower Mississippi Delta, and Northern Border regions. These grants are designed to address the employment and training needs of the local and regional workforce, created in collaboration with community partners and aligned with existing economic and workforce development plans and strategies.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 20, 2024)
• Program Information

Workforce Pathways for Youth

This program expands workforce development activities in out-of-school time organizations across the country that serve youth living in rural areas during non-school hours. Its goals include expanding age-appropriate workforce readiness programming, and legal assistance is an allowable supportive service under this grant.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Rural
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Young Adult Reentry Partnership (YARP)

The purpose of this program is to provide education and training services that improve the employment outcomes of young adults who are involved in the criminal justice system and/or who left high school prior to graduation and to develop the capacity of community colleges to meet the needs of young adults with justice system involvement. Young adults served under this grant program are between the ages of 18 and 24 and currently or previously have been involved in the juvenile or adult criminal justice system and/or who left high school prior to graduation.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit intermediary organizations, eligible Tribal entities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 26, 2021)
• Program Information

YouthBuild

This program provides pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities.  Legal assistance is an allowable supportive service under this grant.

• Agency: Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Employment
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, eligible Tribal entities, labor organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 16, 2024)
• Program Information

AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. AmeriCorps is committed to working on a Nation-to-Nation basis with Tribal Nations and upholding the federal government’s Tribal trust responsibility.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation(Deadline: April 5, 2023)
• Program Information

Enhancing Juvenile and Family Court Responses to Human Trafficking

The goals of this program are to develop or enhance programs to provide direct services and diversion programs for youth in contact with the juvenile and family court systems who are victims of sex and/or labor trafficking or at risk for human trafficking due to past or current crime victimization, including child abuse and neglect.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Human Trafficking
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 16, 2021)
• Program Information

Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence

This program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). Program goals are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal government and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 10, 2024)
• Program Information

Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts

This program seeks to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts – including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services – focusing on the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs. With this program, SAMHSA aims to improve abstinence from substance use, housing stability, employment status, social connectedness, health/behavioral/social consequences, and reduce criminal justice involvement.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 1, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Treatment Court Program

This program supports the establishment of new family treatment courts and enhancing or expanding existing family treatment courts. These courts aim to more effectively address the needs of parents, children, and families affected by a substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorder who are involved in the child welfare system because of child abuse and neglect or other parenting issues. They intend to increase collaboration with substance use treatment providers and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other support services for families and to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services Culturally Specific Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Discretionary Grants

This program provides funding to implement culturally specific, trauma-informed, and evidence-informed domestic violence and sexual assault services. Supportive services may include legal advocacy or assistance.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: August 11, 2023)
• Program Information

Family Violence Prevention and Services/Domestic Violence Shelter and Supportive Services/Awards to States

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act formula grant funds are used to identify and provide subgrants to eligible entities for programs and projects within a state that are designed to prevent family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by providing immediate shelter and supportive services. Grant use may include shelter facility operations and administrative expenses and may be used to provide prevention services.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family, Housing/Homelessness
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 31, 2025)
• Program Information

Family-Based Alternative Justice Program

This program aims to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative justice programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungements, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals

This program provides comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based treatment and services for individuals, including youth, and families with substance use disorders (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health conditions and SUDs who are experiencing homelessness, including enrollment for health insurance, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and other benefits.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 21, 2023)
• Program Information

Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health

This program aims to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. One service objective is to increase receipt of case management/care coordination to facilitate access to medical care and community-based resources, including medical-legal partnerships.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: December 15, 2023)
• Program Information

Justice for Families Program

This program supports improving the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child sexual abuse, including court-based and court-related programs and civil legal services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Domestic Violence/Stalking/Sexual Assault, Family
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; courts; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program

This program seeks to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, including those with histories of trauma.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 14, 2024)
• Program Information

Opioid Affected Youth Initiative

This program seeks to support states and communities to develop coordinated responses to opioid and other substance use-related challenges that impact youth and community safety. Funding may be used to support programs and services to youth and families impacted by both opioids and other substance use disorders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, public and Indian housing authorities
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 30, 2024)
• Program Information

Runaway and Homeless Youth-Prevention Demonstration Program

This program supports street outreach, emergency shelters, and longer-term transitional living and maternity group home programs to provide shelter and comprehensive supportive services for young people who have run away, are forced to leave their homes, or are experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Partnerships to support prevention may include courts, juvenile justice, and legal service, among others.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Families, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, state and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 29, 2023)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children

This program seeks to implement and expand services that address the needs of incarcerated parents (juvenile or adult) who have children younger than age 18 by providing funding to assist in developing or expanding services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents and their minor children to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 15, 2024)
• Program Information

Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program

This program supports evidence-based programs as part of a comprehensive response to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support transitional planning for individuals currently or formerly involved in the criminal justice system, including civil legal assistance.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services, Public Benefits, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
• Program Information

Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence

OJJDP seeks to provide funding to communities to develop coordinated and comprehensive community-based approaches to help children and their families who are exposed to violence build resilience, restore their safety, heal their social and emotional wounds, and prevent future violence and delinquency. Funding can be used to develop and/or enhance support services for children exposed to violence to reduce the adverse impact of violence on youth, families, and communities, and to help family-serving organizations better recognize and help families at risk for exposure to violence.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit and for-profit organizations, independent school districts
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Supporting Effective Interventions for Youth with Problematic or Illegal Sexual Behavior Program

This program provides funding to communities to develop intervention and supervision services for youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and provides treatment services for their victims and families/caregivers. Under this initiative, successful applicants are expected to have an established multidisciplinary team that (1) supports a comprehensive holistic approach to treating youth with problematic or illegal sexual behavior and (2) provides support services to victims and families/caregivers.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 18, 2024)
• Program Information

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funding

HHS ACF provides funds to help low-income families with children achieve economic mobility through cash assistance, employment and training assistance, and related services. In certain limited circumstances, TANF funds can be used for the resolution of legal problems if the expenditure is reasonably calculated to accomplish one of the TANF purposes and is reasonable, allocable, and allowable under 45 C.F.R. Part 75.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Family Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Families, Other/General Legal Services, Public Benefits
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments
• Program Information

Title IV-D Child Support Establishment of Paternity

Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (Title IV-D) establishes a state-federal partnership to provide child support services that help (1) locate parents; (2) establish paternity; (3) establish child support obligations; and (4) enforce child support orders.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Child Support Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal and state governments
• Program Information

Title IV-E Prevention

The Family First Prevention Services Act authorizes optional title IV-E funding for time-limited prevention services for mental health, substance abuse, and in-home parent skill-based programs for children or youth who are candidates for foster care, pregnant or parenting youth in foster care, and the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth. ACF policy allows IV-E agencies to receive IV-E reimbursement for a portion of the costs of providing legal services for both children and parents in foster care proceedings.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Children's Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Program Information: Foster Care | Adoption Assistance

Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Serious Emotional Disturbance, or Co-Occurring Disorders Experiencing Homelessness

This program provides comprehensive, coordinated and evidenced-based services for individuals, youth, and families with a serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance or co-occurring disorder who are experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of homelessness (e.g., people exiting jail or prison without a place to live).

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth; Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State governments, Tribal governments and organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 5, 2023)
• Program Information 

Tribal Title IV-E Plan

This funding opportunity provides one-time awards to eligible applicants for developing plans to implement the Tribal Title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and guardianship assistance programs. The award may be used for costs relating to the development of data collection systems, a cost-allocation methodology, agency and Tribal court procedures necessary to meet case review system requirements, or any other costs attributable to meeting other requirement necessary for approval of a Title IV-E plan.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Children's Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 1, 2025)
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Adult Reentry Program

The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced adults in the criminal justice system with a SUD and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, who are returning to their families and community following a period of incarceration in state and local facilities including prisons, jails, or detention centers.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 6, 2023)
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Adult Treatment Court Program

This program supports state, local, and Tribal efforts to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts, including Tribal healing to wellness courts. It serves as tool for criminal court partners and the judiciary to facilitate coordinated approaches that address the needs of nonviolent individuals involved in the justice system who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring mental health needs.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 2, 2024)
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AmeriCorps Seniors Native Nations and Indigenous Elders Senior Demonstration Program

This program supports quality of life of veterans and military families, caregivers, and survivors; social, economic, and/or educational services to Native and Indigenous people both on and off Native and Indigenous lands; and programming that advances justice and equality.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 5, 2023)
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AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP

AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programs engage Americans 55 years and older in a range of volunteer activities to meet critical community needs such as supporting older adults and their caregivers, helping older adults re-enter the workforce, preventing and mitigating fraud and scams, and reducing the number of people who are unhoused. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Elder Justice/Older Adults, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Technology
• Eligible Applicants:Tribal, state, territorial, and local governments; nonprofit organizations; institutions of higher education
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: September 25, 2024)
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AmeriCorps State and National

AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. Organizations identify their community need, then design and implement an AmeriCorps program that will leverage people power as a solution. They recruit, train, and manage individuals (AmeriCorps members) to deliver those services.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through and Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State service commissions, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: January 23, 2025; See State Commission websites for subgrantee deadlines.)
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AmeriCorps State and National Native Nations Grants

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps offers individuals and organizations flexible ways to make an impact while focusing on six key areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environmental Stewardship, Healthy Futures, and Veterans & Military Families. AmeriCorps is committed to working on a Nation-to-Nation basis with Tribal Nations and upholding the federal government’s Tribal trust responsibility.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Rural, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments
• Most Recent Solicitation(Deadline: April 5, 2023)
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AmeriCorps VISTA Projects

As the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, AmeriCorps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. AmeriCorps VISTA provides opportunities for individuals 18 years and older to dedicate a year of full-time service with a "sponsor" organization to create or expand programs designed to empower individuals and communities in overcoming poverty. Concept papers are requested three times per fiscal year.

• Agency: AmeriCorps (Corporation for National and Community Service)
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 28, 2024)
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Behavioral Health Partnership for Early Diversion of Adults and Youth

The purpose of this program is to establish or expand programs that divert adults and youth with a mental illness or a co-occurring disorder from the criminal or juvenile justice system to community-based mental health and substance use disorder services and other supports prior to arrest and booking. Special consideration given to services for veterans.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 9, 2023)
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Building Local Continuums of Care to Support Youth Success

This initiative provides planning and assessment funding to state and local jurisdictions that have high rates of youth incarceration to further develop a community-based continuum of care that includes a focus on positive youth development, prevention, diversion, and treatment services.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2024)
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Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP)

The Byrne SCIP funds the creation and/or implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including, but not limited to, extreme risk protection order programs that work to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others, mental health courts, drug courts, and veterans treatment courts. Funded services may include civil legal responses.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health, Other/General Legal Services, Substance Abuse, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 24, 2024)
• Program Information

Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based

This program seeks to prevent and reduce violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based community-based violence intervention and prevention programs that include efforts to address gang and gun violence, based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 30, 2024)
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Community Services Block Grant

This program provides funds for services and activities that alleviate the causes and conditions of poverty in under-resourced communities, addressing employment, education, income and asset building services, housing, nutrition, emergency services, and/or health care based on community needs assessments conducted by the local entities.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Community Services
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Other/General Legal Services
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and territorial governments
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Connecting Kids to Coverage - HEALTHY KIDS American Indian/Alaska Native Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements

This program for American Indian/Alaska Native communities provides funding to educate families about Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and help with their enrollment applications and renewals. Cooperative agreements aim to increase the participation of eligible, uninsured targeted low-income children.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s):  Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Public Benefits, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: December 20, 2022)
• Program Information

Connecting Kids to Coverage - HEALTHY KIDS Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreements

This program provides funding to educate families about Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and help with their enrollment applications and renewals. Cooperative agreements aim to increase the participation of eligible, uninsured targeted low-income children, including American Indian/Alaskan Native children.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Health/Mental Health, Public Benefits, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 28, 2022)
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Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally Facilitated Exchanges

With this funding, recipients operate as exchange navigators in states with a federally facilitated exchange, improving access to health care coverage in historically underserved and vulnerable communities. Navigators provide outreach and education on the exchanges and help consumers prepare applications to establish eligibility and enroll in coverage, as well as help determine whether consumers potentially qualify for insurance affordability programs.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, for-profit businesses and organizations, individuals, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: July 8, 2024)
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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation

JAG program funding supports a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs (including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams), and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives (including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs). There are two types of formula awards available under the JAG Program: State awards and local awards. This solicitation is for the local awards.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Technology, Tribes/Native Americans, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 16, 2024)
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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation

JAG program funding supports a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives, mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs (including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams), and implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives (including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs). There are two types of formula awards available under the JAG Program: State awards and local awards. This solicitation is for the state awards.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Pass-Through
• Issue Area(s): Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Technology, Veterans
• Eligible Applicants: State governments
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: October 17, 2024)
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Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence

This program supports targeted efforts to address youth violence through implementing evidence-based prevention and intervention efforts in a school-based setting (K–12th grade only). Program goals are to (1) reduce the incidence of school violence through improved school safety and climate and (2) prevent youth violence, delinquency, and victimization in the targeted community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal government and organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: June 10, 2024)
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Expand Substance Use Disorder Treatment Capacity in Adult and Family Treatment Drug Courts

This program seeks to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts – including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services – focusing on the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs. With this program, SAMHSA aims to improve abstinence from substance use, housing stability, employment status, social connectedness, health/behavioral/social consequences, and reduce criminal justice involvement.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Employment, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and territorial governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 1, 2024)
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Family Treatment Court Program

This program supports the establishment of new family treatment courts and enhancing or expanding existing family treatment courts. These courts aim to more effectively address the needs of parents, children, and families affected by a substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorder who are involved in the child welfare system because of child abuse and neglect or other parenting issues. They intend to increase collaboration with substance use treatment providers and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other support services for families and to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Disability/Individuals with Disabilities, Family, Health/Mental Health, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
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Family-Based Alternative Justice Program

This program aims to establish new and enhance existing family-based alternative justice programs for parents/primary caregivers in the criminal justice system to improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Family, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungements, Tribes/Native Americans
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations and small businesses
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 29, 2024)
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Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals

This program provides comprehensive, coordinated, and evidence-based treatment and services for individuals, including youth, and families with substance use disorders (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health conditions and SUDs who are experiencing homelessness, including enrollment for health insurance, Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, and other benefits.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 21, 2023)
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Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health

This program aims to improve health outcomes before, during, and after pregnancy and reduce the well-documented racial/ethnic differences in rates of infant death and adverse perinatal outcomes. One service objective is to increase receipt of case management/care coordination to facilitate access to medical care and community-based resources, including medical-legal partnerships.

• Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Family, Health/Mental Health
• Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Tribal governments and organizations, state and local governments, and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: December 15, 2023)
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Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program

This solicitation supports cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers to improve clinical stabilization pretrial, during confinement, and support continuity of care and recovery during the transition to the community through clinical and other evidence-based activities or services for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Children/Youth, Crime Victims, Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: April 25, 2024)
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Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Outcomes for Adults in Reentry

This program provides funding to establish, expand, or improve treatment and recovery support services for people with substance use disorders during their incarceration and upon reentry into the community.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: State and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 6, 2024)
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Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery Ecosystems (INSPIRE) Initiative

The INSPIRE Initiative makes funding available for projects that address the substance use crisis by creating or expanding a recovery ecosystem—a complex linkage of multiple sectors, including but not limited to recovery communities, peer support, health and human services, faith communities, criminal justice, public safety, housing, transportation, education, and employers—that will lead to workforce entry or reentry for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.

• Agency: Appalachian Regional Commission
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Education, Employment, Health/Mental Health, Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Reentry/Expungement, Rural, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants:  State and local governments, Tribal governments and consortiums, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: March 8, 2024)
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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

This program supports innovative cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who come into contact with the justice system.

• Agency: Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Federal Funding Type: Discretionary
• Issue Area(s): Health/Mental Health, Reentry/Expungement, Substance Abuse
• Eligible Applicants: Tribal, state, and local governments; public institutions of higher education; and others
• Most Recent Solicitation (Deadline: May 9, 2024)
• Program Information