Special Attorneys Program

Through its Special Attorneys Program, the Department of Justice invites prosecutors across the country to join the mission to eliminate fraud, defeat the drug cartels, and rescue victims of trafficking. The Special Attorneys Program makes available $300 million in funding to state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies to prevent and prosecute fraud and other crimes nationwide. This funding opportunity will enable non-Federal prosecuting agencies to designate qualified prosecutors to serve as Special Attorneys within the Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division or Criminal Division, or as Special Assistant United States Attorneys within a United States Attorney’s Office.

The Special Attorneys Program strengthens investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expands intergovernmental coordination, and enhances the ability of jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by criminal aliens within the United States and drug and human trafficking crimes.

More information:

• The Notice of Funding Opportunity provides a full description of the program and directions for how to apply.
• Watch a one-minute overview of the DOJ grant application process.
• Download the step-by-step DOJ Application Submission Checklist.
• Access the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs’ Grant Application Resource Guide.
• Justice Department Announces New Funding Opportunity to Prosecute Fraud, Drug Trafficking, and Other Crimes