U.S. Department
of Justice
Currently Available Federal Grant Opportunities
When released, DOJ’s FY ’25 grant funding plan can be found here - Fiscal Year 2025 DOJ Program Plan.
The Office on Violence Against Women’s FY25 grant program plan has been released and can be found here - FY 2025 Notice of Opportunity Release Plan.
Additionally, here are Samples of Successful DOJ Grant Applications - Successful DOJ Grant Applications.
Current Opportunities
Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (13 Expected Awards) - Due October 6, 2025
This program addresses capacity challenges within the Medical Examiner/Coroner (ME/C) system brought on by strict industry caps on the number of autopsies that certified pathologists can perform in a calendar year. This funding will strengthen the ME/C system by increasing the number of certified forensic pathologists and enhancing the quality of medicolegal death investigations nationwide.
Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers Program (4 Expected Awards) - Due October 6, 2025
This NOFO will support four regional children’s advocacy centers that will deliver coordinated training and technical assistance to improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and neglect and the provision of services to child victims and their families.
Missing and Unidentified Human Remains (MUHR) Program (7 Expected Awards) - Due October 10, 2025
The Missing and Unidentified Human Remains Program supports efforts to improve the reporting, transportation, forensic processing, and identification of missing persons and unidentified human remains cases. This program increases public safety by providing resources to locate and identify missing persons and unidentified human remains in the United States.
This NOFO will support organizations to design and deliver training to support the Internet Crimes Against Children task force network, which includes law enforcement, prosecutors, digital forensic specialists, and other related agencies/organizations that address child sexual abuse material and online child exploitation.
Multistate Mentoring Programs (15 Expected Awards) - Due October 21, 2025
This NOFO will support mentoring organizations to enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth who are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and juvenile justice system involvement.
This NOFO will support child advocacy training in undergraduate programming and continuing education (i.e., graduate level and professional licensing courses). Funds will support the training of future mandated reporters and child protection professionals and support efforts to train child protection professionals, including law enforcement officers, social workers, medical professionals, behavioral health professionals, and prosecutors.
Strategies To Support Children Exposed to Violence (9 Expected Awards) - Due October 21, 2025
This funding opportunity seeks to develop support services for children exposed to violence in their homes, schools, and communities; and to develop, enhance, and implement violent crime reduction strategies that focus on violent juvenile offenders. The goals of the program are to: 1) reduce the incidence of violence through accountability efforts for juvenile offenders; 2) respond to victimization of children whether because of violence that occurs in the school, community or family; and 3) increase protective factors to prevent juvenile violence, delinquency, and victimization.
This funding opportunity seeks to support states and units of local government with existing crime laboratories that conduct DNA analysis to solve crimes and protect public safety by maximizing the effective utilization of DNA technology to process DNA samples for entry into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Enhancing Juvenile Indigent Defense (4 Expected Awards) - Due October 23, 2025
This funding opportunity seeks to support local implementation of juvenile indigent defense practices and services that strengthen and improve the representation of youth involved in the juvenile justice system. This program will address barriers and gaps within the juvenile justice system for indigent youth to reduce reoffending and decrease recidivism.
This NOFO will enhance and expand mentoring services for children and youth affected by opioids and other substance use, as well as their families. Mentoring services may include one-on-one, group, or peer mentoring—or a combination of these approaches. In addition to mentoring services, this NOFO may support supplemental activities that are consistent with the proposed mentoring model and have a clear connection to the mentoring program. Up to 20 percent of the total funds may be allocated for other non-mentoring direct services, such as mental health treatment, substance use treatment, or other supportive services identified and aligned with the project design.
This NOFO improves forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by laboratories operated by states and units of local government. Funding is to be used for forensic science laboratories and/or medical examiner/coroner offices.
This NOFO will support the development, implementation and improvement of emergency planning activities for state, Tribal, county, and local juvenile justice residential facilities. Funding will help ensure that facilities are prepared to prioritize the safety and well-being of youth and staff, keep families informed, continue operations, and reduce risk to the facility during and after an emergency.
This funding opportunity supports law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime and improve police-community relations through a range of cross-sector enforcement, prevention, and intervention strategies that leverage active collaboration with communities through sustained partnerships and engagement.
Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA (16 Expected Awards) - Due October 27, 2025
This NOFO supports prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of violent cold case crimes where a suspect DNA profile is already developed. This initiative aims to enhance public safety and ensure appropriate case resolution for victims and their families. Law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies may utilize this funding for investigative and prosecutorial activities, as well as crime and forensic analyses that could increase the rate of successful prosecutions and/or other appropriate resolution of cases.
Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation (Approximately 30 Expected Awards) - Due October 27, 2025
The Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWCPIP) supports publicly funded law enforcement and correctional agencies in establishing or expanding body-worn camera (BWC) programs. Properly implemented BWC programs can strengthen the evidentiary foundation for criminal prosecutions, provide reliable documentation of officer-citizen encounters, and deter assaults on officers.