Currently Available Federal Grant Opportunities
Current Opportunities
Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (Number of awards YTD) - Due March 15, 2024
The program will support research training and career development experiences and a small-scale research project that will provide experienced investigators with the scientific competencies required to conduct research relevant to firearm morality and injury prevention research.
The Cybercrimes Enforcement Program supports training for State, Tribal, or local law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, judges, and judicial personnel relating to cybercrimes against individuals, as well as assistance to State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agencies in enforcing laws that prohibit cybercrimes against individuals, educating the public, supporting victim assistants, establishing task forces, and acquiring computers and equipment necessary to conduct investigations and forensic analysis of evidence.
Women Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Program (Six Projected Awards) - Due March 21, 2024
The purpose of this Program Announcement is to invite proposals for funding from eligible non-profit organizations, state, local and tribal government agencies, and institutions of higher learning to further build their capacity to market and deliver their existing entrepreneurship training program(s) to women service members and veterans as well as women military spouses who aspire to be small business owners or currently own a small business.
The purpose of this program is to integrate behavioral health services into primary care settings using telehealth technology through telehealth networks and evaluate the effectiveness of such integration.
Funds may be used to: develop or enhance population specific victim services; develop or enhance outreach strategies to reach underserved survivors; build the capacity of population specific organizations to serve survivors of these crimes; build the capacity of victim service providers to provide victim services that are population specific; train and educate community partners and the criminal and civil justice system on the needs of survivors from underserved populations; and develop culturally and linguistically appropriate materials for underserved survivors.
The purpose of this program is to expand substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services in existing drug courts. The program recognizes the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with SUDs.
CDC’s What Works in Schools program is a primary prevention approach that supports school districts in implementing three key strategies: providing quality health education, connecting youth to health services, and creating safe and supportive learning environments.
The purpose of this program is to: 1) advance family-based services for pregnant and postpartum women with a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder (SUD), emphasizing the treatment of opioid use disorders; (2) help state substance use agencies provide outpatient treatment and recovery support services for pregnant and postpartum women with SUD; and (3) promote a coordinated system of SUD care within each state.
The purpose of this program is to increase the supply, distribution, and quality of the sexual assault nurse examiner workforce. The program aims to provide access to mental and physical care for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
The goal of this program is to create sustainable change within and between organizations that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and caregiver abuse, and to hold perpetrators of such crimes accountable.
Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program (20 Expected Awards) - Due April 4, 2024
The Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program supports nonprofit organizations that focus primarily on culturally specific communities and have experience in the area of sexual assault or who partner with an organization having such expertise. The goal of the SAS Culturally Specific Program is to establish, maintain, and expand sustainable, culturally appropriate services that address the unique needs and challenges of victims of sexual assault from culturally specific communities.
Pathway Home From Incarceration (20 projected awards) – Due April 4, 2024
The purpose of this program is to provide eligible incarcerated individuals in men’s and women’s state correctional facilities or local or county jails with workforce services prior to release and to continue services after release by transitioning the participants into reentry programs in the communities to which they will return.
The purpose of this program is to strengthen the capacity of statewide mental health peer-led organizations to partner with state efforts to improve mental health support system and related services for individuals with serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance as agents of transformation.
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to enhance the capacity of statewide mental health family-controlled organizations to engage with family members/primary caregivers who are raising children, youth, and young adults with serious emotional disturbance and/or co-occurring disorders.
Services for Victims of Human Trafficking (43 Projected Awards) - Due April 8, 2024
The Office for Victims of Crime seeks applications for funding for services for victims of all forms of human trafficking throughout the United States.
The Office for Victims of Crime seeks applications for funding from states or Tribes to develop, enhance, and coordinate programs and activities geared toward improving outcomes for child and youth victims of sex and labor trafficking. This program aims to improve statewide coordination and multidisciplinary collaboration across systems to address human trafficking involving children and youth.
Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking (13 Expected Awards) - Due April 8, 2024
With this solicitation, the Office for Victims of Crime will fund programs to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist minor victims of human trafficking by providing services that are developmentally appropriate and tailored to the individual needs of young trafficking victims.
The Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program supports programs that provide 6-24 months of transitional housing with support services for victims who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking; and for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.
Strengthening the Medical Examiner-Coroner System Program (13 Expected Awards) - Due April 10, 2024
With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund applications to strengthen the ME/C system by increasing the number of qualified forensic pathologists and enhance the quality of medicolegal death investigations nationwide.
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (10 Awards Expected) - Due April 12, 2024
The purpose of this program is to implement the screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment public health model for children, adolescents, and/or adults in primary care and community health settings (e.g., health centers, hospital systems, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred-provider organizations (PPOs) health plans, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), behavioral health centers, pediatric health care providers, children’s hospitals, etc.) and schools with a focus on screening for underage drinking, opioid use, and other substance use.
This program supports projects that implement, expand, and establish cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; provide treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services to victims in rural communities; or develop or strengthen programs addressing sexual assault.
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity is to leverage existing capability and capacity of state public health laboratories to conduct high-quality biomonitoring science and assess human exposure to environmental chemicals within their jurisdictions, specifically focusing on investigations for populations disproportionately affected by exposure to harmful chemicals.
The purpose of this program is to provide resources to support first responders and members of other key community sectors on training, administering, and distributing naloxone and other Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved overdose reversal medications or devices. Recipients will be expected to establish processes, protocols, and mechanisms for warm hand-off referrals to appropriate treatment, recovery, harm reduction, and other psychosocial resource support services. Recipients will also provide safety education around fentanyl, synthetic opioids, and other drug trends associated with overdoses.
Enhancing Youth Defense (Four Expected Awards) - Due April 15, 2024
OJJDP seeks to implement youth defense delivery system enhancements that strengthen and improve the representation of youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
Second Chance Act Youth Reentry Program (11 Projected Awards) - Due April 15, 2024
OJJDP seeks to address and improve the reentry and recidivism challenges encountered by youth returning to their communities from juvenile residential or correctional facilities.
OJJDP seeks applications for funding to states and localities to assist, develop or expand services that meet the needs of incarcerated parents who have minor children, younger than age 18, to prevent violent crime, reduce recidivism, and provide support for minor children.
Drug-Free Communities Support Program - NEW APPLICANTS (100 Expected Awards) - Due April 17, 2024 and Drug-Free Communities Support Program - COMPETING CONTINUATION APPLICANTS (100 Expected Awards) - Due April 17, 2024
The DFC Support Program has two goals:1) Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger). 2) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
BJA seeks to support state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to support cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, and 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.
BJA FY24 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA (16 Projected Awards) - Due April 25, 2024
BJA seeks to provide funding to support the prosecution of violent cold case crimes where a suspect (known or unknown) has been identified via a DNA profile. Provided a DNA profile attributed to a known or unknown suspect has been developed, this funding also supports investigative activities, as well as crime and forensic analyses, that could lead to the successful prosecution of violent cold case crimes.
This program supports comprehensive, community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies to address the needs of children and youth impacted by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
This program supports efforts to create educational and community-based programming designed to encourage men and boys to work as allies with women and girls to prevent domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (80 awards expected) - April 26, 2024
The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program enables VA to provide resources toward community-based suicide prevention efforts to meet the needs of Veterans and their families through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources.
The purpose of this opportunity is to implement a comprehensive HIV prevention and surveillance program to prevent new HIV infections and improve the health of peoples with HIV.
NIJ seeks applications for funding of research and program evaluation projects specific to the intervention and prevention of intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and mass shootings in the United States. This solicitation has two categories: 1) research on mass shootings, including insider threat and leakage and the role of the news media and social media platforms; and 2) research on the effectiveness of campaigns implemented in school systems and/or through school personnel to encourage the parents, guardians, and relatives of school-aged children to store firearms safely and securely.
Second Chance Act Community-based Reentry Program (15 Projected Awards) - Due April 29, 2024
BJA seeks applications for funding from community-based non-profit organizations to enhance or implement evidence-based responses to improve reentry, reduce recidivism, and support successful transitional planning for individuals who are currently, or were formerly, involved in the criminal justice system.
Smart Prosecution – Innovative Prosecution Solutions (14 Projected Awards) - Due April 29, 2023
BJA seeks to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with funding to reduce crime and increase public safety and trust in the criminal justice system. The program encourages prosecutors and agencies to use data in the development of their strategies and projects and to develop fair, effective, cost-effective, and innovative responses to crime within their jurisdictions.
Community Supervision Strategies (Seven Projected Awards) - Due April 29, 2024
BJA seeks to provide state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies with resources and training and technical assistance to assess and improve responses to client behavior in accordance with the principles of swiftness, certainty, and/or fairness.
Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence (12 Projected Awards) - Due April 29, 2024
BJA seeks to assist in defraying the costs associated with postconviction case review, evidence location, and DNA testing in violent felony cases where the results of such testing might show actual innocence.
This initiative is designed to promote, and evaluate, effective policing and prosecution responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The EIP Initiative encourages law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices to expand and improve their capacity to effectively investigate and/or prosecute domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and in so doing, support victim safety and autonomy, hold offenders accountable, and promote agency trust within the surrounding community.
Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program (35 Expected Awards) - April 30, 2024
The Grants to Improve the Criminal Justice Response Program assists state, local, and tribal governments, and courts to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as serious violations of criminal law, and to seek safety and autonomy for victims.
The SBMH program provides competitive grants to State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and consortia of LEAs to increase the number of credentialed school-based mental health services providers providing mental health services to students in LEAs with demonstrated need.
This program will constitute a national CBA Provider Network to deliver CBA services to an interdisciplinary HIV prevention workforce (e.g., professional, technical, clinical, and managerial staff) within CDC-funded state and local health departments and CBOs.
NIJ seeks applications for funding rigorous applied research on drugs and crime to inform the development of evidence-based tools, practices, and policies for state, tribal, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies that address drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence. The goals of this solicitation are to better understand drug crime organizations and networks and to develop effective approaches to disrupt them by targeting drug-related money laundering, firearms, and human trafficking.
This program supports law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and public safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. BJA provides grant funding to help entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target people who qualify.
Adult Treatment Court Program (45 projected awards) – Due May 2, 2024
BJA seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts including management and service coordination for treatment court participants, fidelity to the adult treatment court model, and recovery support services.
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants (76 Projected Awards) - Due May 3, 2024
The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12 to 20 in communities throughout the United States. Award recipients will be expected to implement activities that support capacity building such as implementing evidence-based community approaches, enhancing collaboration, cooperation and coordination among communities, federal, state, and local and tribal governments, and convening Town Halls.
BJA seeks to support state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, 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. This program seeks to reduce crime and recidivism, expand access to evidence-based treatment, and promote long-term recovery for people leaving incarceration, and, in the process, improve public safety and public health.
Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program (28 Projected Awards) - Due May 6, 2024
This program’s purpose is to support training programs that enhance and expand paraprofessionals knowledge and expertise, and to increase the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who work on integrated, interprofessional teams in providing services to families impacted by OUD and other SUD.
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (16 Projected Awards) - Due May 6, 2024
The purpose of this grant is to improve access to integrated and coordinated treatment and recovery services for substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in rural areas.
Campus Suicide Prevention Grant (23 Projected Awards) - Due May 6, 2024
The purpose of this program is to support a comprehensive public health and evidence-based approach that: (1) enhances behavioral health services for all college students, including those at risk for suicide, depression, serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbances, and/or substance use disorders that can lead to school failure; (2) prevents and reduces suicide and mental and substance use disorders; (3) promotes help-seeking behavior and reduces stigma; and (4) improves the identification and treatment of at-risk college students so they can successfully complete their studies.
BJS seeks to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history record background checks.
Research and Evaluation on School Safety (Six Projected Awards) - Due May 7, 2024
With this solicitation, NIJ and BJA, seek applications for funding rigorous research and evaluation projects to fill knowledge gaps in two topical areas: 1) studies on the root causes and consequences of school violence and 2) examinations of the impact and effectiveness of awards made for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act.
NIJ seeks to fund proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects examining the impact of court and other criminal justice tools, practices, and policies on the administration of justice and public safety in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. This solicitation is focused on four research priorities and their impact on charging, case flow, outcomes, and other prosecution functions: 1) advance prosecution practice and resource management; 2) promote fair prosecution and impartial administration of justice; 3) build prosecution data resources, research capacity, and transparency; and 4) enhance the prosecution workforce and court workgroup.
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (25 Expected Awards) - Due May 9, 2024
BJA seeks applications for funding programs that support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
National Criminal History Improvement Program (40 Projected Awards) - Due May 13, 2024
BJS seeks to reduce violent crime and address gun violence by improving the accuracy, utility, and interstate accessibility of criminal history and related records in support of national record systems and their use for name- and fingerprint-based criminal history background checks.
Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance Network (30 projected awards) – Due May 15, 2024
The goal of this opportunity is to monitor and report trends in patient characteristics, screening, and diagnoses to identify opportunities and gaps across the STI/HIV prevention and surveillance continuum.
Community Level Innovations for Improving Health Outcomes (14 Projected Awards) - Due May 15, 2024
This notice solicits applications for projects to demonstrate that community level innovations that reduce barriers related to social determinants of health can increase use of preventive health services and make progress toward Leading Health Indicator targets. LHIs are a subset of high priority Healthy People 2030 objectives selected to drive action toward improving health and well-being.
The MHSP Program provides competitive grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health services providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies. The goal of this program is to increase the number and diversity of high-quality, trained providers available to address the shortages of mental health services professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs.
Applications responding to this Notice of Funding Opportunity should develop, adapt, or implement intervention strategies addressing social determinants of health to improve health and promote health equity in rural populations.
Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program (Three Projected Awards) - May 28, 2024
BJA seeks to support state, local, and tribal law enforcement and prosecution agencies, working with their partners, to investigate and prosecute unsolved cold case homicides suspected to have been racially motivated or otherwise associated with civil rights violations.
Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate (13 Projected Awards) - Due June 4, 2024
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.
Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program (20 Expected Awards) - Due June 20, 2024
Through this NOFO, HUD seeks sponsors that: Will produce housing that is physically designed to promote the long-term wellness of Elderly Persons and allow them to age in place; Can provide a robust package of services that support the health and social well-being of Elderly Persons; and Leverage Capital Advance funds with other financing sources to maximize the number of units created per dollar of HUD funding.
The Model Continuums of Care Initiative will apply the latest dissemination and implementation science approaches to significantly reduce the prevalence and impact of multi-morbidity among racial/ethnic minority women and girls of reproductive age at risk and living with mental health disorders, substance use disorders, chronic stress, cardiopulmonary diseases, common metabolic disorders (e.g., diabetes), cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
Veterans Employment and Training Service Stand Down Grants (Innumerable) – Due September 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service supports local Stand Down events that assist veterans experiencing homelessness by providing a wide range of employment, social, and health services. VETS awards these noncompetitive grants on a first-come, first-served basis to support one-day or multi-day events at up to $7,000 or $10,000, respectively. They are collaborative events coordinated between VA, DOL, other federal, state, and local government agencies and community-based organizations providing services and supplies to veterans experiencing and at risk of homelessness.
This opportunity encourages pilot effectiveness, implementation, data science, and services research studies that will advance data-driven learning health care in behavioral health treatment settings, leading to better knowledge and tools for implementing, sustaining, and optimizing evidence-based, high quality, and equitable mental health services in community settings.
The purpose of this initiative is to support research to determine the underlying mechanisms that contribute to health disparities in HIV and aging and how multiple comorbidities influence overall health outcomes and quality of life among people with HIV from populations that experience health disparities.