Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172778
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2026-10-20 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 500,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: City or township governments; Special district governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); County governments; State governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Federal synopsis
This initiative seeks to protect American citizens from being victimized, harmed, or killed by criminal illegal aliens, and ensure that no additional families endure the trauma and life altering devastation experienced by our Angel Families. This funding opportunity will support state, local, and tribal government’s activities to identify, disrupt, and prevent violent crime committed by criminal illegal aliens and enhance public safety through coordinated, intelligence-led law enforcement operations. Awards from this program should be used to support significant participation in and support of Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) activities and other DOJ efforts to combat gangs, cartels, and other violent crime. Within the context described above, examples of permissible activities include but are not limited to the following: • Sworn and Non-Sworn Law Enforcement Personnel—Funding can be used to hire or rehire full-time sworn career law enforcement officers/deputies and civilian/non-sworn personnel as outlined below: o Hire new full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel, including by filling existing officer/deputy vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency’s budget. o Rehire full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel who have been laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget reductions. o Rehire full-time officers/deputies and full-time civilian/non-sworn personnel who are (at the time of application) currently scheduled to be laid off by your jurisdiction on a specific future date as a result …
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.