ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 90/100
BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program — Local Formula
FY 2026 BJA local-formula JAG funding can support corrections, drug treatment, mental health, crisis intervention, equipment and technology. Eligible local governments listed in BJA allocation charts are the direct applicants; healthcare relevance depends on each local program design.
FundingUp to $96,518,469 in expected total program funding across 1,190 anticipated awards; maximum anticipated award up to $4,964,030; no cost sharing or matching is required.
DeadlineGrants.gov step due October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET; complete JustGrants application due October 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET
Last verifiedOctober 7, 2026
Required next actionDirect-award eligible local governments should confirm their FY 2026 allocation in BJA's JAG allocation materials, align the proposed use with allowable JAG purposes and required certifications, complete the Grants.gov step by October 9, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET, and submit the complete JustGrants application by October 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM ET.
Broad Eligibility
Direct applicants are eligible units of local government, including counties, cities or townships, special districts, federally recognized tribal governments performing qualifying functions, and other units of local government listed in BJA’s allocation charts. Organizations not listed for direct allocation may participate only through an eligible recipient’s procurement, subaward, partnership, or implementation structure where permitted.
Atlas Analysis
FY 2026 Local Formula JAG is a broad criminal-justice funding opportunity for eligible units of local government. BJA lists $96,518,469 in expected program funding across 1,190 anticipated awards, with no cost-sharing requirement. Allowable program areas include corrections, drug treatment, mental health and crisis intervention, equipment, contractual support, technology improvement, and information systems. Healthcare relevance depends on the recipient government's selected justice program and the procurement, subaward, or partnership structure permitted under the award.
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance is accepting FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program — Local Formula applications. This formula opportunity provides funding to eligible units of local government for criminal-justice programs and expressly includes corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, mental-health and related law-enforcement/corrections programs, behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems.
For Atlas, the strongest healthcare relevance is through local justice-health, behavioral-health, substance-use, corrections, diversion, crisis-intervention, mobile-care, and technology projects selected by direct JAG allocation recipients. N9+ Fit Score: 70/100. A connected-exam, telehealth, or mobile clinical component may be legitimate when it directly advances the local government’s approved JAG program and procurement structure, but telehealth is not a stated core requirement of the federal NOFO. Dr. Miltie is not a direct applicant; the direct applicants are eligible units of local government listed in BJA’s allocation charts.
Source verificationOfficial government source · www.bja.ojp.govAtlas last verified this record October 7, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
