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No. O-BJA-2026-172673 · Bureau of Justice Assistance

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BJA FY 2026 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program

grants.gov listing
Dealbreakers Cost share: not stated Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated
Award range
$0 – $1,100,000
Expected awards
Not specified
Application deadline
Sep 24, 2026 22 days left
Posted
Aug 13, 2026
Last verified
Yesterday

At a glance

No plain-language summary yet for this grant — the official description below is the best source.

What it funds

  • Law, Justice and Legal Services
Official description from grants.gov

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program. This opportunity supports state, local, and tribal governments to implement comprehensive and collaborative reentry strategies to increase the likelihood of successful reentry for people returning to communities from adult correctional facilities, and to establish or expand a program or service (“intervention”) to reduce recidivism. Interventions may address a variety of needs related to reentry as outlined in section 101, subsection (b) of the Second Chance Act (34 USC §10631 – Adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects).

Who can apply

  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
  • Others
  • Special district governments
  • State governments
Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 16.812 · Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (16.812), not just this notice.

Fiscal year Awards Median award Middle half
FY 2026 (so far) 0 — —
FY 2025 25 $900,000 $899,716 – $900,000
FY 2024 58 $825,000 $749,997 – $848,271
FY 2023 111 $784,195 $750,000 – $900,000
FY 2022 169 $766,942 $749,834 – $900,000
FY 2021 63 $750,000 $661,042 – $900,000

For comparison, this notice advertises $0 – $1,100,000.

Who wins it Nonprofit (233), Local government (83), State government (68) of 426 awards — categories can overlap.
Top states NY (26) · CA (21) · PA (17) · OH (16) · TX (16)
Largest recent awards
  1. AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES $6,150,000 · FY 2023
  2. THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD. $5,474,583 · FY 2023
  3. CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PUBLIC POLICY, INCORPORATED $4,500,000 · FY 2022
  4. IMPACT JUSTICE $4,000,000 · FY 2023
  5. THE LATINO COALITION FOR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP $4,000,000 · FY 2023

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 14, 2026