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DOJ FY 2026 Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (“BIDEN”) Program

Award ceiling
Not stated
Closes
Jul 15, 2026
Last verified
2026-09-24

Per-recipient award not stated for city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), special district governments, state governments, closing Jul 15, 2026.

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DOJ FY 2026 Bridging Immigration-related Deficits Experienced Nationwide (“BIDEN”) Program does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$3,000,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
Not confirmed
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Jul 15, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Jun 15, 2026
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
City or township governments · County governments · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Special district governments · State governments
Geography
Not stated
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Reimbursement
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
Hiring full-time sworn and non-sworn law enforcement personnel, including new hires and rehires · Hiring, retention, and training of non-law enforcement criminal justice personnel such as forensic, investigative, analytical, prosecution and legal support, corrections, detention, and custodial staff · Technology and equipment purchases including multi-year implementation, subscriptions, training, and maintenance · Construction of temporary detention facilities for criminal illegal aliens including major construction and substantial renovation/expansion/modernization
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$3,000,000,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
Not stated

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, State governments
Source field: entity types
industry
Law, Justice & Legal Services
Source field: industries
use
Construction of temporary detention facilities for criminal illegal aliens including major construction and substantial renovation/expansion/modernization, Hiring full-time sworn and non-sworn law enforcement personnel, including new hires and rehires, Hiring, retention, and training of non-law enforcement criminal justice personnel such as forensic, investigative, analytical, prosecution and legal support, corrections, detention, and custodial staff, Technology and equipment purchases including multi-year implementation, subscriptions, training, and maintenance
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Other: State Agencies with Law enforcement responsibilities and Units of Local Government

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Jul 15, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
Hiring full-time sworn and non-sworn law enforcement personnel, including new hires and rehiresHiring, retention, and training of non-law enforcement criminal justice personnel such as forensic, investigative, analytical, prosecution and legal support, corrections, detention, and custodial staffTechnology and equipment purchases including multi-year implementation, subscriptions, training, and maintenanceConstruction of temporary detention facilities for criminal illegal aliens including major construction and substantial renovation/expansion/modernization

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Reimbursement
Recipients spend first and are reimbursed. Plan cash flow accordingly.
Matching funds
No

What comparable notices state

46 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Law, Justice & Legal Services, 46 of 46 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$787,500
  • Median$1,500,000
  • 75th percentile$4,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

6 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much funding is available in total?
$3,000,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Jul 15, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Special district governments, State governments.
What can the funding be used for?
Hiring full-time sworn and non-sworn law enforcement personnel, including new hires and rehires, Hiring, retention, and training of non-law enforcement criminal justice personnel such as forensic, investigative, analytical, prosecution and legal support, corrections, detention, and custodial staff, Technology and equipment purchases including multi-year implementation, subscriptions, training, and maintenance, Construction of temporary detention facilities for criminal illegal aliens including major construction and substantial renovation/expansion/modernization, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
Is the money paid up front or reimbursed?
Reimbursement. Recipients spend first and claim the cost back, so the money has to be found before it is repaid.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-24
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-24

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.