BJA FY 2026 Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative
Awards up to $3,000,000 per recipient 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 Sep 25, 2026.
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BJA FY 2026 Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative awards up to $3,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal…
- Program pool (total)
- Not confirmedTotal across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $3,000,000
- Award floor
- $0
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Sep 25, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Aug 14, 2026
- Status
- Closing soon
- 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
- Yes
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use · civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry · increase access to mental health and substance use treatment · accountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plans · institutional care and civil commitment processes
- 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.
Who can apply?
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitOther units of local government; Nonprofit or for-profit mental health agencies or other non-governmental applicants are eligible to apply only if they meet two requirements: (1) The applicant is designated by the state mental health authority to provide services as a unit of the state or local government. (2) The applicant should attach documentation to support this designation
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What can the money be used for?
5 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
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?
1 fieldEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- Yes
Common questions
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- How much can one applicant receive?
- Up to $3,000,000 per recipient.
- When is the application deadline?
- Sep 25, 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?
- comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use, civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry, increase access to mental health and substance use treatment, accountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plans, institutional care and civil commitment processes, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
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