FederalClosing soonFixed dateBureau of Justice Assistance

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…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total 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.

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

Who can apply?

level
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
Source field: industries
use
accountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plans, civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry, comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use, increase access to mental health and substance use treatment, institutional care and civil commitment processes
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Other 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

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

When does it close?

Sep 25, 202618 daysDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

5 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance usecivil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentryincrease access to mental health and substance use treatmentaccountability measures that ensure compliance with treatment plansinstitutional care and civil commitment processes

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 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes

Common questions

5 questions
Every answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
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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Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-04
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-04

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