FederalClosedFixed dateBureau of Justice Assistance

BJA FY 2026 Public Safety and Mental Health Initiative

Award ceiling
up to $3,000,000
Closes
Sep 25, 2026
Last verified
2026-10-18

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.

City or township governmentsCounty governmentsNative 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 governmentsState governmentsLaw, Justice & Legal Services

In one sentence

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
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Sep 25, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 14, 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
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use · increase access to mental health and substance use treatment through civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry · reduce the burden on law enforcement and the justice system · restore order in communities affected by homelessness, mental illness, and substance use
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
comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance use, increase access to mental health and substance use treatment through civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry, reduce the burden on law enforcement and the justice system, restore order in communities affected by homelessness, mental illness, and substance use
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…

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, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

4 categorys
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
comprehensive service networks addressing untreated mental illness and substance useincrease access to mental health and substance use treatment through civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentryreduce the burden on law enforcement and the justice systemrestore order in communities affected by homelessness, mental illness, and substance use

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

Who has received this funding?

310 awards
Awards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.

310 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.

RecipientStateAmountFiscal year
THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIANot stated$495,9032022
HARRIS COUNTYNot stated$495,7572025
CITY OF TUCSONNot stated$492,3122023
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIANot stated$491,0792024
COUNTY OF PINELLASNot stated$489,1772022
CITY OF MISSOULANot stated$487,5642024
CITY OF ALAMOSANot stated$487,2592023
KITTITAS, COUNTY OFNot stated$483,5522023
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO (INC)Not stated$483,3942021
COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELDNot stated$482,5552023
CITY OF MASON CITYNot stated$480,5852020
SUPERIOR COURT OF GUAMNot stated$480,2982023
CITY OF SEGUINNot stated$477,0292024
GULF COAST CENTERNot stated$476,9492025
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTNot stated$476,6662025
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE ILLINOIS COURTSNot stated$469,1522022
PASCO COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSNot stated$467,5232022
CITY OF SHREVEPORTNot stated$462,0002023
AKRON CITY OFNot stated$459,4422025
GEORGIA PINES COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDNot stated$453,7202025
MARTIN COUNTYNot stated$450,0002025
COUNTY OF BOONENot stated$449,6582022
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYNot stated$441,3842022
GEORGIA PINES COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARDNot stated$437,1852024
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMANot stated$431,4062022
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF COLORADONot stated$430,0322025
CITY OF DURHAMNot stated$425,3532022
CENTRAL TEXAS MHMR CENTERNot stated$424,6982024
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD POLICENot stated$422,9012022
CITY OF COLUMBUSNot stated$421,1262022
DURHAM COUNTYNot stated$420,4682022
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELLNot stated$419,7142024
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL COURTNot stated$417,3912022
CITY OF BESSEMER ALABAMANot stated$406,2002024
MESA CITY OFNot stated$402,7672021
ERIE, COUNTY OFNot stated$402,7182023
CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCILNot stated$400,0002019
CENTRAL TEXAS MHMR CENTERNot stated$398,8992023
MONROE COUNTYNot stated$398,1492021
PIMA COUNTYNot stated$398,0912023
DALLAS COUNTY TEXASNot stated$395,9482021
CITY OF KANSAS CITYNot stated$395,0002025
MONTGOMERY COUNTYNot stated$384,0002023
COUNTY OF BERNALILLONot stated$376,0782025
RUTHERFORD, COUNTY OFNot stated$372,6592024
CITY OF LA CROSSENot stated$369,0082023
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYNot stated$367,8582023
RU SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINENot stated$366,6662022
BEAR RIVER HEALTH DEPARTMENTNot stated$355,4612021
ANDERSON COUNTYNot stated$354,1312023
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICENot stated$343,2912023
COUNTY OF MONTGOMERYNot stated$336,1112023
REGION TEN COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD INCNot stated$333,7242022
COUNTY OF JOHNSONNot stated$309,7662023
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONANot stated$305,8222024
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICENot stated$301,4852022
PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENTNot stated$295,1762023
SAN FRANCISCO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTNot stated$292,7272018
COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTERNot stated$290,5602022
COUNTY OF BUREAUNot stated$287,8492020
COUNTY OF MISSISSIPPINot stated$281,5112018
CITY OF JOLIETNot stated$280,7862022
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICTNot stated$279,3672023
COUNTY OF ISLE OF WIGHTNot stated$274,0502023
DOUGLAS COUNTY NEBRASKANot stated$272,2322022
CITY OF TUSCALOOSANot stated$259,8102024
COOK COUNTY HEALTH BUREAUNot stated$259,5252020
COUNTY OF JACKSONNot stated$256,7952019
TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TOWN HALLNot stated$255,0002024
COUNTY OF LAKENot stated$249,3632017
COUNTY OF PACIFICNot stated$249,1342020
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSNot stated$246,2552020
FREDERICK, CITY OFNot stated$239,1932022
CITY OF MISSIONNot stated$229,9632023
COUNTY OF SCHUYLKILL COURTHOUSENot stated$229,9582023
CITY OF UTICANot stated$206,7822023
CUMBERLAND, COUNTY OFNot stated$203,3192023
PETTIS COUNTY HEALTH CENTERNot stated$198,9432018
PANHANDLE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATIONNot stated$188,3612018
COUNTY OF ONONDAGANot stated$183,0002022
COUNTY OF LINNNot stated$177,7972022
CHARLESTON, CITY OFNot stated$172,4182022
CITY OF SEGUINNot stated$159,3432021
CITY OF LOS ANGELESNot stated$150,0002022
CORRECTIONS, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OFNot stated$150,0002022
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENYNot stated$150,0002022
TARRANT INC, CITY OFNot stated$150,0002022
CITY OF NORTON SHORESNot stated$149,9962022
CITY OF TUSCALOOSANot stated$149,6622022
RICHLAND COUNTYNot stated$149,4962023
MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSNot stated$149,3692021
SUFFOLK, COUNTY OFNot stated$142,6072022
CITY OF MOBILENot stated$141,7792022
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSNot stated$135,3872017
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENTNot stated$126,2202018
LANCASTER COUNTYNot stated$121,8022022
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM DIRECTORS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INCNot stated$120,9262022
CITY OF BOULDERNot stated$113,9032022
JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONNot stated$100,7042022
CITY OF SALISBURY MARYLANDNot stated$100,0002022

Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.

What comparable notices state

45 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Law, Justice & Legal Services, 45 of 45 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$750,000
  • Median$1,200,000
  • 75th percentile$2,850,000

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.

Who has won this programme before?

1336 awards
Awards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.

1336 federal awards on file under assistance listing 16.745, 16.812, 16.838, the programme this notice is published under. These are not awards made under this notice — a listing covers every year the programme runs, and awards under an open notice do not exist yet.

Every award under this programme

Common questions

6 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, increase access to mental health and substance use treatment through civil commitment, institutional treatment, and step-down approaches from pre-arrest through reentry, reduce the burden on law enforcement and the justice system, restore order in communities affected by homelessness, mental illness, and substance use, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds.
Has this programme funded anyone before?
310 prior awards are on file for this programme, made by Bureau of Justice Assistance. Recipients, amounts and fiscal years are listed on this page.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-10-18
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-04
Assistance listings16.745, 16.812, 16.838

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.