BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
- Award ceiling
- up to $1,000,000
- Closes
- Sep 24, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-10-18
Awards up to $1,000,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, native american tribal governments (federally recognized), native american tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the irs, other than institutions of higher education, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), private institutions of higher education, public and state controlled institutions of higher education, small businesses, special district governments, state governments, closing Sep 24, 2026.
In one sentence
BJA FY 2026 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes awards up to $1,000,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, for profit organizations other than small businesses, independent school districts, native american tribal governments…
- Program pool (total)
- Not confirmedTotal across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $1,000,000
- Award floor
- Not confirmed
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Sep 24, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Aug 17, 2026
- Status
- Closed
- Eligible entities
- City or township governments · County governments · For profit organizations other than small businesses · Independent school districts · Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) · Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) · Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · Private institutions of higher education · Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · Small businesses · Special district governments · State governments
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- education and employment programs · academic and vocational/trade programs · workforce development and career pathways
- 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?
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, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governmentsNot confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitOther Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.; Faith-based…
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
What can the money be used for?
3 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
- No
Who has received this funding?
491 awardsAwards on file for this programme, counted rather than modelled.
491 prior awards on file for this programme, largest first. Every row comes from the funder's own award listing; nothing here is estimated.
| Recipient | State | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTY OF PALM BEACH | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| DENTON COUNTY MHMR CENTER | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| EASTERN KENTUCKY CONCENTRATED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| FATHERS BUILDING FUTURES | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| FATHERS SUPPORT CENTER ST LOUIS | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| FREEDOM LIFE MINISTRIES | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| GANG ALTERNATIVE, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| GEMEINSCHAFT HOME | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| GUARA BI INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| HEALTHCARE ACCESS MARYLAND, INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| HOPE NETWORK WEST MICHIGAN | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| HOPE OF BUFFALO | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| HOPE WORKS, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| HOUSE OF MERCY | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| I.M. SULZBACHER CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| JUSTICE INNOVATION INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| JUVENILE AFFAIRS OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| JUVENILE JUSTICE OFFICE OF | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| JUVENILE SERVICES, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| LADIES EMPOWERMENT & ACTION PROGRAM INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| LIMA UMADAOP | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| LOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| MAINE PRISONER RE-ENTRY NETWORK INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| MOUNTAIN COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| NEW AGE SERVICES CORP | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| OFFENDER AID AND RESTORATION OF ARLINGTON COUNTY, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| OKLAHOMA COUNTY DIVERSION HUB, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| OPERATION RESTORATION | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| ORIANA HOUSE INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| PATHFINDERS OF OREGON | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| PATHSTONE CORPORATION | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| PEOPLE FOR PEOPLE | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| PERSEVERE | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| PORT GAMBLE S'KLALLAM TRIBE | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| RECOVERY POINT OF HUNTINGTON, INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| RETRAINING THE VILLAGE | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| SAINT LOUIS COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI, CITY OF | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| SANTA MARIA HOSTEL, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| SCIOTO PAINT VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| SER-METRO DETROIT JOBS FOR PROGRESS, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| SIOUXLAND HUMAN INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| ST CROIX CHIPPEWA INDIANS OF WISCONSIN | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| START CORPORATION | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| STREET LAW, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| TASC OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC | Not stated | $750,000 | 2021 |
| THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE IN NEED | Not stated | $750,000 | 2025 |
| THE DANNON PROJECT | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| THE NATIONAL INCARCERATION ASSOCIATION, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| THE SOULFISHER MINISTRIES | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| THE TAMPA BAY ACADEMY OF HOPE, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2022 |
| THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2024 |
| WEST HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT | Not stated | $750,000 | 2021 |
| WESTCARE TENNESSEE, INC. | Not stated | $750,000 | 2023 |
| JUBILEE HOUSING INC | Not stated | $749,999 | 2025 |
| CENTER FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY INC | Not stated | $749,998 | 2022 |
| TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES | Not stated | $749,998 | 2024 |
| NATIONAL CENTER ON INSTITUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES, INC. | Not stated | $749,997 | 2024 |
| INSPIRE TOGETHER | Not stated | $749,996 | 2025 |
| GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, INC. | Not stated | $749,994 | 2021 |
| HOPESOURCE | Not stated | $749,994 | 2021 |
| ROCA INC | Not stated | $749,993 | 2023 |
| CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION | Not stated | $749,986 | 2022 |
| GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ARKANSAS, INC. | Not stated | $749,973 | 2023 |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE HEAD INJURY ADMINISTRATORS | Not stated | $749,904 | 2025 |
| PROJECT LIFT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES | Not stated | $749,848 | 2025 |
| SISSETON WAHPETON OYATE | Not stated | $749,834 | 2023 |
| COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO | Not stated | $749,770 | 2017 |
| SANFORD HEALTH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA | Not stated | $749,607 | 2023 |
| SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE WORKFORCE ALLIANCE | Not stated | $749,381 | 2023 |
| PUBLIC DEFENDER MARYLAND OFFICE OF | Not stated | $749,362 | 2023 |
| PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORP | Not stated | $749,311 | 2023 |
| COUNTY OF SPOKANE | Not stated | $749,117 | 2018 |
| RESTORE HOPE INC | Not stated | $748,129 | 2021 |
| CAREER RESOURCES, INC. | Not stated | $747,162 | 2023 |
| SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL INC | Not stated | $746,698 | 2025 |
| FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER SOUTH ATLANTIC | Not stated | $746,337 | 2022 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | Not stated | $746,140 | 2024 |
| DAMASCUS HOUSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP | Not stated | $745,739 | 2023 |
| THE WORKPLACE INC | Not stated | $744,554 | 2021 |
| SAN FRANCISCO PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROJECT, INC. | Not stated | $744,000 | 2024 |
| SECOND CHANCE CENTER INC | Not stated | $743,662 | 2024 |
| CITY OF PHILADELPHIA | Not stated | $739,986 | 2025 |
| PERSEVERE | Not stated | $738,381 | 2021 |
| TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP OF ARIZONA | Not stated | $735,312 | 2022 |
| OHIO DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH | Not stated | $734,961 | 2021 |
| PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION OHIO | Not stated | $729,539 | 2024 |
| NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | Not stated | $728,990 | 2018 |
| VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS | Not stated | $726,623 | 2022 |
| COUNTY OF SHAWNEE | Not stated | $725,948 | 2025 |
| OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES | Not stated | $722,900 | 2023 |
| TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC | Not stated | $722,428 | 2021 |
| HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | Not stated | $719,999 | 2020 |
| STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | Not stated | $717,932 | 2019 |
| ARKANSAS DIV. OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION | Not stated | $715,000 | 2022 |
| OPEN DOORS | Not stated | $714,958 | 2025 |
| COUNTY OF HIDALGO | Not stated | $714,819 | 2022 |
| OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION | Not stated | $713,342 | 2017 |
Recipient names as published by the California Grants Portal.
What comparable notices state
44 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Law, Justice & Legal Services, 44 of 44 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$731,250
- Median$1,150,000
- 75th percentile$2,690,281
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?
491 awardsAwards under the same assistance listing, not under this notice.
491 federal awards on file under assistance listing 16.812, 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.
- $10,843,302AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESVA · FY2020
- $7,300,000THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.KY · FY2021
- $6,543,386AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESVA · FY2021
- $6,150,000AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESVA · FY2024
- $5,474,583THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.KY · FY2024
Common questions
6 questionsEvery 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 $1,000,000 per recipient.
- When is the application deadline?
- Sep 24, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- City or township governments, County governments, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Independent school districts, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), Private institutions of higher education, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Small businesses, Special district governments, State governments.
- What can the funding be used for?
- education and employment programs, academic and vocational/trade programs, workforce development and career pathways, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- Has this programme funded anyone before?
- 491 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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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.