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Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice

BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula

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Key facts

Deadline
Due Oct 9, 2026 · 2 days left
Award size
Up to $5M
Match ?
Not required · Work out your budget and match
Buildings & equipment
The official notice says construction, renovation or equipment can be paid for. Check the limits.
Who can apply
County government, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), City or town government, Tribal government, and others named in the official notice
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee

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How this fits you

  • Available in Blount County (nationwide program)
  • No match required
  • Only 2 days left to apply
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 59

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About this grant

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula. This opportunity will provide formula funding to eligible units of local government to, in general, support hiring additional personnel and/or purchase equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice or civil proceedings, including for any one or more of the eleven program areas. Applicants should check the FY26 JAG allocations to determine if they are eligible to receive direct JAG funding from BJA prior to starting an application: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/jag/allocations.

Who can apply, from the official notice

Other units of local government

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Your schedule, working back from the deadline

  1. Oct7
    Check that your SAM.gov registration is active (or start it now)
    Grants.gov: allow up to 10 business days for SAM registration, weeks or months if information isn't verified. It must be renewed every year. Grants.gov
  2. Sep18
    Ask partners for letters of support or commitment (already past: do it now)
    Suggested: partners need about three weeks to write and sign letters.
  3. Oct2
    Finish a complete draft for a final review (already past: do it now)
    Suggested: leave about a week for someone else to read the draft.
  4. Oct7
    Submit
    Grants.gov: submit at least 24–48 hours before the deadline: uploads fail, systems slow down, errors need fixing. Grants.gov blog
  5. Oct9
    Deadline
    From the funder.

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Writing the need statement? Blount County facts with citations.

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

34 awards to Tennessee groups in 7 counties since 2013 · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:

Past Tennessee winners
Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$5.9M2023
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$5.3M2022
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$5.3M2021
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$5.1M2024
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$3.9M2025
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$2.3M2020
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$1.1M2023
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$1M2024
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$1M2022
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$895K2021
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$821K2018
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$819K2019

Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.

Tennessee groups that got this money through Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration passes it on: watch that agency for applications, not the federal agency. 25 pass-through grants on file · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:

Tennessee pass-through grant winners
Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$2.2M2026
Supreme Court of the State of TennesseeNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$2M2023
Tennessee Sheriffs' Association, Inc.LebanonTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$786K2025
Supreme Court of the State of TennesseeNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$650K2023
Tennessee Voices for VictimsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$600K2025
Tennessee Community Services AgencyUnion City, Obion CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$465K2023
County of LawrenceLawrenceburgTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$450K2025
Bradley County GovernmentClevelandTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$450K2025
Maury CountyColumbiaTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$371K2025
Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$350K2023
Tennessee Department of CorrectionNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$337K2023
County of HamiltonChattanooga, Hamilton CountyTennessee Department of Finance and Administration$325K2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

About the federal program

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, also called “Byrne JAG Program”
Program number 16.738 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs · Formula grant (amounts set by a formula), project grant

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: read this year's.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 7, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number O-BJA-2026-172705 · program number 16.738