Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice
BJA FY 2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award size
- Up to $2.6M
- Cost share / match ?
- Not required
- Who can apply
- Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Other (see eligibility), Tribal government, State government, County government, Tribal organization, City or town government
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
- Tennessee recipients since 2023: 1
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About this grant
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative. This opportunity supports local law enforcement in rural jurisdictions to prevent, respond to, and reduce violent crime. The goal is to equip rural law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices with the resources necessary to implement a violent crime reduction strategy to solve a specific violent crime challenge utilizing one or more of the following approaches:
• Personnel, Tactics, Training, and Equipment to Reduce Violent Crime. This includes updated technology and tools, including records management systems, vehicles, vests, and firearms that assist agencies in responding to and preventing violent crime. This also includes hiring additional personnel such as a prosecutor or criminologist to strategically address persistent crimes, early case management, and increased police training.
• Technological Enhancements to Reduce Violent Crime. Technology takes the form of hardware, software, communications systems, intelligence centers, and equipment. Technology systems can create the infrastructure for actionable intelligence, enhance officer safety, support efficient operations, shorten case filing timelines, and manage risk.
• Data Analytics and Intelligence. Enhance crime analysis capabilities through personnel, training, and software enhancements to identify crime hotspots, predict high-risk times and locations, and allocate resources more effectively to prevent violent incidents before they occur.
• Other approaches that align with the Department’s priorities and provide a significant reduction in violent crime rates.
Eligibility (from the notice)
Other Units of Local Government: For the purposes of this NOFO, “other units of local government” include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.
Who in Tennessee has won this program
1 award to Tennessee recipients in 1 county since federal FY2023. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County Courthouse | Sneedville, Claiborne County | $149K | 2022 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
About the program (16.039)
Rural Violent Crime Initiative — RVCI
How applications are judged
Criteria for selecting proposals is determined as part of the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.