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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

Federal program · program number 16.738 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · also called “Byrne JAG Program”

Open now
None right now
Closed for this year
1 grant, next round estimated
Type of help
Formula grant (amounts set by a formula), project grant
Typical award
JAG formula grants: Allocations for each fiscal year formula grants can be found at https://bja.ojp.gov/program/jag/overview. JAG project grants: Varies by NOFO, see...

How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.

Closed for this year

This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.

What it pays for

Goal: Improve the functioning of the criminal justice system to prevent and reduce crime. Provide critical funding to state, local, and tribal governments under nine statutorily required program areas to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and reduce crime. Improve the administration of the criminal justice system. Provide funding to states and eligible units of local government with additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems; and assist units of local government with their criminal justice needs.

How applications are judged

In each year's official notice: BJA FY25 Local Law Enforcement Crime Gun Intelligence Center Integration Initiative

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Who in Tennessee has won this program

61 awards to Tennessee groups since 2013. Largest shown:

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
State of TennesseeNashville$4.1M spent that year2025
Tennessee Department of Finance and AdministrationNashville, Davidson County$3.9M2025
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$2.3M2020
Shelby County GovernmentMemphis, Shelby County$1.6M spent that year2025
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

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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. 59 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

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).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website