U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
Key facts
- Open now
- 1 grant
- 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.
The open grant below is for the governments the formula names. Most local groups apply through the state agency instead.
Open now
- BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula · Due Oct 9, 2026 · 2 days left
What it pays for
How applications are judged
In each year's official notice: BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—Local Formula
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Who in Tennessee has won this program
34 awards to Tennessee groups since 2013 · 0 in Blount County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.9M | 2023 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.3M | 2022 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.3M | 2021 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $5.1M | 2024 |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.9M | 2025 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $2.3M | 2020 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1.1M | 2023 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2024 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $1M | 2022 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $895K | 2021 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $821K | 2018 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | $819K | 2019 |
Source: USAspending.gov.
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:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $2.2M | 2026 |
| Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $2M | 2023 |
| Tennessee Sheriffs' Association, Inc. | Lebanon | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $786K | 2025 |
| Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $650K | 2023 |
| Tennessee Voices for Victims | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $600K | 2025 |
| Tennessee Community Services Agency | Union City, Obion County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $465K | 2023 |
| County of Lawrence | Lawrenceburg | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Bradley County Government | Cleveland | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $450K | 2025 |
| Maury County | Columbia | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $371K | 2025 |
| Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $350K | 2023 |
| Tennessee Department of Correction | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $337K | 2023 |
| County of Hamilton | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | $325K | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).