Office of Justice Programs
Since 1984, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has provided Federal leadership in developing the Nation’s capacity to control crime and improve the criminal justice system. Along with that leadership, OJP supplies funding to States and agencies through discretionary (competitive) and formula grants.
Most OJP formula grant programs provide funding to State agencies. These agencies may, in turn, use the sub-grant funds to support relevant projects of local governments and private agencies. OJP has created an online resource that lists contacts for every State. To find your contact, go to the State Administering Agencies page on the OJP website and click your State on the map. Your browser will jump to a list of people you can contact to learn about funding from OJP agencies.
Other OJP funds are awarded through a competitive process in response to general and targeted solicitations. OJP solicitations call for research proposals ranging from advancing the use of forensic DNA to spatial data analysis to preventing the abduction and sexual exploitation of children. To view the current open solicitations, see Funding Opportunities at OJP.
OJP includes:
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
- Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
- Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education
- Community Capacity Development Office, which incorporated the Office of Weed and Seed and the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Affairs Desk
Also highlighted are grants from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and the Office for Domestic Preparedness, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Please take a look at the available OJP Descretionary Grants.