OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program

Key Facts

Status: Forecasted

Posted date: April 21, 2026

Close date: May 15, 2026

Opportunity ID: 362000

Opportunity number: O-BJA-2026-172587

Opportunity category: Discretionary

Agency name: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-BJA

Award floor: $0

Award ceiling: $1,000,000

Cost sharing required: Yes

Funding Instrument Types
  • Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
  • Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants
  • City or township governments
  • County governments
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • State governments
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Categories (use these for quoted searches)
  • agency_code:usdoj_ojp_bja
  • category_of_funding_activity:law_justice_and_legal_services
  • cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
  • eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
  • eligible_applicants:county_governments
  • eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
  • eligible_applicants:state_governments
  • funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
  • opportunity_category:discretionary
  • status:forecasted
Description

This program will support state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies in assigning or hiring qualified prosecutors to serve full time as Special Attorneys within the National Fraud Enforcement Division or the Criminal Division or as Special Assistant United States Attorneys (SAUSAs) within a United States Attorney’s Office. These cross-designated prosecutors will investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States (hereafter referred to as “criminal aliens”) and will investigate and prosecute crimes involving drug or human trafficking committed within the United States. This program is intended to strengthen investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expand intergovernmental coordination, and enhance the ability of jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States and drug and human trafficking crimes. The program is also intended to increase the availability of cross-designated prosecutorial personnel who can pursue these matters in coordination with federal authorities and contribute to the effective enforcement of applicable criminal laws.

OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program
This program will support state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies in assigning or hiring qualified prosecutors to serve full time as Special Attorneys within the National Fraud Enforcement Division or the Criminal Division or as Special Assistant United States Attorneys (SAUSAs) within a United States Attorney’s Office. These cross-designated prosecutors will investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States (hereafter referred to as “criminal aliens”) and will investigate and prosecute crimes involving drug or human trafficking committed within the United States. This program is intended to strengthen investigative and prosecutorial capacity, expand intergovernmental coordination, and enhance the ability of jurisdictions to investigate and prosecute fraud and other crimes committed by aliens within the United States and drug and human trafficking crimes. The program is also intended to increase the availability of cross-designated prosecutorial personnel who can pursue these matters in coordination with federal authorities and contribute to the effective enforcement of applicable criminal laws.
[Forecasted] OJP FY 2026 Special Attorneys Program
Forecasted
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Law, Justice and Legal Services
Cooperative Agreement
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
2026-04-21