BJA FY25 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: May 12, 2026
Close date: June 23, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362366
Opportunity number: O-BJA-2025-172612
Opportunity category: Other
Agency name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Agency code: USDOJ-OJP-BJA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $59,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Other
Category of Funding Activity
- Law, Justice and Legal Services
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- State governments
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:false
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:other
- opportunity_category:other
- status:forecasted
This NOFO seeks applications for payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) to eligible “states” and “units of local government” that incurred certain types of costs due to “incarceration” of “undocumented criminal aliens” during the July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, reporting period. OJP is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.