Last reviewed: September 2026 Award status: SAMHSA announced two rounds of awards in a single week: $77 million across ten programs on August 31, 2026, including the Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success, Building Communities of Recovery, SBIRT, the pregnant and postpartum women treatment pilot, community mental health programs including the National Child Traumatic Stress
Every program eventually faces the same question. The grant cycle ends, the pilot period closes, or a board meets to set next year’s budget, and someone asks whether the program should continue. This guide walks through how to answer that question with evidence rather than momentum. It covers the five questions the decision turns on,
Last reviewed: September 2026 Funding status: Both solicitations covered on this page are open. The BJA FY 2026 Crisis Response Training Program (O-BJA-2026-172706) closes on Grants.gov October 5, 2026, and the BJA FY 2026 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Formula Program (O-BJA-2026-172690) closes on Grants.gov October 6, 2026. Full applications for both are due in JustGrants
Last reviewed: September 2026 Whether Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funds can pay for program evaluation depends on which office makes the award. Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) solicitations generally permit award funds for project evaluations. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) rules vary by solicitation:
Last reviewed: September 2026 If your jurisdiction runs an adult drug court, veterans treatment court, mental health court, or a justice and mental health collaboration program, begin work now on the next round of Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funding. BJA posted the FY 2026 Adult Treatment Court Program and Veterans Treatment Court Program solicitations
Last reviewed: September 2026 If your organization serves victims of human trafficking, two FY 2026 Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) opportunities remain open into October. The Grants.gov deadlines for four of the six FY 2026 notices of funding opportunity (NOFOs) fall on September 28 and 29, 2026. The Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force and