BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program | O BJA 2025 172334

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2025 172334

The BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on reducing overdose deaths and addressing the broader harms caused by illicit substance use and misuse. The program is designed to help communities strengthen what they can offer across the full continuum of response, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery supports. A central theme is improving outcomes for people with substance use disorders who come into contact with, or become involved in, the criminal justice system, aligning with DOJ priorities around access to treatment and supportive services in justice-related settings.

This opportunity supports practical, site-based initiatives that can be implemented by governments and tribal entities to expand service access and improve coordination between community systems and justice systems. Funded activities may include expanding prevention services, enhancing harm reduction efforts, building or scaling treatment and recovery services, and developing additional resources and supports that reduce risk and improve stability for affected individuals and communities. While the summary language is broad, the intent is clearly to encourage jurisdictions to strengthen their local infrastructure and partnerships so that people at risk of overdose or living with substance use disorders can be identified earlier, connected to evidence-informed services, and supported through recovery, especially during justice-system touchpoints that often coincide with heightened overdose risk.

Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, federally recognized tribal governments, and tribal organizations (including those other than federally recognized tribal governments). The funding is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the associated CFDA number is 16.838. The grant instrument type is a standard grant, and the opportunity is administered directly by BJA.

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity number O-BJA-2025-172334 and an original application closing date of March 12, 2025. BJA anticipates making approximately 63 awards under this solicitation, with an award ceiling of up to $7,000,000 per award. The opportunity was created (posted) on January 14, 2025. Overall, the program is aimed at helping jurisdictions implement or expand comprehensive, coordinated strategies that reduce overdose deaths and strengthen the community and justice-system response to opioid, stimulant, and other substance use challenges.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY25 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.838.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-01-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-03-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 63 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments).

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