BJA FY25 Invited to Apply- Administrative Funding Adjustment | O BJA 2025 172274

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2025 172274

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY25 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment grant opportunity (Opportunity Number O-BJA-2025-172274) is a discretionary funding solicitation intended only for a small, specific group of organizations that BJA has directly contacted. The purpose is not to start new projects or open a competitive application round, but to allow invited recipients to continue work tied to a prior BJA grant award. In practical terms, this is an administrative funding adjustment mechanism that keeps an existing, previously funded effort moving forward with substantially the same scope and structure as before.

This opportunity is limited to applicants who received an official request from BJA instructing them to apply under this solicitation. If an organization did not receive that direct correspondence, it is not the target applicant pool. The eligible applicant type is listed as "Others," reflecting that eligibility is determined by invitation rather than a broad category like states, local governments, or nonprofits. Because it is invitation-based, the application is essentially a continuation or extension-type request aligned to prior award terms, rather than a proposal meant to compete against other applicants on a wide-open basis.

Programmatically, the solicitation makes clear that the governing rules and expectations for the work remain anchored to the original Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) under which the prior funding was awarded. That means the same core guidelines, requirements, and program framework from the earlier NOFO will continue to apply. The new project is expected to remain substantially the same as the previous one in scope, purpose, award amount, and performance period, signaling that applicants should not propose major departures, new program models, or expanded initiatives beyond what BJA has already supported and requested to continue.

Key administrative details include that the award instrument is a grant, the activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA (Assistance Listing) number is 16.609. The posting indicates an award ceiling of $204,473 and anticipates approximately 3 awards, reinforcing that this is a narrowly targeted action rather than a large national competition. The opportunity was created on 2024-12-04, with an original closing date of 2024-12-12, which suggests a short turnaround consistent with an invited continuation action where the applicant and BJA have already aligned on what is being funded.

Overall, this solicitation functions as a formal pathway for invited prior awardees to submit the required application materials to maintain continuity of previously approved work, under the same basic program expectations and with minimal change to the project’s fundamental design, funding level, and timeline.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY25 Invited to Apply- Administrative Funding Adjustment" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.609.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-12-04.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-12-12. (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 $204,473.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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