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BJA FY 2026 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance · Opportunity O-BJA-2026-172673

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Special district governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Native American tribal organizations (other)
• Others

Other units of local government: For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, other units of local government include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state.

About this opportunity

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Smart Reentry Demonstration Program. This opportunity supports state, local, and tribal governments to implement comprehensive and collaborative reentry strategies to increase the likelihood of successful reentry for people returning to communities from adult correctional facilities, and to establish or expand a program or service (“intervention”) to reduce recidivism. Interventions may address a variety of needs related to reentry as outlined in section 101, subsection (b) of the Second Chance Act (34 USC §10631 – Adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects).

Portfolio context — this listing covers more than this opportunity

This opportunity is funded under Assistance Listing 16.812 (“Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative”), a broad federal program that made about 85 new awards per year over the last five fiscal years (median award $784k). Those figures describe that whole portfolio — not this specific solicitation, so we don't show them as if they were this opportunity's track record.

Applicant counts per solicitation are not published by any federal agency — no one can honestly sell you that number.

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