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The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. Read about Officer Edward R. Byrne.

The JAG Program is authorized by Title I of Public Law No. 90-351 (generally codified at 34 U.S.C. 10151-10726), including subpart 1 of part E (codified at 34 U.S.C. 10151-10158); see also 28 U.S.C. 530C (a)

2025 JAG Training and Equipment Program

The JAG Training and Equipment Program application period is now open. Proposals are due September 8, 2025.

Request for Applications

This Request for Applications (RFA) provides the information necessary to submit an application to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for grant funds available to all California counties on a non-competitive basis through the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.

JAG Equipment and Training Program applications must be received by 3:00 P.M. (PST) on September 8, 2025.

JAG Equipment & Training RFA Instruction Packet

Amount of JAG Funds Available by County

JAG Equipment and Training Program Notice of Funding Availability

JAG Equipment and Training Program Grant Agreement - Sample

 

Attachment Required with Application Submission

  1. JAG Equipment and Training Program Budget Attachment

Additional Attachments Required Upon Award

  1. Sample Governing Board Resolution
  2. Certification of Compliance with BSCC Policies Regarding Debarment, Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement

Submission Instructions

Applications for the JAG Training and Equipment Program must be submitted through the BSCC Submittable Application portal using the "Click here to Submit" button below. Applicants who do not already have one must create a free Submittable account. After an account is established, applicants may proceed with the submission process. As part of this process, applicants will be required to upload a completed Budget Attachment (Project Budget Table and Budget Narrative) and then upload it to the BSCC Submittable Application Portal.

Do not wait until the last minute to submit your application. Please allow sufficient time for Submittable and the BSCC to provide technical assistance. The Submittable application portal will not accept submissions after 3:00 PM (PST) on September 8, 2025.

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JAG Equipment and Training RFA Virtual Applicant Information Session

On Thursday, August 7, 2025 prospective applicants are invited, but not required, to attend a Grant Applicant Information Session. The purpose of this session is answer technical questions and provide clarity on RFA instructions. Details:

 

Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 1:30 p.m.

Meeting ID: 861 2577 2966

 

Grant Applicant Information Session Zoom Link

Call in: (669) 944-9171

 

Questions About this RFA

The BSCC staff cannot assist the applicant or its partners with the preparation of an application. Any technical questions concerning the RFA, the application process, or programmatic issues must be submitted by email to: JAG@bscc.ca.gov

The BSCC will accept and respond to written questions about this RFA through September 8, 2025. A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document will be posted to this page and will be updated periodically through September 8, 2025.

 

2023-26 JAG Program

BJA requires states receiving JAG funds to develop a multi-year strategic plan for the JAG program. California updated its multi-year state strategy in 2022 and combined the information received from the most recent planning process with the Program Purpose Areas (PPA) that have been in place since 2013. Five PPAs were identified and each of these PPAs includes underlying priority areas of need. Applicants for 2023 JAG funding were restricted to proposals that address one or more of the identified PPAs and include one or more related priority areas of need.

PPAs Identified for 2023 JAG

  • Mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs
  • Drug treatment and enforcement programs
  • Prevention and education programs
  • Law enforcement programs
  • Prosecution and court programs

Successful proposals are funded for a 42-month grant term, a three-year grant service period (6/1/2023 to 6/30/2026) and a six-month period (7/1/2026-12/31/2026) for the sole purpose of completing a final evaluation report and a financial audit.

2023 Project Summaries

Small Counties

# County Lead Agency Program Purpose Area Award
1 El Dorado Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court $660,000
2 Humboldt Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement $660,000
3 Lassen Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement, Prevention & Education $658,758
4 Madera Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement $660,000
5 Mariposa Probation Department Law Enforcement $654,615
6 Mendocino Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court, Drug Treatment & Enforcement, Mental Health & Related Law Enforcement $660,000
7 Nevada Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement, Mental Health & Related Law Enforcement $617,000
8 Shasta Probation Department Prevention & Education $660,000
9 Tehama Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement $660,000
 

Medium Counties

# County Lead Agency Program Purpose Area Award
1 Butte Probation Department Prevention & Education, Drug Treatment & Enforcement $2,145,000
2 Placer Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement, Prevention & Education, Drug Treatment & Enforcement $2,145,000
3 San Luis Obispo County Behavioral Health Prosecution & Court $2,145,000
4 Santa Barbara Public Defender's Office Law Enforcement, Prosecution & Court, Drug Treatment & Enforcement $715,000
5 Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office Prevention & Education $2,138,843
6 Solano Juvenile Probation Law Enforcement, Prosecution & Court, Prevention & Education, Mental Health & Related Law Enforcement $1,354,365
7 Sonoma Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court $1,935,333
8 Stanislaus Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court $2,145,000
9 Yolo District Attorney's Office Prosecution & Court $2,145,000
 

Large Counties

# County Lead Agency Program Purpose Area Award
1 Fresno Probation Department Prevention & Education $2,837,831
2 Los Angeles Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court $6,000,000
3 Sacramento Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court, Prevention & Education, Drug Treatment & Enforcement, Mental Health & Related Law Enforcement $3,136,875
4 San Diego Public Defender's Office Prosecution & Court $3,136,875
5 San Joaquin District Attorney's Office Prosecution & Court $3,130,751
6 San Mateo County of San Mateo Mental Health & Related Law Enforcement $3,067,989
7 Ventura Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement, Prevention & Education $3,136,875
 

 

Prior JAG Cohorts

In April 2019, California counties responded to the Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Program RFP for the JAG grant cycle that ran October 2019 to September 2022.

2019 JAG RFP

2019 JAG Project Summaries

2019 JAG Executive Steering Committee Roster

 

Bidders' Conference

 

2019 JAG Local Evaluation Report Webinar

 

JAG Resource Information

As California’s adult and juvenile public safety needs evolve, the BSCC periodically assesses how grant funding should be prioritized within the federal guidelines set by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).  A survey was created to help identify unmet and under-served needs within the eight Program Purpose Areas established by the BJA.

JAG Program Purpose Areas:

  • PPA 1 – Law enforcement programs
  • PPA 2 – Prosecution and court programs
  • PPA 3 – Prevention and education programs
  • PPA 4 – Corrections and community corrections programs
  • PPA 5 – Drug treatment and enforcement programs
  • PPA 6 – Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs
  • PPA 7 – Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation)
  • PPA 8 – Mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams

The Board considered the survey responses at its November 18, 2021 meeting for incorporation in the Request for Proposals for the current grant cycle.

JAG: Results of Information Gathering Process to Inform the Multi-Year JAG State Strategy

BSCC 2022 California JAG State Strategy

 

 

Contact the BSCC regarding the JAG Program

To provide general public comment submit an email to: JAG2022@bscc.ca.gov

JAG Contacts:

 

Archive

For FY 2017 JAG funding, OJP sought to impose conditions related to immigration enforcement as requirements for state and local governments to receive JAG funding. On November 20, 2018, a United States District Court for the Northern District of California entered an order enjoining the enforcement of these immigration enforcement conditions. Consequently, the Bureau of Justice Assistance will not enforce these conditions against the State of California or any subrecipients that receive JAG funding through the Board of State and Community Corrections.

State of California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of the State of California v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General of the United States, et al. Amended Judgement and Order