The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has announced three limited funding opportunities: (1) FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program; (2) FY 2026 Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance; and (3) FY 2026 Multistate Mentoring Programs.
Funding for the STOP program may support training for students, school personnel, and law enforcement to prevent violence against others and self; the development and operation of anonymous reporting technologies; school threat assessment and intervention teams coordinated with law enforcement and school personnel; and specialized training for school officials responding to mental health crises. Learn more about this limited submission on UF’s InfoReady website.
The Missing and Exploited Children Training and Technical Assistance opportunity provides assistance to multidisciplinary teams of prosecutors, state and local law enforcement, child protection personnel, medical providers, and other child-serving professionals to strengthen multidisciplinary responses to cases of missing and exploited children and improve the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators. Learn more about this limited submission on UF’s InfoReady website.
Funding for the Multistate Mentoring Programs supports the implementation and delivery of mentoring services to youth populations that are at risk or high risk for delinquency, victimization, and going into the juvenile justice system. Mentoring services can be one-on-one, group, peer, or a combination of these types. Learn more about this limited submission on UF’s InfoReady website.
Internal Deadlines: October 5, 2026 | Amount: Up to $2M