Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2025 172594
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is offering a FY25 Notice of Funding Opportunity called the Small, Rural, and Tribal (SRT) Body-Worn Camera Program, but it is a restricted, invitation-only opportunity. The purpose is not to directly fund individual police departments through this award. Instead, it supports a single organization that will run and supplement the administration of a competitive subaward program aimed at small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies that want to start a body-worn camera (BWC) program or expand an existing one. In practical terms, the funded organization would act as the hub: designing and managing the subaward competition, issuing subgrants to eligible agencies, overseeing compliance and reporting, and helping ensure that agencies implement BWCs in a consistent and effective way.
A major second component of this opportunity is training and technical assistance (TTA). The awardee is expected to provide comprehensive TTA to the law enforcement agencies that receive funding through the awardee's own subaward program. This typically means hands-on support that can cover policy development, privacy and data retention considerations, community trust and transparency practices, operational guidance on deployment and supervision, training curricula, and program sustainability. The intent is to reduce common pitfalls in BWC rollouts and help smaller or resource-constrained agencies implement programs that meet professional standards and federal expectations.
This NOFO is categorized as a continuation and will be made through a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates substantial federal involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the relevant CFDA number listed is 16.835. The agency is the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Eligibility is extremely limited. Only applicants that received an official invitation letter from BJA may apply, and applications will only be accepted from one specified entity: Justice and Security Strategies, Inc. That means other organizations and agencies cannot compete for this particular award, even if they work in body-worn camera policy, policing assistance, or rural/tribal justice programs. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $4,000,000.
Key dates and identifiers are provided for tracking and submission planning. The funding opportunity title is "BJA FY25 Invited to Apply - Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program" and the funding opportunity number is "O-BJA-2025-172594." The opportunity was created on 2026-04-28, and the original closing date is 2026-05-06. Overall, the opportunity is designed to strengthen body-worn camera adoption and implementation among small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies by funding a single administrator that both runs a subgrant program and delivers robust training and technical support to the agencies that ultimately receive those subawards.Apply for O BJA 2025 172594
- 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 - Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.835.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2026-04-28.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-05-06. (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 $4,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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FAQs: BJA FY25 Small, Rural, and Tribal (SRT) Body-Worn Camera Program (Invitation Only)
1) What is the official name of this funding opportunity?
The official title is "BJA FY25 Invited to Apply - Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program."
2) Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
This opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
3) What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2025-172594.
4) What type of funding instrument is being used?
The NOFO will be made through a cooperative agreement, which generally means substantial federal involvement during the project period compared with a standard grant.
5) Is this an open competition?
No. This is a restricted, invitation-only opportunity.
6) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is extremely limited. Only applicants that received an official invitation letter from BJA may apply, and applications will only be accepted from one specified entity: Justice and Security Strategies, Inc.
7) Can other organizations apply if they work on body-worn cameras or rural/tribal public safety?
No. Other organizations and agencies cannot compete for this particular award, even if they work in body-worn camera policy, policing assistance, or rural/tribal justice programs.
8) Does this award directly fund individual police departments to buy body-worn cameras?
No. The purpose is not to directly fund individual police departments through this award.
9) If the award does not directly fund departments, what does it fund?
It supports a single organization that will run and supplement the administration of a competitive subaward program aimed at small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies that want to start a body-worn camera (BWC) program or expand an existing one.
10) What role is the funded organization expected to play?
The funded organization is expected to act as a hub by designing and managing the subaward competition, issuing subgrants to eligible agencies, overseeing compliance and reporting, and helping ensure that agencies implement BWCs in a consistent and effective way.
11) Who are the intended beneficiaries of the subaward program?
The subaward program is aimed at small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies that want to start a BWC program or expand an existing one.
12) Will there be subawards under this program?
Yes. The awardee is expected to administer a competitive subaward program and issue subgrants to eligible agencies.
13) What is the second major component of this opportunity?
A major second component is training and technical assistance (TTA) delivered by the awardee to the law enforcement agencies that receive funding through the awardee's subaward program.
14) What kinds of training and technical assistance (TTA) are expected?
The TTA is described as comprehensive and typically includes hands-on support that can cover policy development, privacy and data retention considerations, community trust and transparency practices, operational guidance on deployment and supervision, training curricula, and program sustainability.
15) Why does the program emphasize training and technical assistance?
The intent is to reduce common pitfalls in body-worn camera rollouts and help smaller or resource-constrained agencies implement programs that meet professional standards and federal expectations.
16) How many awards does BJA expect to make?
The expected number of awards is one.
17) What is the maximum (ceiling) amount for the award?
The award ceiling is $4,000,000.
18) What is the funding activity category?
The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services.
19) What is the CFDA number listed for this opportunity?
The relevant CFDA number listed is 16.835.
20) Is this a new program or a continuation?
This NOFO is categorized as a continuation.
21) When was this opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on 2026-04-28.
22) What is the closing date for applications?
The original closing date is 2026-05-06.
23) What is the overall purpose of the opportunity?
The opportunity is designed to strengthen body-worn camera adoption and implementation among small, rural, and tribal law enforcement agencies by funding a single administrator that both runs a subgrant program and delivers robust training and technical support to the agencies that ultimately receive those subawards.
24) What does "invited to apply" mean in practical terms?
It means BJA has restricted applications to an entity (or entities) that received an official invitation letter, and for this opportunity BJA will only accept an application from the specified invitee: Justice and Security Strategies, Inc.
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