Department of Justice · Public Facilities
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
Formula grants to states and units of local government for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, prevention, corrections, treatment, victim services, and technology. Eligible cities receive direct local allocations.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $10K – $5M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- Annual formula.
- Typical prep time
- 4–8 weeks
- Statutory authority
- 34 U.S.C. §10151 et seq.
Who is eligible for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Local allocations scale with population and violent-crime rates per BJA formula. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
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- Section 108 Loan Guarantee (HUD)$1M – $100M
- Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program (USDA Rural Development)$50K – $50M
- EDA Public Works Program (EDA)$600K – $30M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.