1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
Second Chance Act (SCA) Grant Program is sponsored by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Supports state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people returning to their communities from state and federal prisons, local jails, and juvenile facilities.
Get a weekly digest of new grants like this
A free weekly digest of new foundation and federal funding opportunities as they're added to Granted. Unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Second Chance Act Programs | Overview | Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Programs The Office of Justice Programs funds and administers Second Chance Act (SCA) grants, with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarding SCA grants serving adults and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarding SCA grants serving youth.
Community-based nonprofit organizations Family-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program Implement family-based treatment in correctional settings or as an alternative to incarceration.
State, local, and tribal governments Community-based nonprofit organizations Improving Adult Reentry Education & Employment Outcomes Program Implement programs to improve academic and vocational education and/or career training in correctional settings and upon reentry.
State, local, and tribal governments Community-based nonprofit organizations Pay for Success Initiative Establish performance-based and outcomes-based contracts to deliver reentry services, including housing. State, local, and tribal governments Smart Reentry Demonstration Program Pilot reentry programs that address a specific gap in the community’s reentry strategy.
State, local, and tribal governments Strengthening Community Supervision Agency Operations Program Improve probation or parole supervision agency operations and strategies to reduce recidivism among those under supervision and provide technical assistance (TA).
State, local, and tribal governments Educational organizations (TA) For-profit organizations (TA) Nonprofit organizations (TA) See the Available Funding page for opportunities that are currently accepting applications.
Corrections and Medicaid Resources The Health and Reentry Project has developed materials to support the corrections field in implementing new continuity of care requirements for Medicaid-eligible youth and young adults in adult correctional facilities.
These resources provide correctional leaders with operational guidance on key elements of implementation, insights on where corrections administrators should start, answers to frequently asked questions about the policies, and targeted resources for leadership.
They include: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Youth Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions For Jails : Highlights key questions and answers for sheriffs and jail administrators. Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Youth Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions For State Departments of Correction : Key questions and answers for state correctional leadership and systems.
Brief Operational Checklist for Section 5121 and Post-Adjudicated Youth : A two-page resource with quick, concrete considerations to guide initial implementation of new requirements. Getting Ready: Key Elements for the Implementation of Section 5121 Youth Requirements in Adult Correctional Facilities : A deeper dive, highlighting seven key elements jurisdictions need to think about to be ready to implement the new requirements.
Date Modified: July 2, 2026 Date Created: April 10, 2024
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: State, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Second Chance Act (SCA) Grant Program is funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
The FY 2026 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation lets federally recognized Tribes apply once for grant programs spread across BJA, COPS, OJJDP, OVC, and OVW — more than $107 million in a single competition. Purpose Area 7 is gone this cycle, the two-step Grants.gov and JustGrants deadlines are a week apart, and the applicants who lose usually lose on the structure of the request, not the need.
Read articleThe DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance FY2026 Project Safe Neighborhoods formula program anticipates $19 million with a $1 million award ceiling and a requirement that 30% of funds support gang task forces. With a Grants.gov deadline of August 20, 2026, here is how the formula pass-through actually works, why the U.S. Attorney and the state administering agency both matter, and how community-based partners get funded.
Read articleHRSA's brand-new Rural Hospital Provider Assistance Program splits $24.75M among eligible rural hospitals with 50 or fewer beds and a Medicare wage index under 0.90. It's not scored competitively — every eligible hospital that applies by July 27 gets a roughly equal share. Here's how the three eligibility numbers work and why registration, not narrative, is the real risk.
Read article