About this opportunity
AI summaryThe U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for the FY 2026 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners Formula Grants Program. The program aims to enhance public safety by funding substance use disorder treatment services in correctional facilities, maintaining structured therapeutic environments, improving transition planning, and coordinating community aftercare services. Eligible USA organizations must provide a minimum 25 percent non-federal cost match, as the federal grant will cover no more than 75 percent of total project costs. The anticipated award amounts are based on formula allocations for a 48-month period starting October 1, 2026. Applicants must complete a two-step submission process, first submitting the SF-424 in Grants.gov by November 20, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. They must then submit the full application, including proposal narrative, budget web-based form, and required attachments, through JustGrants by December 1, 2026, at 8:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
Buyer and opportunity details
- Client
- Bureau of Justice Assistance
- Solicitation No.
- O-BJA-2026-172763
Scope of work
- Develop and implement RSAT programs in correctional and detention facilities
- Provide clinical assessments, interventions, and substance use testing protocols
- Establish and maintain drug-free prisons and jails through evidence-based approaches
- Provide specialized treatment for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders
- Implement coordinated treatment and aftercare services during incarceration and post-release
- Support pretrial substance use disorder treatment programming
- Deliver jail-based and prison-based residential substance use disorder treatment
- Deliver stand-alone aftercare services and reentry transition planning
Minimum qualifications
- Must be a State government
- Must coordinate program design and implementation between state correctional representatives and state alcohol and substance use disorder agency
- Must pass through at least 10 percent of total allocation to local correctional facilities, unless prior BJA approval for exception is granted
Documents to include with your response
- Application for Federal Assistance: SF-424
- Standard Applicant Information
- Proposal Abstract
- Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Questionnaire
- Agency Funding Priorities Inventory
- Proposal Narrative
- Budget Detail Worksheet
- Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable)
- Consultant Rate (if applicable)
- Certification Regarding Non-Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment-Aftercare (if applicable)
Key dates
- NOFO Release Date
- October 8, 2026
- SAM.gov Registration/Renewal begin process by
- October 19, 2026
- SAM.gov Registration/Renewal begin process no later than
- November 5, 2026
- Step 1: Grants.gov Deadline
- November 20, 2026, by 11:59 p.m. ET
- Step 2: JustGrants Deadline
- December 1, 2026, by 8:59 p.m. ET
- Expected Award Period start
- October 1, 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via Grants.gov and JustGrants
- Instructions
- Step 1 submits SF-424 via Grants.gov. Step 2 submits full application in JustGrants. Proposal Narrative must be double-spaced, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, numbered pages, not exceeding 10 pages.
Contract details
- Term
- 48 months starting on October 1, 2026
- Estimated value
- Approximately $26,285,604
- Funding
- Pub. L. No. 90-351, Title I, Sec. 1901 (34 U.S.C. 10421); Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74); Assistance Listing 16.593; 2 C.F.R. Part 200