BJA FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program | O BJA 2022 171018

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2022 171018

The BJA FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), designed to help jurisdictions handle rare but high-impact public safety emergencies. The central purpose is to support an adequate law enforcement response when an uncommon situation either has reached, or is at risk of reaching, serious or epidemic proportions and when state and local resources are not sufficient to protect lives and property or to enforce criminal law. In practical terms, this program is meant to be a rapid, targeted federal funding mechanism to stabilize extraordinary law enforcement conditions that overwhelm normal capabilities.

This opportunity was released under Funding Opportunity Number O-BJA-2022-171018 and falls within the Law, Justice and Legal Services funding category (CFDA/Assistance Listing 16.824). The funding instrument is a grant, and the opportunity was categorized as discretionary, meaning awards are made based on agency decision-making rather than by formula. The posting indicates it was an "Invited to Apply" solicitation, which typically signals that BJA intended the application to come from a specific recipient or a limited set of recipients rather than the broader public competing in an open application pool. Consistent with that, the eligibility line is listed as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which generally implies there are eligibility constraints or special conditions not fully captured in the abbreviated listing.

The timeline for the opportunity shows a creation date of December 21, 2021, with an original closing date of January 7, 2022, reflecting a short application window that fits the emergency-response nature of EFLEA. The listing also reflects an expected number of awards of 1, reinforcing that this was likely a targeted, invitation-based award rather than a multi-award competitive program. The award ceiling is shown as $51,980, which indicates the maximum amount BJA anticipated awarding under this specific posting.

The legal authority cited for this program is 34 U.S.C. 50101, along with appropriations references including Public Law No. 115-141 (132 Stat. 348, 420) and Public Law No. 116-6 (133 Stat. 13, 112). These references establish both the underlying statutory authority that allows BJA to provide emergency law enforcement assistance and the appropriations acts that made funding available. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a narrowly scoped emergency assistance grant intended to fill urgent capability gaps when local and state law enforcement resources are inadequate in the face of an extraordinary incident or rapidly escalating threat.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.824.
• This funding opportunity was created on Dec 21, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 07, 2022. (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 $51,980.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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