BJA FY25 Invited to Apply- Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program 2 | O BJA 2025 172443

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2025 172443

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is offering a FY25 grant opportunity under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program 2 to support law enforcement responses to emergency situations where state and local resources are not sufficient to protect lives and property or to enforce criminal law. This funding is designed for circumstances that create urgent, extraordinary demands on law enforcement, and it is structured to help cover personnel expenses that are directly tied to the response.

A key feature of this opportunity is that the state acts as the pass-through entity for the aid. The state is required to reimburse affected local jurisdictions, and those reimbursements must be proportional to the incident and the specific areas impacted. In practical terms, the program is meant to flow resources to the communities and agencies that bore the brunt of the emergency response, rather than being used broadly or unrelatedly across the state.

Allowable costs are narrowly focused. EFLEA funds may be used only for project activities related to overtime and regular salary costs that were directly incurred during the law enforcement response. At the same time, the program explicitly prohibits using EFLEA funds for direct administrative costs, meaning agencies cannot charge administrative overhead, general management expenses, or similar administrative line items to this award. The intent is to ensure the funding goes to direct, front-line personnel costs connected to the emergency operations.

This is an invited-to-apply opportunity with a single expected award, and the eligible applicant identified for this specific NOFO is the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice. The opportunity is listed as a grant in the law, justice, and legal services activity area under CFDA 16.824. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2025-172443, with an application closing date of September 9, 2025. The award ceiling is $1,158,722, and BJA anticipates making one award under this announcement.

• 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- Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program 2" 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 2025-09-02.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-09. (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 $1,158,722.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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