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For more than 25 years and across all 50 states, we’ve helped partners design policies, implement effective reforms, and measure results that strengthen safety, fairness, and sustainable system performance. With our extensive experience, we can help you understand eligibility, explore funding options, and maximize your chances for successful funding.
With CJI as a partner, impactful and innovative programs become real, measurable, and sustainable.
How We Work With You
Assess Challenges
Use system data and engage community stakeholders to identify root causes, cross-system drivers, and barriers to effective implementation.
Apply Evidence
Translate evidence into practical strategies that drive measurable and sustainable system improvements.
Achieve Impact
Build more resilient communities nationwide through improved outcomes, stronger cross-system collaboration, and long-term system change:
- Expand diversion and behavioral health programs
- Reduce recidivism
- Enhance system efficiency
- Strengthen reentry and supervision practices
Get Strategic Support for Funding Opportunities
CJI curates and shares relevant funding opportunities to help partners and prospective collaborators access resources that strengthen justice systems. Many grants allow partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations to support a focused and comprehensive proposal. Some opportunities are limited to government applicants only.
Federal grants often have fixed deadlines and are structured as multi-year projects. Private and foundation grants often have rolling deadlines and are frequently shorter-term, lasting 12 months or less.
We’re here to help you understand eligibility, explore partnership options, and maximize your chances for successful funding.
Reach out to start the conversation today: cjiconnect@cjinstitute.org
Upcoming Funding Deadlines
Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program – SM‑26‑001
Supports implementation of community-based, court-ordered treatment for adults with serious mental illness
- Deadline: April 20, 2026
- Funding: $10M total | 11–16 awards | $500K–$750K per year (up to 5 years)
- Eligibility: Counties, cities, mental health systems, mental health courts, or entities authorized under state law to implement AOT
- Recommended CJI Resources:
- Improving Outcomes and Safely Reducing Revocations from Community Supervision in Florida– data-driven approaches to supervision and behavioral health needs
Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI) – SM‑26‑013
Provides comprehensive, community-based mental health services for children and youth (birth–21) with serious emotional disturbance and their families
- Deadline: April 20, 2026
- Funding: ~$43.35M total | ~22 awards | up to $1M–$3M annually (up to 4 years)
- Eligibility: States, local governments, and tribal entities (see solicitation for full details)
- Recommended CJI Resources:
- Oakland County Youth Community Resources Gap Analysis– identifies service gaps and coordination strategies for youth and families
- Implementing Change – Enhancing Community Supervision for Justice-Involved Youth – evidence-based supervision strategies for improving youth outcomes
FY25 Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Supports implementation of outcomes-based (pay-for-success) contracts to deliver reentry services and reduce recidivism.
- Deadline: April 27 (Grants.gov) / May 4 (JustGrants)
- Funding: Varies (performance- and outcomes-based funding model)
- Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments (see solicitation for details)
- Recommended CJI Resources:
- Coming Home Directory & Reentry Resources – tools and strategies to support successful community reintegration.
- Successful Reentry Through Safe Housing Solutions– evidence-based approaches to housing and reentry outcomes.
- Justice Reinvestment Initiative Publications – data-driven policy and system reforms to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes.
BJA FY25 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Supports implementation and enhancement of veterans treatment courts, connecting justice-involved veterans to behavioral health treatment and recovery services to reduce recidivism and overdose
- Deadline: April 27, 2026 (Grants.gov)
- Funding: ~$950K–$1M per award (category-dependent)
- Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments; other eligible entities (see solicitation for details)
- Recommended CJI Resources:
- Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care: Needs and Opportunities for Kentucky’s Court System – findings and recommendations guiding the first court system known to be implementing a Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care model.
- CJI Releases Behavioral Health Crisis Response Landscape Analysis – a cross-system guide to address barriers to the adoption and sustainability of crisis response programs.
- Improving Outcomes and Safely Reducing Revocations from Community Supervision in Florida– data-driven approaches to supervision and behavioral health needs
BJA FY25 Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes
Supports education and employment services for people returning from incarceration to improve reentry outcomes and reduce recidivism
- Deadline: May 4 (Grants.gov) / May 11 (JustGrants)
- Funding: $19.8M total | up to $900K per award | 36-month period
- Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments; nonprofit organizations (see solicitation for details)
- Recommended CJI Resources:
- Coming Home Directory & Reentry Resources — tools and strategies to support successful reintegration
- Successful Reentry Through Safe Housing Solutions — evidence-based approaches to stabilizing individuals returning to the community
- Justice Reinvestment Initiative Publications — data-driven approaches to improving outcomes and system efficiency
Start the Conversation
Whether you’re exploring funding, building a proposal, or advancing system reform, CJI is ready to help. Contact us: cjiconnect@cjinstitute.org
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