BJA FY25 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative | O BJA 2025 172465

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The BJA FY25 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on strengthening the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, resilience, and survivability of the nation`s law enforcement workforce. The core purpose is to identify and close practical gaps in officer safety and wellness by expanding access to no-cost training, tools, and resources, and by providing tailored, hands-on assistance to officers and their agencies. In this notice of funding opportunity, the term "officer(s)" and "law enforcement" is used broadly and explicitly includes officers, deputies, and troopers, emphasizing that the initiative is meant to support law enforcement professionals across roles and agency types.

A central feature of this opportunity is its emphasis on direct, actionable support rather than only producing reports or general guidance. Funded work is expected to help agencies and personnel build skills and implement approaches that improve day-to-day safety practices, strengthen wellness supports, and increase operational readiness. The program is framed around the idea that improving officer resilience and survivability also strengthens public safety outcomes, because officers who are safer, healthier, and better supported are more prepared to respond to crime and violence and to serve communities effectively over the long term.

The award mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means BJA anticipates substantial federal involvement during the project period. In practice, applicants should expect active coordination with the funding agency on key elements such as deliverables, technical assistance strategies, and performance expectations. The activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the CFDA/Assistance Listing number associated with the program is 16.066.

Eligibility is open to a range of non-governmental organizations, specifically: nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education), for-profit organizations other than small businesses, and small businesses. This eligibility design suggests BJA is seeking capable providers that can deliver training, develop resources, and offer customized technical assistance at scale, potentially drawing on specialized expertise in officer safety, wellness, peer support models, training delivery, and organizational resilience.

In terms of funding size and scale, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $6,000,000, with an anticipated total of two awards. This points to a competitive national-level initiative where recipients may be expected to support multiple jurisdictions, develop widely usable resources, and deliver training and technical assistance broadly across the law enforcement community. The opportunity was created on January 13, 2026, and the original application closing date is February 5, 2026. The official opportunity number is O-BJA-2025-172465, and the funding opportunity title is BJA FY25 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY25 Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.066.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2026-01-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2026-02-05. (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 $6,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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