GRANTS · JAILS · POLICE · SHERIFF
Real federal and state grant programs your agency can pursue — with eligibility, allowable use, and how FortressDMS helps meet the funded need.
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Before you apply
These are established, well-known programs. Specific eligibility, allowable costs, and match requirements are governed by each fiscal year’s live solicitation — confirm details in the current NOFO before you build a budget. Exact FY dates carry a [verify] flag.
Federal — DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG)
U.S. DOJ · Bureau of Justice Assistance
Who’s eligible
State & local governments — county jails, sheriff’s offices, and police departments (via the state JAG allocation and local sub-awards).
What it funds
The most flexible federal criminal-justice funding: law-enforcement technology, corrections, information-sharing, and program purposes. Commonly used for records, case management, and communication systems.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
FortressDMS is allowable technology under JAG’s law-enforcement and corrections purpose areas — jail/records management, case management, and secure inmate communication (IPS) all map to fundable cost categories.
Body-Worn Camera Policy & Implementation Program (BWC PIP)
U.S. DOJ · Bureau of Justice Assistance
Who’s eligible
Law-enforcement agencies — police departments and sheriff’s offices deploying or expanding body-worn cameras.
What it funds
BWC acquisition and the policy, storage, redaction, and retention infrastructure around it.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
The FortressDMS Body-Worn Camera suite — video library, device fleet, redaction workbench, retention dashboard, audit log, and share-review — directly satisfies the storage, redaction, and retention requirements this program funds.
Second Chance Act — Re-Entry Programs
U.S. DOJ · Bureau of Justice Assistance
Who’s eligible
State & local corrections agencies and county jails running re-entry / recidivism-reduction programming.
What it funds
Re-entry case management, family-contact and community-connection initiatives, and the data systems that track outcomes.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
IPS inmate communication, the offender & family portal, and case-management modules support the family-contact and program-tracking activities that re-entry funders expect to see measured.
Justice & Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP)
U.S. DOJ · Bureau of Justice Assistance
Who’s eligible
Local governments & corrections agencies partnering with mental-health authorities.
What it funds
Screening, treatment, data-sharing, and cross-system tracking for people with mental-health or co-occurring needs in the justice system.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
Medical & screening, classification & risk, and reporting modules capture and track the screening and program data these collaborations must report on.
Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
U.S. DOJ · BJA (state formula pass-through)
Who’s eligible
State corrections and local jails (via the State Administering Agency) operating in-custody substance-abuse treatment.
What it funds
In-custody treatment programs and the case-tracking / reporting systems that support them.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
Disciplinary & programs, medical & screening, and reporting modules provide the participation tracking and outcome reporting RSAT requires.
Federal — DOJ COPS Office
COPS Office — Technology & Crime-Reduction Programs
U.S. DOJ · Community Oriented Policing Services
Who’s eligible
Police departments and sheriff’s offices; some programs prioritize small, rural, and tribal agencies.
What it funds
Law-enforcement technology, crime-reduction initiatives, information-sharing, and (separately) officer hiring.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
RMS case management, incident reporting, NEMO intelligence, and analytics modules are the kind of law-enforcement technology COPS technology and crime-reduction grants are designed to fund.
Federal — DHS / FEMA Preparedness
Homeland Security Grant Program — SHSP & UASI
U.S. DHS · FEMA (via State Administering Agency)
Who’s eligible
State & local agencies — sheriff’s offices and police departments — through the state’s homeland-security pass-through.
What it funds
Interoperable communications, information-sharing, security technology, and preparedness capabilities aligned to state homeland-security priorities.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
Secure communications, intelligence/analytics, and information-sharing capabilities in FortressDMS align with the interoperability and information-sharing investment justifications states fund under SHSP/UASI.
State — Corrections & Local Law Enforcement
State Corrections & Local LE Technology Grants
State Administering Agency (SAA) & state legislature [verify] varies by state
Who’s eligible
County jails, sheriff’s offices, and municipal police departments within the state.
What it funds
State-appropriated and federal pass-through funds for jail technology, records modernization, and public-safety systems — scope set by each state.
🏰 How FortressDMS helps
As a single per-facility platform covering booking, records, communication, and evidence, FortressDMS fits the technology-modernization purpose most state programs are built around. Identify your State Administering Agency to confirm the current cycle.
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Tip
Not sure which to pursue first? For a county jail, Byrne JAG is usually the most flexible entry point. For a police department or sheriff’s office focused on cameras, the BWC PIP is the tightest fit with the FortressDMS BWC suite. For re-entry and family contact, pair Second Chance Act with the IPS add-on.
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