State Justice Statistics Program

BJS State Justice Statistics Program for SACs

Funds research teams and institutions for BJS State Justice Statistics for SACs in cross-sector innovation.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) is a competitive federal funding program that supports the 53 state- and territory-based Statistical Analysis Centers in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating criminal justice data. BJS, established December 27, 1979 under the Justice Systems Improvement Act and operating as the primary statistical agency of the Department of Justice within the Office of Justice Programs, administers the SJS program as one of its core national data initiatives. SACs are housed in varied state structures — criminal justice planning agencies, governor's offices, state police agencies, state attorneys general offices, and universities — and serve as the primary liaison between BJS national programs and state-level data respondents.

The FY25 solicitation (O-BJS-2025-172526) was a competitive cooperative agreement opportunity restricted to the designated SAC entities in all 53 U.S. states and territories. No for-profit organizations, nonprofits, or individuals were eligible. Funded activities include research using NIBRS-compatible incident-based crime data, measurement of criminal justice system performance, expansion of statistical data access, state-identified capacity-building projects, and targeted analyses using state criminal history records. Grants.gov deadline was February 24, 2026; JustGrants deadline was March 3, 2026; both have passed. Award amounts and detailed scoring criteria are contained in the PDF solicitation document rather than the web-page summary.

The SJS program follows a strict annual cycle: FY25 solicitations posted in late 2025 and closed in early March 2026; the FY26 cycle is expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027. SAC directors and state administrators planning for the FY26 application should monitor the BJS funding portal at bjs.ojp.gov/funding and the JustGrants system, and review prior solicitation PDFs to understand the special emphasis areas BJS has designated for each cycle.