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Assistance Listing 16.735

PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation

Department of Justice · Office of Justice Programs

Assistance Listing 16.735, “PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation,” is a federal program administered by Department of Justice. It provides cooperative agreement and grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 17 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $2.87M in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 146 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was IMPACT JUSTICE.

  • Funding down 61% (FY24→FY25)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed -61% from FY2024 to FY2025. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

Program goal(s) name: Improve correctional facilities’ efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Program goal(s) description: Increase staff capacity, promote integration of PREA Standards, and achieve and maintain compliance with PREA Standards. Program objective(s) name: Provide training and improve polices procedures to implement and comply with National PREA Standards. Program objective(s) description: Develop and revise agency policies and procedures to fully incorporate the PREA Standards; Create and implement comprehensive training programs for staff, inmates, residents, and detainees on the prevention of and response to sexual abuse and harassment; Implement strategies and initiatives to establish a "zero tolerance" culture for sexual abuse within all confinement facilities; Identify and implement strategies to address specific PREA Standards and address any deficiencies identified during the audits by undergoing and completing the required corrective actions; Contract with or secure the services of one or more DOJ-certified PREA auditors to schedule and complete audits for each covered facility within the 3-year audit cycle; and Implement a system for collecting and reviewing data related to sexual victimization to support compliance efforts.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 16.735

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

  • Other

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$7.39M
FY25$2.87M
FY26— est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): For specifics, please see the current fiscal year’s NOFO available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.735. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 146 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 16.735, and prime recipients reported 256 sub-awards to other organizations.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22$8.37M
FY23$13.5M
FY24$10.1M
FY25$2.27M
FY26$516K
Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY26 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Where recipients are located

  • California$10.2M
  • District of Columbia$3.39M
  • Guam$500K
  • Nevada$500K
  • Idaho$44.5K
  • Alabama$17.6K
  • Tennessee$14.2K
  • Virginia$6K
  • Missouri$4.42K
  • Massachusetts$4.22K
All 24 states and territories

Kentucky $3.23K · Oklahoma $3.07K · Kansas $2.25K · Minnesota $2.21K · West Virginia $1.13K · Connecticut $1.1K · Hawaii $968 · Montana $734 · Rhode Island $659 · Delaware $656 · North Dakota $576 · Vermont $370 · Nebraska $341 · Iowa $155

Most recent awards

  • DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS · GUTHE GUAM DEPARTMENT OF YOUTHAFFAIRS PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THEOJJDP FY2024 PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM: IMPLEMENTING THE JUVENILE FACILITY STANDARDSTO PREVENT, IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SUPPORT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PREA STANDARDS. THE CORE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROGRAM IS: 1)TO INCREASE SUPERVISION OF RESIDENTS, DIMINISH OFFICER FATIGUE,$500KStarts Oct 1, 2024 · Award ↗
  • DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES · NVTHE NEVADA DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PROPOSES A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOSS GROUP TO ASSIST THE AGENCY IN ADDRESSING UNDERLYING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFICULTY COMPLYING WITH PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT STANDARD 115.313, SPECIFICALLY THE STAFFING RATIO REQUIREMENT FOR JUVENILE FACILITIES. IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE DIFFICULTIES, THE AGENCY PROPOSES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT L$500KStarts Oct 1, 2024 · Award ↗
  • THE URBAN INSTITUTE · DCURBAN INSTITUTES JUSTICE POLICY CENTER (URBAN), IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MOSS GROUP (TMG) AS A PROPOSED SUBRECIPIENT, PROPOSES TO IDENTIFY AND SELECT APPROXIMATELY 25 STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL CONFINEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND COMPETITIVELY AWARD UP TO $50,000 OF SUPPORTING FUNDING IN THE FORM OF TWO-YEAR MICROGRANTS TO EACH CONFINEMENT AGENCY FOR IMPROVING PRACTICES TO PROTECT VUL$3.39MStarts Oct 1, 2024 · Award ↗
  • DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY · MATHE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY (EOPSS), OFFICE OF GRANTS AND RESEARCH (OGR) IS APPLYING FOR FY 2023 TITLE II FORMULA GRANT FUNDS WITH THIS SUBMISSION OF THE COMMONWEALTHS YEAR THREE OF THE CURRENT THREE YEAR PLAN WHICH IS BEING SUBMITTED WITH NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT THREE YEAR PLAN. THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THE COMMONWEALTHS $528KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE · DETHE GOAL OF THE DELAWARE JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP (JJAG) IS TO FIND THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE JUVENILE SERVICES. RESEARCH IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DEMONSTRATES THAT EFFECTIVE SERVICES TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION INTERCONNECTING RISK MECHANISMS OF FAMILY ORGANIZATION, PARENTAL SUPERVISION, PEER RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, $481KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF · ALTHE ADECA LETS DIVISION ALLOCATES JUVENILE JUSTICE TITLE II PART B FORMULA GRANT FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS THAT WORK WITH JUVENILES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITHIN FAMILIES THAT MAY BE A CAUSATIVE FACTOR IN THE JUVENILE'S DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. PROJECTS WILL ADDRESS ISSU$615KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • HUMAN SERVICES VERMONT AGENCY OF · VTTHE COUNCIL FOR EQUITABLE YOUTH JUSTICE(THE STATE ADVISORY GROUP) AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DESIGNATED STATE AGENCY) SUBMITS THIS SOLICITATION FOR YEAR THREEOF THEIR FFY 2021 FFY 2023 STATE PLAN. GIVEN ALL DATA AND EXPERIENTIAL EVIDENCE, IT IS CLEAR THAT ALL CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN VERMONT DO NOT HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW AND FLOURISH. THE SAG HAS IDENTIFIED THREE OVERA$600KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES VIRGINIA · VATHE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES (DCJS}, AN EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCY WITHIN THE SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY, PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND TECHNICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO IMPROVE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMONWEALTH. DCJS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE THE FU$1.15MStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • TENNESSEE COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH · TNFUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE TITLE II FORMULA GRANTS PROGRAM SUPPORT VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS THROUGHOUT TENNESSEE (TN) TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON DELINQUENCY PREVENTION, SUBSTANCE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS EFFORTS. FUNDING IS PROVIDED STATEWIDE TO PRIVATE/NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOS$986KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY · RIRHODE ISLANDS PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE TITLE II FORMULA GRANTS PROGRAM 2021-2023 THREE YEAR PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RHODE ISLAND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO JUVENILE OFFENDING BEHAVIORS QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. RHODE ISLAND PLANS TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CORE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED YOUTH UNDER THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT. THIS P$601KStarts Oct 1, 2023 · Award ↗

Pass-through funding: largest sub-awards

Prime recipients (often state agencies, universities or national organizations) passed funding to these organizations. If your organization can't apply directly, a prime recipient may run its own sub-grant competition.

  • SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAfrom CRIME & DELINQUENCY PA COMMISSION ON$953K · Apr 16, 2025
  • PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL OF CHIEF JUVENILE PROBATION OFFICERSfrom PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY$843K · Mar 1, 2024
  • STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATIONfrom CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS$425K · May 16, 2024
  • JUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL, INC.from IMPACT JUSTICE$389K · Apr 1, 2024
  • HELP COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMfrom HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$300K · Oct 1, 2025
  • TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENTfrom GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE$298K · Feb 13, 2025
  • DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES VIRGINIAfrom CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF$276K · Jul 1, 2024
  • CHILD AND FAMILY CHARITIESfrom HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF$273K · Oct 1, 2025
  • ABT GLOBAL LLCfrom IMPACT JUSTICE$268K · Apr 2, 2026
  • COUNTY OF BROWARDfrom BROWARD, COUNTY OF$250K · Oct 18, 2023

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Recently closed under 16.735

Closed opportunities under 16.735
OpportunityStatusAward rangeClosesALN
ClosedUp to $2MSep 23, 202616.735
ClosedUp to $2MMay 8, 202616.735
ClosedUp to $1.4MMay 6, 202616.735
ClosedUp to $3.8MSep 19, 202416.593, 16.608, 16.735, 16.738, 16.812
ClosedUp to $500KJul 29, 202416.735
ClosedUp to $2.5MJun 13, 202416.735
ClosedUp to $3MApr 12, 202416.735
ClosedUp to $156KAug 24, 202316.735
ClosedUp to $4.58MJun 5, 202316.735
FY 22 BJA Visiting Fellows ProgramBureau of Justice Assistance
ClosedUp to $350KJun 21, 202216.735, 16.738, 16.838

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 16.735?

16.735 is the Assistance Listing Number for “PREA Program: Strategic Support for PREA Implementation.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 16.735?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Other. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 16.735 provide?

The agency reported $2,866,942 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 16.735?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 146 grant awards under 16.735. The largest recipients by obligations were IMPACT JUSTICE ($10.3M), THE URBAN INSTITUTE ($3.39M), DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ($500K), DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS ($500K) and 1 more. Prime recipients also reported 256 sub-awards to other organizations. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.