Information for DCJS Grantees
DCJS Grant Award Notices sent to grantees include the name and contact information of the DCJS Public Safety Grants Representative assigned to the grant, as well as the grant unit supervisor. These contacts are invaluable to you as a grantee when developing your grant contract. Should grantees need further assistance or additional information from DCJS about your grant, please contact the DCJS Office of Program Development and Funding GMS Help Desk at (518) 457-9787 or dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov. Please be sure to include the name of the grant program and the contract number, when possible, in the subject line of the email. Thank you.
Guidance to DCJS grantees in evaluating how to respond to requests from federal immigration authorities while protecting the rights of their clients and staff as of February 14, 2025
Guidance for DCJS grantees regarding grant contract language change as of April 1, 2025
Guidance for DCJS grantees regarding electronic vouchering as of April 1, 2022
Current Funding Opportunities
Innovation RFA - Alternatives to Incarceration and Re-Entry Services and Interventions
Through this Innovation RFA, the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) seeks applications for Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) and Re-Entry Services and Interventions. Approximately $15.5 million is expected to be available for proposals that aim to reduce recidivism, reduce reliance on incarceration, and improve the outcomes of individuals involved in or who have had previous involvement in the justice system.
DCJS intends to fund both Demonstration and Evidence-Based Programming through this solicitation. The purpose of this RFA is to solicit applications for unique and evidence-based approaches to work with individuals who are involved in, have previous involvement in, or are at risk of involvement in, the criminal justice system. These programs should target one or more of the following:
- the risk of incarceration;
- risk of recidivism;
- criminogenic needs;
- responsivity factors; and/or
- stabilization needs.
DCJS is committed to providing programs that help keep New York’s communities safe and improve the effectiveness of the State’s criminal justice system. Applications will be selected for funding consistent with the best interest of the state. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate in their response to this solicitation how their application supports New York’s commitment to improving the lives of individuals involved in, having previous involvement in, or at risk of involvement in, the criminal justice system and promoting public safety.
Questions for the request for applications must be submitted to dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov by Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Responses to those questions will be posted on or about Monday, September 15, 2025.
A webinar will be held on August 28, 2025 from 10:30 am- 12:00pm.
The deadline for applications is 12pm noon on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
Innovation RFA - Alternatives to Incarceration and Re-Entry Services and Interventions RFA
SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program in the City of Syracuse
Non-for-profit organizations, may apply for up to $1,820,189,000 through New York State’s SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program grant application. This funding will be used to create a SNUG Street Outreach within the city of Syracuse.
The SNUG Street Outreach program is an evidence-based, violence reduction initiative that treats gun violence as a disease by identifying its causes and interrupting its transmission. There are currently fourteen DCJS SNUG Programs across New York State. At each SNUG site, outreach teams of “credible messengers” – individuals who are hired from communities in which they work and have backgrounds similar to those with whom they aim to connect – mentor the highest risk youth with an emphasis on conflict mediation and violence prevention.
The SNUG Social Work program provides social workers to the DCJS SNUG programs, allowing them to address trauma experienced by program participants and staff and improve access to services for survivors and victims of crime for participants and their families. SNUG Street Outreach sites utilize grant funding to hire social workers trained to best address the ways in which prolonged exposure to violence affects youth served by the program, their communities, and SNUG staff.
Questions for the request for applications must be submitted to dcjsfunding@dcjs.ny.gov by Friday, August 1, 2025. Responses to those questions will be posted on or about Friday, August 15, 2025.
The deadline for applications is noon on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
SNUG Street Outreach and SNUG Social Work Program in the City of Syracuse RFA