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Emergency Law Enforcement Assistance Grant

Program Information

Popular name

(EFLEA)

Program Number

16.824

Program objective

Goal: The Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program assists state and/or local government units in responding to extraordinary law enforcement emergencies by authorizing the U.S. Attorney General to grant funding to help alleviate the costs incurred by law enforcement agencies in responding to emergency law enforcement challenges. Objective: Mitigate the effects of emergency situations in the affected state and local jurisdictions. Note: These awards are reimbursement awards for costs associated with responses to emergency situations. BJA does not require key measures beyond narrative and financial reports for monitoring these awards.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    Two (2) awards were made under this program for a total of $13,849,826.

  2. 2018

    It is estimated that three (3) awards may be made.

  3. 2019

    The Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program is by invitation only and provided to mitigate the effects of emergency situations in the affected State and local jurisdictions. To view grants awarded under the FY 2019 solicitation, please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/bja-2019-15969.

  4. 2024

    For information on program accomplishments and examples of funded projects, please visit the BJA EFLEA program webpage at https://bja.ojp.gov/program/eflea/overview.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

This program is subject to the provisions of Section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (42 USC 10513, Public Law 98-473). NOFO guidelines are posted on the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities . For additional guidance reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/overview) and Post award Instructions (https://www.ojp.gov/funding/financialguidedoj/iii-postaward-requirements). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.).

  1. U.S.C. § 34 U.S.C. §§ 50101-50112.