Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
BSCA · Passed June 25, 2022
Mental health, school safety, and community violence intervention funding.
Key Highlights
- First major gun safety legislation in decades
- Largest federal investment in mental health services
- Significant school safety + crisis intervention funding
- Community violence intervention programs in 30+ cities
Focus Areas
Key Milestones
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law
First mental health grant competitions announced by SAMHSA
School safety grants awarded to first cohort of 500+ schools
Community violence intervention programs launch in 30+ cities
Second round of mental health block grants distributed to states
Ongoing programs continue distributing remaining $4.5B
Grant Opportunities
Related Grants on GrantSonar
No open opportunities under this program are in our database right now — new grants appear here as agencies post them.
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See Your Match ScoreKey Programs Under BSCA
| Program Name | Agency | ALN # | Est. Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Mental Health Block Grant | SAMHSA | 93.958 | $4B |
| School-Based Mental Health | ED | — | $1B |
| Community Violence Intervention | DOJ | — | $750M |
| Stronger Connections Grant | ED | 84.424 | $1B |
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Start Matching for FreeBSCA grants: common questions
Is BSCA still funding grants?
Not that we can currently see. GrantSonar is tracking no open opportunities connected to BSCA right now. That can mean the programmes are between funding rounds, that agencies have not yet posted the next cycle, or that the law's grant-making authority has wound down. It does not mean money was never appropriated — only that there is nothing open to apply for today.
When was Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed?
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was signed into law on June 25, 2022.
What kinds of projects does BSCA fund?
BSCA funding concentrates on public safety, mental health, education, youth. Individual programmes set their own eligible applicant types and match requirements, so a sector match is not the same as eligibility — each listing on this page states its own terms.
Who is eligible for BSCA grants?
Eligibility is set per programme, not by the law as a whole. Most BSCA grant programmes are open to some combination of state and local governments, tribal nations, nonprofits, school districts and public agencies. GrantSonar filters opportunities against your organization type, geography and programmes so ineligible ones are demoted rather than surfaced.
How do I find BSCA grants my organization actually qualifies for?
Browsing by law tells you what exists; it does not tell you what you can win. A free GrantSonar account matches open opportunities against your organization's profile and eligibility and returns a ranked shortlist, which is a faster path than reading programme guidance one at a time.
How current is the BSCA grant data on this page?
The opportunity counts and listings are queried live from the GrantSonar corpus, which re-ingests federal, state and foundation sources daily and re-checks listing URLs for rot. When nothing is open, this page says so plainly rather than showing placeholder programmes — a stale tracker that tells you to apply to a closed programme is worse than an empty one.