REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the Approval of FY 21 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Funding and Related Budget Amendment
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
In early 2005, the Bureau of Justice Administration (BJA) made the decision to combine the Byrne Formula Grant and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) Programs into the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. JAG is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to states and units of local government.
The JAG Program allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following program areas:
* law enforcement programs;
* prosecution and court programs;
* prevention and education programs;
* corrections and community corrections programs;
* drug treatment and enforcement programs;
* planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs;
* crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation); and,
* mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams
The Police Department has had the good fortune to be awarded $110,039 in JAG funds in recent years (FY 12, $14,855; FY 13, $13,373; FY 14, $15,847; FY 15, $14,044; FY 16, $14,806; FY 17, $12,254; FY 19, $12,391; FY 20, $12,469). The Department did not apply for a FY 18 grant.
According to the FY 21 Solicitation, the Police Department was eligible to receive up to $15,931.
DISCUSSION
The Police Department sought JAG 21 funding to augment its training equipment inventory...
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