11-3-15 Washington DC, Louisiana:
The U.S. Department of Justice announced 16 grants totaling more than $2.4 million awarded to 15 agencies within the Western District of Louisiana.
Two grants totaling $1.1 million were awarded to the Wellspring Alliance for Families in Monroe; more than $500,000 was awarded to the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe in Marksville; and more than $224,000 was awarded to Lafayette Consolidated Government. The remaining 12 grants were awarded to law enforcement agencies within the District.
Law enforcement agencies receiving the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance include: ..Continued.. by KATC.com
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November 3, 2015
U.S. Justice Department awards grants
October 2, 2015
Justice awards $417K to Guam
See 2012 Grant $400,000 for same thing? Hey, 161,000 residents live in Guam. There are 898 sex offenders ($400,000 + 147,000 = 547,000 / 898 = $609.00 spent for each registrant). Someone is getting their pockets filled!10-2-2015 Guam:
uam Del. Madeleine Bordallo Friday announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded Guam $417,510 in federal grants to the Office of the Governor, Guam Judiciary, and the Guam Department of Youth Affairs, according to a written statement from her office.
The funding will be divided as follows:
• Guam Judiciary: $147,604 by the Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking Office to support the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act to administer sex offender management. The grant will enhance efforts to protect the public from sex offenders by developing and enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs.
• Office of the Governor: $144,000 by the Office on Violence Against Women to fund the Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Program. The grant will help GovGuam implement provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and support programs to establish and expand services for victim services throughout the island.
• Office of the Governor: $50,868 by the Office of Violence Against Women to support the Sexual Assault Services Program. The grant will support local rape crisis centers and other organizations that provide assistance for victims of sexual assault.
• Department of Youth Affairs: $75,038 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program to support several program areas to address juvenile delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. The programs include after-school programs, Disproportionate Minority Contact, Juvenile Justice System Improvements, Alternatives to Detention, and Planning and Administration.
“These grants will help reduce domestic violence, child abuse, and juvenile delinquency on Guam,” Bordallo stated. “The funds continue the Department of Justice’s efforts to provide federal resources to local agencies to assist in providing solutions to offenses committed against women and children. Our community continues to work toward creating a safer and more secure community for all to live in and these funds will help us reach that goal.” ..Source.. by Pacific Daily News
September 16, 2015
City receives $100,000 for sex offender monitoring
Unbelievable waste of taxpayer money: The numbers work out to $179.00 per registrant for the city, and $164,000 for the rest of the county. Talk about fleecing and bamboozling the taxpayers!9-16-15 Washington:
The city of Vancouver has received $99,600 in state funding to monitor registered kidnapping or sex offenders until June 30, 2016.
In July, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs awarded $264,000 in state funds to Clark County and its cities to enhance law enforcement monitoring of registered sex offenders, as required by state law. Police must provide face-to-face verification of a registered sex offender’s residence every three to 12 months, based on the level of offense.
The city and county must co-apply each year for funding renewal. The monitoring keeps the state’s registry database and public website current, and it serves as a deterrent for future crimes. Registry violations may result in arrest, prosecution and sentencing for any new offenses.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office maintains the sex offender registry for the public website for all sex offenders in the county.
There are 556 registered sex offenders living in Vancouver city limits. Of those sex offenders, 419 are Level I (at low risk of re-offending in the community at large); 120 are Level II (at moderate risk of re-offending); and 17 are Level III (at high risk of re-offending and considered the most dangerous to the community), according to the Vancouver Police Department. ..Source.. by The Columbian
August 30, 2015
Heitkamp Announces More Than $300,000 for Sex Offender Registration, Monitoring in North Dakota
Wonderful, now they can buy donuts as they bamboozle the public into thinking the registry does any more than show where registrants sleep for a few hours of the day/night. What a waste! How about working on other crimes HERE and HERE and HERE8-30-15 North Dakota:
Heitkamp Announces More Than $300,000 for Sex Offender Registration, Monitoring in North Dakota In the Senate and as N.D. Attorney General, Heitkamp Has Fought to Keep North Dakota Strong and Safe from Crime
BISMARCK, N.D. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp announced $333,000 in federal funding to assist the North Dakota Attorney General’s office in registering sex offenders and keeping North Dakotans safe.
“Our state will be able to use these funds to more quickly register and monitor those who pose a threat to our safety – and that’s good news for North Dakota,” said Heitkamp. “As North Dakota’s Attorney General and now as a U.S. Senator, I’ve fought to keep North Dakota strong and safe, especially as our state grows and changes. I’ll keep fighting to make sure North Dakota remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family.”
The U.S. Department of Justice awarded the grant to the North Dakota Attorney General’s office for sentencing, monitoring, apprehending, registering, and tracking sex offenders. The federal funds will be used to guarantee timely registration of sex offenders by the use of electronic submission, reducing local law enforcement staff time spent on registration. The grant will also improve the verification process, the timeliness of additional sex offender information sent in by mail, and the capabilities of record retrieval for all sex offender registration information.
Heitkamp today also announced $19,000 in funds through the Justice Department for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to prevent and control crime.
Heitkamp has made public safety and human trafficking top priorities in her Strong & Safe Communities Initiative, and focused on crime reduction and public safety during her time as North Dakota’s Attorney General as well.
To witness North Dakota’s crime challenges firsthand, Heitkamp rode along with the U.S. Marshal on the Fort Berthold Reservation in April, as law enforcement checked in on sex offenders. Heitkamp has also met with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and others to discuss human trafficking, and successfully pushed a bipartisan bill fighting human trafficking through the Senate in April.
Throughout the year, as part of her Strong & Safe Communities Initiative, Heitkamp has been meeting with North Dakotans to hear their feedback about new challenges from the state’s rapid growth, including the increases in digital challenges, movement of crude oil on the rails, human trafficking, drug-related crimes, as well as other issues. Through her discussions across the state, as well as with her Strong & Safe Communities Task Force, Heitkamp is working to make sure the safety of North Dakota families and communities is a top priority. ..Source.. by Attorney General, Heitkamp
September 29, 2014
Department Announces $17.6 Million in Awards to Support Sex Offender Registration, Intervention and Treatment
9-29-2014 Washington DC:
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced more than $17 million in Fiscal Year 2014 grant assistance for states, territories, tribal governments and other entities to use to implement, enhance and maintain sex offender programming throughout the United States.
"These awards provide a wide range of assistance to help states, communities, tribes, and even institutions of higher learning manage sex offenders," said Dawn Doran, Acting Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART). "They will give jurisdictions the tools they need to protect their citizens, intervene in cases involving deviant sexual behavior, and offer families, neighbors, and students valuable information and resources."
These grants, administered by OJP's SMART Office, provide funding for the implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), the development of a campus sexual assault perpetrator treatment program, continued support for sex offender management fellows and the SORNA Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Program. They also support partnerships between the SMART Office and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), as well as the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW).
Of the $17 million awarded, nearly $13 million will be used to develop or enhance sex offender registration programs, improve law enforcement and other justice agency information sharing as it relates to sex offender registration and notification, and implement other efforts aimed at furthering the objectives of SORNA.
More than $1.3 million will be used to create and implement a treatment curriculum for individuals who commit sexual assault on college or university campuses through the SMART FY 14 Campus Sexual Assault Perpetrator Treatment Project.
The SMART Office continues to collaborate with OJJDP in support of the Youth with Sexual Behavior Problems (YSBP) Program. The SMART Office contributed $900,000 to the program to help fund multidisciplinary approaches to treating youth with sexual behavior problems and their child victims and families, document the evolution of intervention models developed to respond to these cases, and evaluate the YSBP program. For the first time, these funds will be available to develop YSBP programs in Indian Country. Additionally, the SMART Office is collaborating with NIJ by providing $1 million to support research related to a key component of SORNA: information sharing and its effect on tracking sex offenders and promoting community awareness.
A supplemental award of $45,000 was made for the Sex Offender Management Fellowship Program to help SMART broaden programming that supports the fellowship that focuses on victims' issues in sex offender management.
The SMART Office also continues to support the SORNA Tribal Training and Technical Assistance Program, awarding $500,000 to provide training and technical assistance to help tribal jurisdictions substantially implement SORNA. This year, funds will be used to qualitatively evaluate SORNA implementation in Indian Country.
An award of $899,748 will provide continued support for the maintenance, operations and enhancements of NSOPW, the Sex Offender Registry Tool, the SORNA Exchange Portal and the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System. NSOPW contains links to state, territory, and tribal sex offender public websites to provide a free service to the public to search for registered sex offenders on a national scale and provides prevention and educational resources to users. ..Source.. by Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
September 25, 2013
Guam Judiciary Gets $400-thousand DOJ Grant to Improve Its Sex Offender Registry
9-25-2012 Guam:
Guam - The U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] has awarded a $400-thousand dollar grant to the Guam Judiciary to help improve the island's Sex Offender Registry.
The funds come from DOJ's "Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program" which helps jurisdictions in developing or enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs.
In making the announcement, Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo said the money "will enhance the Guam Judiciary’s ability to verify and monitor offenders on island. It will also improve the Judiciary’s ability to provide better resources to the Guam Police Department Forensic Science Division and allow the Attorney General’s Office to fund a prosecutor dedicated to prosecuting these cases." ..Source.. by Pacific News Center
April 10, 2013
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Additional Actions Needed to Enhance Program Efficiency and
Any wonder why the U.S. is broke? Lawmakers write the laws, obviously they fail to do proper research to prevent this. Or, have they done the research, and someone is profiting?4-10-2013 Washington DC:
In July 2012, GAO reported that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) more than 200 grant programs overlapped across 10 key justice areas, and that this overlap contributed to the risk of unnecessarily duplicative grant awards for the same or similar purposes. GAO has recommended, among other steps, that DOJ conduct an assessment to better understand the extent of grant program overlap and determine if consolidation is possible. DOJ has begun taking related actions, but it is too early to assess their impact.
In February 2012, GAO reported that DOJ's Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) Program--a source of funding for law enforcement ballistic- and stab-resistant body armor--had not taken steps to deobligate about $27 million in unused funds from grant awards whose terms had ended. GAO recommended that DOJ deobligate these funds and, for example, apply the amounts to new awards or reduce requests for future budgets. DOJ officials have since deobligated $2 million and plan to deobligate the rest by the end of April 2013. DOJ officials plan to apply the funds toward fiscal year 2014 BVP grants. ...continued... by GAO Office
March 22, 2013
Sex Offender Watch Getting Easier and Easier
$400,000 to tell folks where former offenders sleep for a few hours of the day/night. Talk about a waste of money, this is classic. Lets see, what about murderers, car thieves, DUI convictions etc all those that are far more likely to affect live in the community. $400,000 to do what a deck of index cards can do.3-22-2013 New Mexico:
Keeping tabs on area sex offenders is getting easier and easier. Just ask Lt. Harry Hall, a veteran public safety officer from the Cibola County Sheriff’s Department.
“The information was already accessible,” Hall said on Wednesday. “Now it is super-accessible with OffenderWatch.”
A sex offender watch website promotes sex offender awareness. Creation of the website was paid for by a $400,000 federal government grant, according to Hall.
All sex offenders in Cibola County are required to report to Hall. Keeping tabs of sex offenders has been part of Hall’s duties since 2001. “The system has changed dramatically since I started,” Hall explained.
Hall said, currently, there are 51 sex offenders in the county. Forty-one are in the public system while the other 10 require a website that is only accessible to Hall and other state officials.
“This new system is amazing,” Hall said. “As soon as an offender walks in the my door and informs me that he has moved, I can update the system as he or she is walking out the door.”
Hall noted that half of the offenders in Cibola County are required to report to him once a year, the other half every 90 days.
Depending on the offense, some offenders are in the system for 10 or 20 years or even a lifetime. For example, if a person is guilty of criminal sexual penetration in the third or fourth degree, they are required to be in the sex offender system for 10 years. If a person is guilty of the same crime in the first, second or third degree - aggravated, the offender is in the system for life.
If an offender moves, he or she is required to report it to Lt. Hall within 10 days.
“I guess the goal is paperless,” said Hall. “The system makes my job easier.”
In 1995, the state began to require Sheriff Departments to keep tabs on sex offenders. The new responsibility came with no funds, according to Hall.
OffenderWatch, the company which created Cibola County’s Sex Offender Watch website, is creating similar sites for more than 1,000 agencies nationwide.
The Pueblo of Laguna and the Navajo Nation have their own sex offender website, while the Pueblo of Acoma does not, according to Hall.
Sheriff Johnny Valdez said, “Our office is pleased to provide OffenderWatch for the citizens of Cibola County. OffenderWatch is the nation's leading registered sex offender management and community notification tool with hundreds of agencies in dozens of states utilizing it.
“OffenderWatch is updated instantaneously throughout the day as offender addresses and other offender information is updated in our office. You may enter any address in the county and see real-time information on the publishable offenders within the specified radius of the address you enter.” ..Source.. by Donald Jaramillo
February 25, 2013
West Virginia State Police receive US Dept. of Justice grant to monitor sex offenders
2-25-2013 West Virginia:
The West Virginia State Police is receiving federal grant money to monitor registered sex offenders.
During a news conference on Monday afternoon, West Virginia State Police leaders announced that the agency has received a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help improve its sex offender registry.
The money will be used to verify offenders, hire two digital forensics analysts to examine confiscated computers and to put more people on the streets, according to a State Police spokesperson.
Officers believe the money is desperately needed to make sure people on the registry are accounted for. "I absolutely believe that it's important and the information that's submitted should be accurate. As you can see, there are some that aren't going to provide accurate information. That's our job to go out, follow up and make sure that it's accurate," said Sgt. Michael Baylous with the West Virginia State Police.
The agency will receive nearly $400,000 from the grant over the next two years. ..Source.. by April Kaull
October 5, 2012
DOJ grants $1 million for sex offender biometrics registry
10-5-2012 National:
The US Department of Justice will provide a grant of $1 million to five Native American tribes in Washington state for the creation of a sex offender registry.
Biometric data gathered from sex offenders will be included in the registry and will include fingerprints and DNA samples.
The grant will also be used to setup a notification system to keep tribe members informed and updated on those who have been placed on the register.
The grants are a part of the implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection And Safety Act that President Bush enacted in 2006. The act aims to protect children and vulnerable adults from sex offenders such as pedophiles, pornographers and those who engage in human trafficking.
Under the law, the most serious offenders must report their whereabouts every three months and must do so for the rest of their lives.
Will constant monitoring of known sex offenders and the use of biometrics prevent them from harming any more children? ..Source.. by DOJ
September 17, 2012
Department of Justice to help American Samoa with sex offender registry
9-17-2012 American Samoa:
An official with the US Department of Justice is in American Samoa to work with the territorial government to improve the territory’s sex offender registry.
The registry lists individuals who are convicted of sex crimes as prescribed under the law, and includes at minimum the offender’s photo, fingerprints, criminal history, and his address.
The senior policy advisory for the department’s Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking, Lori McPherson, says federal standards require that the registry is publicly available
However she’s heard that American Samoans do not have any kind of access to the current registry.
“So since there is a broadbase interest in it and interest in improving the registry, my impression is that there’s a good groundswell of momentum to try and make those changes.”..Source.. by Lori McPherson.
September 6, 2012
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, 2012
9-5-2012 Washington DC:
Describes the steps used in the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) formula calculation process and presents summary results of the FY 2012 formula calculations.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 merged two grant programs to establish the JAG program; the Bureau of Justice Assistance administers this program and the Bureau of Justice Statistics calculates the formulas.
Funds are distributed to states and localities based on resident population and violent crime data reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. In total, approximately $295.6 million was allocated for the FY 2012 JAG awards. ..Source.. by Bureau of Justice
February 14, 2012
Department of Justice FY 2013 Budget Request
Click on the picture to review the main page, there are a few sub pages of interest. CLICK HERE for the FY 2013 Budget and Performance Summary which has other links we will explore.Well, thats my 2 cents for this year!
Pay attention to these:U.S. Marshals Service: click on PDF and look at its mission, notice that does not include SORNA Home Address checks.
Office of Justice Programs: Notice Byrne Grants, Second Chance Act (Which EXCLUDES sex offenders), and whatever this is "Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program:" then study the "Offsetting decreases."
Community Oriented Policing Services: Notice "COPS Hiring:"
Office on Violence Against Women: Notice this sentence "OVW administers financial and technical assistance to communities around the country to facilitate the creation of programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking."While I have no complaint with such programs for victims, stated in that sentence is "ENDING," it really makes me wonder what Lawmakers mean, given they only provide programs for victims and not offenders; one side of the equation. Yes, I am aware of the sex offender treatment provided at Butner, but is that sufficient to handle ALL federal sex offenders, including civil commitment offenders (The US Supreme court says it is legal for treatment, and we know there are 130 so far) who may be there for life?Federal Prison System: No mention of building a Federal civil commitment center,something community like instead of prison like, so where will those folks be held? Then notice "Program Offset - Expand Compassionate Release:" and that sex offenders are EXCLUDED, even though they have LOW recidivism rates. Then within "FY 2013 Strategy:" is this sentence "Funding is also provided to enhance residential drug abuse treatment, a recidivism-reducing program that can help curb the overall growth in the prison population."OK folks, I'm on my annual soapbox, you will not find ANY SPECIAL mention of providing a DIME for sex offender treatment programs, like they mention drug treatment! Like past administrations, Washington DOES NOT want to solve or reduce sex offenses. All we hear from Lawmakers is, how bad these offenders are, how high their recidivism is, and they must be tracked till they die. Lip Service year after year! Lawmakers have no incentive to reduce victims, its quite obvious.
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January 12, 2012
Secretary of labor announces grant competition to help former offenders gain career skills and rejoin community life
Is this "hypocrisy"; excludes sex offenders includes prostitution???1-12-2012 Washington DC:
EWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 12, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the availability of $20.6 million in grant funds to assist adult former offenders who are returning to their communities after serving time in justice facilities. The U.S. Department of Labor expects to award 17 grants of approximately $1.21 million each to organizations that will provide these individuals with employment-focused services and support.
"By supporting these employment training programs, we are fulfilling a core promise of our justice system: Those who do wrong and serve their time deserve a second chance to make a positive contribution to their families and their communities," said Secretary Solis. "Ultimately, these investments are turning 'tax takers' into 'tax payers,' and helping to relieve a major economic strain on state and local budgets, while also helping individuals get back on their feet and enhancing community stability." .....
Eligible applicants for the grants include nonprofit organizations that are located in or have existing staff in the high-poverty, high-crime communities they propose to serve. Program participants will be individuals ages 18 and older who have been convicted of crimes as adults under federal or state law, but never of a sex-related offense, with the exception of prostitution. Complete eligibility criteria are included in the solicitation for grant applications. (See Eligibility section)
Each year, approximately 700,000 inmates are released from state and federal prisons, and return to their communities and families. Without assistance to make a successful transition, the majority of former offenders return to criminal activity. In order to successfully reintegrate into their communities, it is essential that these individuals have the skills and support necessary to compete for and obtain jobs.
A notice of the grants solicitation will be published in the Jan. 13 edition of the Federal Register. To view a copy online, visit http://www.doleta.gov/grants/find_grants.cfm. For more information on the Department of Labor's range of employment and training programs, visit http://www.doleta.gov. .... ..Source.. by U.S. Department of Labor
November 19, 2011
Adam Walsh Act - Second Chance Act and More Receive Appropriations through Agriculture Bill
There is no end to the trickery of Congress. What do I mean?
Here is the latest, Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] introduced on 6/3/2011 with no Cosponsors, HR 2112 originally titled "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012" and ends up with this title "Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012" appropriating money for all sorts of Criminal Justice programs.
Somewhere in Congress is a joker who sees a relationship between Agriculture and Criminal Justice which allowed this to happen and hide it from the general public.
Here is a list of Criminal Justice appropriations:
Office of Justice Programs:It is clear that trickery rules in Congress, the programs will now get the money whether families can put food on their table or not. While I support the Second Chance Act, in general, it does nothing for sex offenders on reentry, in fact, they are excluded!
research, evaluation, and statistics
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act'); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (`the 1974 Act'); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (`the 2005 Act'); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (`the Adam Walsh Act'); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (`the 2002 Act'); and other programs; $113,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which--
(1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $36,000,000 is for the administration and redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey;
(2) $40,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle D of title II of the 2002 Act: Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $5,000,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the National Institute of Justice for research, testing and evaluation programs;
(3) $1,000,000 is for an evaluation clearinghouse program; and
(4) $27,000,000 is for regional information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act.
state and local law enforcement assistance
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (`the 1994 Act'); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act'); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (`the 1990 Act'); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (`the 2005 Act'); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (`the Adam Walsh Act'); the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (`the 2002 Act'); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); and other programs; $1,162,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $470,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1, $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process, $4,000,000 is for a State and local assistance help desk and diagnostic center program, $2,000,000 is for a Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability Initiative (VALOR), $4,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice for research targeted toward developing a better understanding of the domestic radicalization phenomenon, and advancing evidence-based strategies for effective intervention and prevention, $6,000,000 is for activities related to comprehensive criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction efforts by States, and $100,000,000 is for law enforcement and related security costs, including overtime, associated with the two principal 2012 Presidential Candidate Nominating Conventions;
(2) $240,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)): Provided, That no jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other detainees housed in State and local detention facilities;
(3) $10,000,000 for a border prosecutor initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys;
(4) $15,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation);
(5) $10,500,000 for victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106-386 and for programs authorized under Public Law 109-164;
(6) $35,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
(7) $9,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416);
(8) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;
(9) $3,000,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108-405, and for grants for wrongful conviction review;
(10) $7,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110-403;
(11) $4,000,000 for a student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110-315;
(12) $20,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) and related activities;
(13) $10,000,000 for an initiative relating to children exposed to violence;
(14) $15,000,000 for an Edward Byrne Memorial criminal justice innovation program;
(15) $24,000,000 for the matching grant program for law enforcement armor vests, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, testing and evaluation programs;
(16) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public Web site;
(17) $5,000,000 for competitive and evidence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;
(18) $5,000,000 for grants to assist State and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180);
(19) $6,000,000 for the National Criminal History Improvement Program for grants to upgrade criminal records;
(20) $12,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
(21) $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and activities, of which--
(A) $117,000,000 is for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities, including the purposes authorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program);
(B) $4,000,000 is for the purposes described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108-405, section 412); and
(C) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program Grants, including as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 108-405;
(22) $4,500,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
(23) $38,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes;
(24) $1,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of the 1994 Act);
(25) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical products;
(26) $12,500,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79); and
(27) $63,000,000 for offender reentry programs and research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199), of which not to exceed $4,000,000 is for a program to improve State, local, and tribal probation supervision efforts and strategies:
Provided, That if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-administrative public sector safety service.
juvenile justice programs
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (`the 1974 Act'); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (`the 1968 Act'); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (`the 2005 Act'); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (`the 1990 Act'); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (`the Adam Walsh Act'); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401); and other juvenile justice programs, $262,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows--
(1) $40,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to assist small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants process;
(2) $78,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
(3) $20,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof--
(A) $10,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;
(B) $5,000,000 shall be for gang and youth violence education, prevention and intervention, and related activities; and
(C) $5,000,000 shall be for programs and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, for prevention and reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assistance and training;
(4) $18,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;
(5) $30,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered a State;
(6) $8,000,000 for community-based violence prevention initiatives;
(7) $65,000,000 for missing and exploited children programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act;
(8) $1,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; and
(9) $2,000,000 for grants and technical assistance in support of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention:
Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act.
For now have a great day and a better tomorrow.
eAdvocate
November 6, 2011
Fed grant allows Fresno to target sex predators
The biggest joke and swindle Lawmakers have ever played on society: "Monitoring Sex Offenders" has anyone ever really analyzed what the police actually do? Once or twice a year police goto the registered offender's listed address and checks to see they are there, time spent monitoring - MINUTES! Reality is, they force registrants to provide an address where they sleep for a few hours of the day/night... How in heavens name does this amount to monitoring? The public allow Lawmakers to fleece their pocketbooks in this shell game... Accordingly, MONITORING = Law Enforcement Jobs Security, at public expense.11-6-2011 California:
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says he fears a toxic combination of declining budgets, the uncertain future of overcrowded state prisons and Fresno's already burgeoning sex-offender population could create a surge in molesters preying on children.
To help combat the expected problem, his department received a nearly $500,000 federal grant to create a Child Sexual Predator Task Force. The City Council signed off on it last week.
Dyer said the two-year grant will help police bolster already substantial efforts to monitor sex offenders, teach youngsters how to avoid trouble and find victims too scared to report abuse.
Dyer said combating child sexual predators is a priority even if it forces him to siphon scarce money from other services, such as patrol.
"I can't think of a better place to commit our resources than in protecting our children from the hands of a child molester," Dyer said.
To the council on Thursday and in an interview on Friday, Dyer painted a picture of local trends that, he said, suggests serious challenges ahead.
The Police Department has lost about 10% of its sworn officers through attrition due to the city's nearly three-year financial crisis. Dyer said his smaller department is charged with monitoring about 1,600 registered sex offenders.
In more economically flush times, Dyer said, many sex offenders emerging from state prison would have moved into state-funded housing as they transitioned to a self-sustaining life. With that funding slashed because of the state's own budget woes, Dyer said, many sex offenders are going straight from prison to Fresno's homeless encampments.
City Hall is breaking up homeless encampments throughout the city and trying to move their inhabitants into permanent housing. The rub, Dyer said, is that federal money for homeless housing can't be spent on giving sex offenders a roof.
With nowhere to live and faced with the legal mandate to register their whereabouts with law enforcement, Dyer said, sex offenders often list the Fresno Rescue Mission as their home.
"The reality is there's no way to know where they're at," Dyer said.
Even before the grant, Dyer said, he had assigned three detectives to full-time duty in the department's sex crimes unit. Among other duties, the detectives made routine visits to homeless encampments to monitor sex offenders and make sure they're registered. With the scattering of the camps, Dyer said, the detectives now must track down people who want to stay in the shadows.
The Rev. Larry Arce, the mission's chief executive officer, said there are about 35 registered sex offenders staying at the mission. Many more come to the mission for clothes or a meal, then return to the streets, he said.
Arce said society in recent years has been more diligent in requiring sex offenders to stay in touch with law-enforcement agencies, making it almost impossible to say whether Fresno's population of sex offenders has grown in the past decade.
"You notice them more now because you can identify them," Arce said.
Arce said Dyer's grant is good for Fresno. He said the mission works with officers searching for specific offenders.
Complicating matters is the age of the victims, Dyer said. All too often, he said, the children are too young to recognize dangerous situations and too frightened to report abuse.
Dyer said he added it all up and decided he must expand his department's focus on sex predators while prudently but clearly sounding the public alarm.
For example, he said, the grant includes $40,000 to pay for specially trained chaplains who will work with elementary schools to educate children.
"We don't want to take away a child's innocence," Dyer said. "But we do want to make them aware of the fact that they need to be careful."
Dyer said the two-year grant for $496,606 will pay for another full-time detective plus three part-time employees. The part-timers will be retired detectives, he said. ..Source.. by George Hostetter - The Fresno Bee
October 6, 2011
Improving Public Safety & Creating Jobs
10-6-2011 Washington DC:
Today, along with COPS Director Barney Melekian, I traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, to discuss the Justice Department’s most recent efforts to support our nation’s law enforcement community – and to ensure that police officers from coast to coast have the resources that they need and deserve.
In recent years, police departments like Cincinnati’s – and law enforcement agencies nationwide – have faced extraordinary budget difficulties and have been asked to do more with less. All across the country, law enforcement officials have risen to the challenge – and found innovative, collaborative ways to improve public safety and to keep crime trends heading in the right direction. But at a time when approximately 10,000 officer jobs have been cut, and three times as many positions are currently unfilled due to fiscal constraints, we have a looming national crisis on our hands, both in terms of public safety and public employment. In short, our citizens need protection – and our police officers and other first responders need jobs.
As part of the Department’s ongoing effort to meet these needs, I’m proud to report that the COPS Office is providing more than $240 million in new grants to support the hiring and retention of more than 1,000 officers in nearly 240 agencies and municipalities across the country. The Cincinnati Police Department alone was awarded more than $6.8 million in grant money from the COPS Hiring Program, which will fund 25 critical positions for three years.
Such targeted investments are essential to advancing the Department’s mission to be smart, as well as tough, on crime. These same priorities are reflected in President Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act, which – in addition to creating new employment opportunities and bolstering economic growth – aims to put more officers on the beat and strengthen public safety efforts nationwide.
Although we all can be proud of – and inspired by – the courage and commitment that our nation’s law enforcement officers exhibit every day, we must find ways to take this work to the next level. The COPS Hiring Program – and this Administration’s determination to create and restore law enforcement jobs across the country – will allow us to do just that. ..Source.. by DOJ
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