Contact: J. Patrick McCreary Associate Deputy Director for Policy Bureau of Justice Assistance 810 7th St., NW Washington, DC 20531 Tel: 202.616.0532 james.pmccreary@ojp.usdoj.gov

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BJA Grant Funding Topics, Trends, Trajectories

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Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) BJA provides leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. It operates with the guiding principle statement:

Reduce crime, recidivism, and

unnecessary confinement, and promote a safe and fair criminal justice system.

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BJA Strategic Focus Areas

Reduction of violent crime, improvement of community safety,

and support for public safety officers.

Reduction of recidivism and prevention of unnecessary

confinement.

Integration of evidence-based, research-driven strategies into the day-to-day operations of BJA and

the programs BJA administers and supports.

Increasing program effectiveness with a renewed emphasis on data analysis, information sharing, and

performance management.

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Director Denise E. O’Donnell

Planning • Law Enforcement • Courts, Prosecution, Indigent Defense • Corrections, PREA • Reentry • Justice Information Sharing • Tribal Justice • Substance Abuse and Mental Health • Evidence Integration • Crime Prevention • Justice Reinvestment • Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative • National Training and Technical Assistance Center

• Managing 8,500 State, Local, and Tribal Grants in FY 13 worth over $5 Billion • Providing Customer Based Grants Administration

• Administrative Services • Communications • Budget • Performance Measures, Audits • Strategic Planning

Programs

Public Safety Officer Benefits Program

• Reviewing nearly 700 benefit claims submitted for injured or fallen public safety officers

Policy

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In FY12, OJP awarded nearly 2,900 grants totaling more than $1.7 billion. This funding supports federal, state, local, and tribal partnerships, organizations, and individuals in their long-term and short-term efforts to improve public safety and sustain crime prevention initiatives.

OJP “Fast Facts”

13,863 Grant Desk

Reviews Completed in

FY12

1,374 Grants Received

Onsite Monitoring or

Enhanced Desk Reviews

233 OJP Funding Solicitations Generated in

FY12

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In FY12: OJP automated its intensive, risk-based assessment process to

strengthen grant monitoring

OJP exceeded statutory requirements for grant monitoring

OJP reduced operating costs and maintained effective oversight of more than 12,600 grants worth $9.5 Billion

OJP “Fast Facts”

$175 million = 1.85% X $9.5 billion

FY12 operating budget of total resources out of in 12,600+ active grants in FY12

OJP’s FY Operating budget is less than 2 percent of the total resources it manages

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National Policy Office – Collective Years Experience

OJP “Fast Facts”

Adjudication 40 Mental Health 18 Substance Abuse 44 Tribal 25 Sworn Law Enforcement 180 Non-Sworn Law Enforcement 260 Corrections 140 Intelligence/National Security 50 Justice Information Sharing 110

Total 867

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Congressionally Mandated Programs Project Safe Neighborhoods

Pandemic and COOP

Medal of Valor

Public Safety Officer Benefit Program Hometown Hero’s

Justice Reinvestment

Enhancing Community Corrections

Problem Solving Initiative

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program

Prescription Drug Monitoring

Drug Courts

Human Trafficking

Tribal Initiatives

GREAT State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training

SMART Policing

Discover Policing

Rural Drug Enforcement Assistance

Bullet Proof Vests

Justice Information Sharing and DOJ’s Global

Suspicious Activity Reporting

Intellectual Property

Fusion Centers and Intelligence Information Sharing

Privacy and Civil Liberty Protections

Regional Information Sharing System

National Motor Vehicle and Information Sharing System

Southern Border

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BJA Funding Trends

$1,055,218,000 (-3%)

$1,089,300,000 (-9%)

$1,202,215,260 (-25%)

$1,613,868,000

$0 $500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000

FY 2013

FY 2012

FY 2011

FY 2010

Figures in Millions

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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Overview JAG is OJP’s flagship grant program and the leading source of federal

justice funding to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions.

JAG funds may be used across seven broad purpose areas: Law enforcement Prosecution and court Crime prevention and education Corrections and community corrections Drug treatment and enforcement Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation)

Allowable costs include training, personnel, equipment, supplies, and

contractual support.

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Program Types Funded by JAG

Multijurisdictional task forces Police vehicles Crime analyst positions Evidence-based programs Crime prevention Program evaluation Law enforcement technology

Drug courts School resource officers Automated fingerprint

identification systems K-9 units Computer-aided dispatch

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JAG Funds Appropriation History

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FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 201312

State & Local JAG Split

0 100 200 300 400

2012

2013

Dollars in Hundreds of Millions

State JAGLocal JAG

~1,100 local awards

~1,000 local awards

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2014 JAG Request FY 13 Appropriation: $392M

FY 14 Request: $395M

Byrne Incentive Grants (new): Incentivized JAG investments in evidence-based programs or practices Evidence Based Strategies: $15M

Justice System Realignment: $25M

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Additional Resources BJA Strategic Plan, FY13 – FY16:

https://www.bja.gov/about/bjastrategicplan.pdf

OJP Strategic Plan, FY07 – FY12: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/about/pdfs/strategic_plan.pdf

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http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/manage-subscriptions.html

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Supplemental Slides

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Byrne Competitive & National Initiatives

Support Information Sharing: Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative NIEM Implementation — common national standards for information

sharing Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council Support Innovation Through the Field Initiated Grant Program: Strategies to prevent active shooter threats on college campuses Strategies to reduce inmate use of cell phones for criminal enterprise Virtual neighborhood watch and community knowledge mapping to

address increases in crime Common Justice Project

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Byrne Competitive & National Initiatives

Support Cost-Effective TTA: National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) NTTAC provides on-demand rapid, expert, and data-driven TTA to

support practitioners as they work to reduce crime, recidivism, and unnecessary confinement in state, local, and tribal communities.

Byrne Competitive: FY 13 $19M FY 14 $15M

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BJA responds to the increase in assaults and violence against law enforcement

Officer Safety and Wellness Working Group in partnership with COPS

VALOR Officer Safety

Training: Almost 9000

law enforcement professionals

trained

VALOR: FY 13 $5M

FY 14 $15M ($8M Officer Safety /

$7M ALERRT)

ALERRT Officer

Safety & Wellness

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BJA supports practitioners in building evidence-based, data-driven tactics and strategies

SMART Policing: BJA has funded 32 police

departments in 22 states (FY13 $1.2M (JAG) FY14 $10M

(JAG))

SMART Prosecution (FY14 $5M (new) (JAG))

SMART Probation BJA funded 9

programs in 9 states (FY13 $5M (SCA) FY14

$10M (SCA))

BJA SMART

on Crime Programs

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BJA SMART programs share core components

A research-practitioner partnership

Use of data and research to develop and execute the strategy

An evaluation component to see if the strategy works

Peer-to-peer learning

Training and technical assistance on promising and evidenced-based practices

Implementation of smarter and more cost-effective approaches

Results that add to the body of knowledge about what works in criminal justice

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Through the Second Chance Act, BJA has awarded $250 million in grants to 500 recipients in 48 states Second Chance Act (SCA) funding provides resources to reentry

programs, including mentoring programs with a focus on high-risk offenders returning to areas with disproportionate concentrations of returning offenders

Over $1 billion in SCA grants have been requested

Second Chance Act: FY 13 $68.75M FY 14 $119M

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SCA is a multifaceted program that offers something to almost all jurisdictions Research and knowledge transfer through the “What Works in Reentry

Clearinghouse” and “National Reentry Resource Center” Reentry demonstration sites Reentry programs for adults with co-occurring substance abuse and

mental health disorders Adult mentoring and transitional services Smart probation Technology career training for incarcerated adults and juveniles Juvenile demonstration planning and implementation grants Juvenile co-occurring disorder programs Family-based adult substance abuse treatment options Statewide recidivism reduction programs Pay for success and supportive housing

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BJA’s Recidivism Reduction Efforts

According to a report released by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center’s National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC), seven states are reporting significant reductions in recidivism

The states profiled in the report show significant declines in 3-year recidivism rates based on data tracking individuals released from prison in 2005-2007

Texas and Ohio reported reductions of 11 percent

Kansas’ rate fell by 15 percent

Michigan’s rate dropped by 18 percent

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BJA’s Recidivism Reduction Efforts

JRI is a data-driven approach to: Improve public safety Reduce corrections and related criminal justice spending Reinvest savings in strategies that can decrease crime and increase public

safety

JRI is a public-private partnership with PEW Center on the States

Phase I: States implement policy and legislative changes necessary to achieve realignment of criminal justice spending and increased public safety

Phase II Implementation Funding (average $400,000 per state): Used to provide drug and behavioral health programs, enhanced victims services, implementations of risk assessments for pretrial and probation, and extensive training for corrections or community corrections

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BJA substance abuse and mental health programs are making an impact

Veterans Courts FY13 $4M (new)

Drug Courts FY13 $41M

Justice & Mental Health Collaboration

FY13 $9M

Problem Solving Courts FY14 $44M

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BJA’s Problem Solving Courts

Drug Courts – Received $41 million in FY13. According to a National Institute of Justice study, drug courts have a positive impact on recidivism and cost: Lower recidivism: In an unprecedented 10-year longitudinal study, NIJ

researchers found that drug courts lower recidivism rates (re-arrests).

Lower costs: Costs averaged $1,392 lower per drug court participant than those in the traditional criminal justice system

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BJA’s Problem Solving Courts

Veterans Courts – Received $4 million in FY13. Veterans Treatment Courts are modeled after drug courts, which promote

collaboration among the judiciary, community corrections agencies, drug treatment providers, and other community support groups: Since 2004, the number of veterans being treated for mental illness and

substance-use disorders has increased 38 percent

It is estimated that out of the over 2.3 million veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, approximately 460,000 (20 percent) suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression

One in six, or 345,000, has a substance abuse problem

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BJA has coordinated funding with DOJ components into one funding process.

Tribal Courts Assistance Program

Indian Alcohol and Substance

Abuse Program

Tribal Justice System Infrastructure

Program

Tribal Justice System

Strategic Planning

Coordinated Tribal

Assistance Solicitation

FY13 $38M

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BJA’s Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) uses multiple strategies to achieve its goals The use of data to identify the crime problem and solutions

Place-based initiatives

Community collaboration and support

Cross-sector partnerships and collaboration

A comprehensive approach to address targeted crime problems Partnership between a local researcher and law enforcement agency

Leveraging of funds from other federal, state, local, and private resources

Advancement of broader neighborhood development goals

In FY12, 15 Sites Were Funded in 14 States

FY13 $18M FY14 $35M

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2012 BCJI Grantees

Baltimore, Maryland

Omaha Nebraska

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

San Antonio, Texas

Detroit, Michigan

Charleston, West Virginia

Buffalo, New York Omaha,

Nebraska

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dayton, Ohio

Austin, Texas

Seattle, Washington

Portland, Oregon

Lowell, Massachusetts

Brooklyn, New York

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San Bernardino, California

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BJA’s Building Neighborhood Capacity Program (BCNP) Assists neighborhoods in developing the capacity to undertake

comprehensive planning and development activities

Partners with neighborhoods in the long-term process of rebuilding and revitalization

Focuses on neighborhoods of high distress that have been historically unsuccessful in competition for federal funds

Part of the larger Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative Co-funded and co-managed with the Department of Education and the

Department of Housing and Urban Development

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BJA’s Building Neighborhood Capacity Program (BNCP)

Intensive Training and

Technical Assistance

Capacity Building

Resource Center

Close Coordination

With BCJI

BNCP

Targets 2 communities in 4 cities with capacity challenges through on-the-ground TTA and funds

Open to all communities, providing guidance, offering online resources, and identifying existing federal TTA

Programs in Flint, MI; Fresno, CA; Memphis, TN; Milwaukee, WI

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