CFDA#
16.738
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Funder Type
State Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Texas Office of the Governor
Summary
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Criminal Justice Grant Program allows states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control drug trafficking, drug related crime, and violent crime. Based on their own local needs and conditions, agencies are provided with the flexibility to prioritize and place justice funds where they are needed most.
In Texas, funding may be used to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice purposes, including for any one or more of the following:
- Law enforcement – Includes championing a supportive, professional, respected law enforcement system with specialized resources that are adaptive and flexible to ever-changing crimes and situations. State Priority Areas include:
- Intelligence-based Investigations (Violent Crime, Border Crime, Gangs)
- Community Policing Programs
- Specialized Officer Training
- Officer Wellness Programs
- Prosecution and Courts – Includes fostering an informed, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary system that ensures appropriate penalties for offenders and services for the community and victims. State Priority Areas include:
- Pre-trial Diversion Programs
- Reduce Evidence Testing Backlog
- Courtroom Personnel Training
- Crime Prevention and Education – Includes cultivating an individualized, understanding-based system that takes a multi-pronged approach, infused with basic life skills and alternative tracks to crime prevention. State Priority Areas include:
- Life-skills Training Programs
- Community-based Prevention Programs
- Corrections and Community Corrections – Includes promoting an assessment-driven, treatment-focused system that targets an individual's risk and needs appropriately. State Priority Areas Include:
- Probation/Parole Officer Training
- Risk/Needs Assessment for Diversion Programs
- Jail/Prison-based Co-occurring Treatment
- Reentry Programs; and
- Assessment and Evaluation Programs.
History of Funding
None is available.
Additional Information
JAG funds cannot be used directly or indirectly for security enhancements or equipment for nongovernmental entities not engaged in criminal justice or public safety. Additionally, JAG funds may not be used directly or indirectly to pay for any of the following items:
- Construction, renovation, or remodeling
- Medical services
- Security enhancements or equipment for non-governmental entities not engaged in criminal justice or public safety
- Non-law enforcement vehicles or equipment for government agencies that are for general agency use
- Equipment, supplies, and other direct costs associated with processing DNA evidence
- Activities or costs in support of Operation Border Star (agencies seeking such funding should apply under the PSO Local Border Security funding announcement)
- Law enforcement equipment that is standard department issue
- Transportation, lodging, per diem or any related costs for participants, when grant funds are used to develop and conduct training for outside participants
- Items listed on the Byrne JAG Prohibited Expenditure Category A and B List
- Rifle-resistant body armor (NIJ Compliant Type IIIA and below is eligible)
- Any other prohibition imposed by federal, state or local law or regulation
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are Texas state agencies, public and private institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Native American tribes, councils of governments, non-profit corporations (including hospitals and faith-based organizations), and units of local government.
All applications submitted by local law enforcement agencies/offices must be submitted by a unit of government affiliated with the agency, including an authorizing resolution from that unit of government. For example, police departments must apply under their municipal government, and community supervision and corrections departments, district attorneys, and judicial districts must apply through their affiliated county government (or one of the counties, in the case of agencies that serve more than one county).
Eligible applicants must be registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM) database located at https://sam.gov/
Deadline Details
Applications were to be submitted by February 8th, 2024. Applicants must contact their applicable regional council of governments (COG) regarding their application. Each of Texas' 24 COGs holds its own application planning workshops, workgroups, and/or subcommittees and facilitates application prioritization for certain programs within its region. Failure to comply with regional requirements imposed by the COG may render an application ineligible.
Award Details
Awards will be at least $10,000 each. Project periods may extend up to 12-months, beginning October 1, 2024. Cost sharing/matching is not required.
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