FY24 Byrne SCIP - Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet

The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC) will implement its state crisis intervention program through subawards to entities selected through a blend of directed and competitive subaward processes to carry out projects aligned with the priority program areas established by the State Crisis Advisory Board.

Priority program areas were selected by the State Crisis Intervention Advisory Board with consideration of the nature and prevalence of gun violence in Kentucky. The program areas represent strong commitments to effective crisis intervention and addressing circumstances that contribute to risk. On February 14, 2024, the State Crisis Intervention Advisory Board met and formally adopted through unanimous approval the following five (5) priority program areas:

Court programs and court-based diversion programs
Behavioral health initiatives and crisis response
Community crisis intervention and co-responder programs and training;
Suicide prevention initiatives (particularly those related to veterans and youth)
Gun safety initiatives, including education and/or public awareness campaigns and gun safety device distribution

At present, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has no statute establishing an Extreme Risk Protective Order (ERPO) law and attempts to pass such legislation in 2019 and 2021 were unsuccessful. Therefore, Kentucky’s SCIP-funded activities will not involve ERPO programs.

Allocation of Funding (15PBJA-24-GG-02907-BSCI)

Administrative Costs – As permitted by Byrne SCIP federal program guidelines, JPSC will utilize ten (10) percent of award funds to cover direct costs associated with the administration of the federal grant and subawards. Funding for administrative costs will come from the state share portion of the federal award. For the FY24 award, the maximum amount of funding which will be used for administrative costs is $175,455.

Subaward Costs – Subaward funding will be allocated in a manner consistent with the required variable pass-through requirements established by the Byrne SCIP federal program guidelines:

Local Pass-through Requirement

A minimum of forty (40) percent of program funds will pass through to units of local government, defined by the Byrne SCIP program guidelines as a city, county, township, or town. For the FY 24 award, a minimum of $524,583 will be subawarded to units of local government as defined by BJA.

Local Pass-through Requirement

JPSC will fulfill its required local pass-through allocation through a subaward to the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to sustain and enhance the Mental Health Court (MHC) Program in the Kentucky court system. For the FY24 award, $177,237 will be subawarded to AOC.

AOC is an operational arm of the Kentucky Court of Justice and serves every county in the Commonwealth. Individuals who will benefit from and be targeted for this project are justice-involved adults with misdemeanor and felony charges who have been screened for any mental illness, with or without a co-occurring substance use disorder. If symptomology is confirmed in a clinical assessment, the justice-involved adult could be offered the MHC as an alternative sentencing program. This program would intentionally target clients who are at risk to commit gun violence or become victims of gun violence.  

State Share – The state share allocation less the ten (10) percent retained by the JPSC for administrative costs will be subawarded to eligible organizations through a competitive solicitation process. For the FY24 award, this amount is $877,275.

Administration

The JPSC Grants Management Division (GMD) shall be responsible for the administration of the federal Byrne SCIP award and subawards on behalf of the SAA. GMD will support all aspects of the subaward process through its electronic grants management system, Intelligrants 10.0 (IGX). This process includes the solicitation and review of applications, assessment of each projects risk of non-compliance with the terms and conditions governing use of award funds, performance management, financial management, compliance monitoring, and closeout.

All potential program activities will be evaluated in coordination with the Crisis Intervention Advisory Board. No programs will be implemented without prior review and feedback from the Board. All statutorily required evaluation activities will be completed and reported per terms and conditions of the Byrne SCIP award.