FY24 IN JAG

The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) serves as Indiana’s State Administering Agency (SAA) for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. The JAG Program is the primary vehicle of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG provides states and local units of governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas, including law enforcement, crime lab/forensics, crime prevention, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, corrections, community corrections, reentry services, behavioral health, assessment and evaluation, and crime victim/witness services programs.

States are encouraged to complete a strategic planning process in order to improve the quality of JAG funded programs. Strategic planning is the act of setting calculated goals and objectives based on areas of interest and need for stakeholders.  This plan seeks to identify crime trends, determine the priorities of the criminal justice system at the state and local level, and set out a plan for reducing crime and victimization. The resulting analysis will guide the use of JAG funds.