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FY 2009 Recovery Act JAG Program

Award Information

Awardee
Award #
2009-SB-B9-1278
Location
Awardee County
Raleigh
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2009
Total funding (to date)
$351,192

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2009, $351,192)

This grant program is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) (the 'Recovery Act') and by 42 U.S.C. 3751(a). The stated purposes of the Recovery Act are: to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery; to assist those most impacted by the recession; to provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health; to invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits; and to stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases. The Recovery Act places great emphasis on accountability and transparency in the use of taxpayer dollars.

Among other things, it creates a new Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board and a new website ' Recovery.gov ' to provide information to the public, including access to detailed information on grants and contracts made with Recovery Act funds.

The Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funded under the Recovery Act is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. Recovery JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multi-jurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives. Recovery JAG funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.

The disparate jurisdictions consisting of Raleigh County and the city of Beckley will use their Fiscal Year 2009 Recovery Act JAG award in the amount of $351,192 to support law enforcement equipment purchases. The city of Beckley, serving as the fiscal agent, will use their share of the grant award to purchase police vehicles, emergency and safety equipment, a Live Scan Identification system, Digital Photo Capture system, and an enhanced IP phone system. Raleigh County will use its portion to replace aging equipment in existing patrol units, add additional police vehicles to cover areas not currently being patrolled on a routine basis, and ballistic vests for officer safety.

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Date Created: June 21, 2009