Anti-drug Enforcement, Treatment, and Education Initiative

The Congressionally Recommended Awards Program, authorized by the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), helps improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and/or assist victims of crime (other than compensation). Funds should be used for the projects recommended by Congress, in the amounts specified in the joint explanatory statement incorporated by reference into Pub. L. 111-117, and generally consistent with one or more of the following statutory purposes: improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, preventing or combating juvenile delinquency, or assisting victims of crime (other than compensation). Each of these purposes is framed using language drawn, respectively, from the former Byrne discretionary statute, the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, the Victims of Crime Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. This project is authorized and funded through a line item in the FY 2010 Congressional Budget and by the joint explanatory statement that is incorporated by reference into the FY2010 Department of Justice Appropriations Act.

The Operation UNITE will educate and activate individuals by developing community coalitions to no longer accept or tolerate the drug culture. The goal is to decrease drug availability in the 5th Congressional District by removing pills, methamphetamine, marijuana, and dismantle methamphetamine labs from the streets in the next funding cycle. Operation UNITE is supporting activities to rid communities of illegal drug use through undercover narcotics investigations, coordinated treatment for substance abusers, providing support to families and friends of substance abusers, and educating the public about the dangers of using drugs

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