Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2013, $10,918)
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) allows states and units of local government, including tribes, to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own state and local needs and conditions. Grant funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following program areas: 1) law enforcement programs; 2) prosecution and court programs; 3) prevention and education programs; 4) corrections and community corrections programs; 5) drug treatment and enforcement programs; 6) planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs; and 7) crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).
The grantee will use the JAG award to support an Underage Drinking and Impaired Driving Education Program, as well as a Speeding Enforcement Project. Funds will provide for overtime, equipment, supplies, and training in hopes of decreasing the number and severity of impaired driving crashes in people under the age of thirty.
NCA/NCF
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