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FY 15 JAG Program

Award Information

Award #
2015-DJ-BX-0246
Location
Awardee County
Sacramento
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
Total funding (to date)
$216,788

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2015, $216,788)

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 Sacramento County Probation Department proposes to utilize its FY 2015 JAG Award to continue funding officers in the Violent Offender Unit within the Probation's Juvenile Court Services Division. NCA/NCF

Date Created: August 12, 2015