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Now Available: FY 2022 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program

The Program Requirements and Application Instructions for the FY 2022 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program are now available.

Under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the Office of Justice Programs makes payments to eligible "states" and "units of local government" that incur certain types of costs due to "incarceration" of "undocumented criminal aliens" during a particular 12-month reporting period. The reporting period for the FY 2022 program is July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.

Learn more and apply by the posted deadlines.

Date Published: December 9, 2022