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Office of Criminal Justice Assistance
A brief description and funding level(s) for the grants the Criminal
Justice Assistance office administers is as follows:
In 2005 this grant was changed to the:
EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM (JAG)
and combined the Byrne and LLEBG grants
U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureaus of Justice
Assistance
This program was created by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. The intent of
this formula grant program is to provide funds to assist State and local units
of government in carrying out specific programs that offer a high probability of
improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, and to enhance drug
control efforts. Recently, the program direction has drawn from the specific
focus of drug control and expanded to include violent crimes. Funding is based
on State population. This is an ongoing grant program. Match requirements are a
25% cash match.
1987 - $1,081,000 1988 - $ 609,000 1989 - $ 874,000
1990 - $2,427,227 1991 - $2,643,459 1992 - $2,794,000
1993 - $2,887,000 1994 - $2,580,809 1995 - $3,215,767
1996 - $3,468,324 1997 - $3,733,865 1998 - $3,878,434
1999 - $3,950,000 2000 - $3,941,361 2001 - $4,024,369
2002 - $4,170,473 2003 - $4,366,952 2004 - $4,241,345
2005 - $2,900,724 2006 - $1,808,095
2007 - $2,918,581
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This program was created by the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of
1998 to assist law enforcement agencies with funding of bulletproof vests.
Cities and counties apply for direct funding. Since the program's inception, OCJA has been awarded $79,736 for purchase of vests for state agencies.
For more information see the web site
https://vests.ojp.gov/index.html.
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U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Corrections Program Office
The intent of this grant is assist States and units of local government in
developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs
within State and local correctional and detention facilities in which prisoners
are incarcerated. Specifically the program is structured to provide treatment
for a minimum of 6 months in an area separate from the prison population.
Funding is based on prison population. This program s expected to continue to at
least the year 2000. 25% cash match requirement.
The program funds the "WINGS" program at the Northern Nevada Correctional
Center and the "OASIS" program at Indian Springs.
Funding for this program began in 1996.
1996 - $243,215
1997 - $275,181
1998 - $597,189
1999 - $599,918
2000 - $586,523 2001 - $592,856
2002 - $667,669
2003 - $616,138
2004 - No Funding
2005 - $336,183
2006 - $103,610
2007 - $103,572
2008 - $97,635
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U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice
Statistics In the past, this program has been directly awarded to the Nevada Highway
Patrol. That has recently been changed since OCJA has been determined to be the
Department's point of contact for DOJ grants. Past funding includes a grant
awardto be used in the area of the
Brady Law. Funding is provided for specific programs.
Partly from this funding, the Nevada Highway Patrol's Records and
Identification Services Bureau implemented an entirely new Criminal History
Records Repository computer system in 1999. This system hosts many different
databases which will be a great help to law enforcement, including the Sex
Offender Registry, Dangerous Offender Notification System and much more.
In 1997/98, an award was granted to the Administrative Office of
the Courts to implement a Multi-County Integrated Criminal Justice Information
system. Nevada
continues to be the Administrative Office of the Court's Multi-County Integration
Project and to fund the Division of Public Safety Information Technology to
improve public and criminal justice agencies access to criminal history
information, including sex offender registration. Since the program began Nevada
has received awards totaling $4,433,000.
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In 2003 the Office of Criminal Justice Assistance was selected for
administration of the Project Safe Neighborhood grant. For additional
information on the project, go to their web site
http://www.projectsafeneighborhoods.com
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The Office of Criminal Justice Assistance works with the Nevada State Board
of Pharmacy in administering the Drug Diversion grant program. With the
assistance of this grant award the Pharmacy Board has been able to enhance their
prescription drug monitoring program throughout Nevada. For additional information
contact the Board of Pharmacy at
https://nvbop.glsuite.us/renewal/glsweb/homeframe.aspx
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For more information
contact OCJA at (775) 687-3700
or by e-mail at ocja@dps.state.nv.us.
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