STRATEGY 4. STRENGTHENING AGENCY CAPACITY TO USE EVIDENCE
F. Major Functions and Organizational Structure
II. Summary of Program Changes
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Summary of Program Changes
Listed in Priority Order – Increases
Item Name Program
Description Pos. FTE Dollars
($000) Page Part B: Formula Grants Supports state, local, and tribal efforts to improve the fairness and
responsiveness of the juvenile justice system and to increase accountability of
the juvenile offender. 0 0 14,500 128
Smart on Juvenile Justice
Initiative Provides incentive grants to assist states that use Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) program funds for evidence-based juvenile justice
realignment to foster better outcomes for system-involved youth. 0 0 30,000 131 Delinquency Prevention
Program Supports delinquency prevention programs and activities to benefit youth who
are at risk of having contact with the juvenile system. 0 0 27,000 135
Procedural Justice-Building
Community Trust and Justice Provides grants and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal courts and juvenile and criminal justice agencies to support innovative efforts to improve outcomes for system-involved youth, less costly use of
incarceration, improved system accountability, and increased public safety.
0 0 20,000 139
Byrne Competitive Grants Promotes officer safety through a modularized, multi-level training and technical assistance program that will develop a culture of safety within law enforcement, forensic science, crime prevention, violence and victimization, and corrections and courts.
0 0 15,000 143
Byrne Justice Criminal
Innovation Program Supports place-based strategies that combine law enforcement, community policing, prevention, intervention, and treatment, and neighborhood
restoration. 0 0 29,500 147
Body-Worn Camera Partnership
Program To support the purchase, deployment, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement and the data storage infrastructure needed to
support the use of these cameras. 0 0 30,000 151
Byrne Incentive Grants Provides supplemental incentive awards to state and local Byrne JAG Program grantees who decide to commit a portion of their JAG funding to supporting strategies, activities, and interventions that have a strong evidence base, or are promising and will be coupled with rigorous evaluation to determine their effectiveness.
0 0 15,000 156
Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
(JAG) Provides flexible grants that are the primary source of federal criminal justice
funding for state, local, and tribal jurisdictions. 0 0 12,000 159
National Forum on Youth
Violence Prevention Creates a context for participating localities to share challenges and promising strategies that with each other and to explore how federal agencies can better
support local efforts. 0 0 4,000 163
Defending Childhood/Children
Exposed to Violence Coordinated with the Department of Health and Human Services, will build on what has been learned from past and current activities, and will consist of the following components: 1) Advance Effective Practices at the State, Local, and Tribal levels; and 2) Increasing Knowledge, Understanding, and Policy.
0 0 15,000 167
Second Chance
Act/Offender Reentry Authorizes grants to government agencies and nonprofit groups to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services that can help reduce re-offending and violations of probation and parole.
0 0 52,000 172
Justice Reinvestment (Criminal Justice Reform and Recidivism Reduction)
Provides targeted technical assistance to help units of state, local, and tribal governments analyze data on their criminal justice systems, identify what factors are driving increases in prison and jail populations and develop strategies to reduce costs, improve public safety, and help ex-offenders with the transition back into mainstream society.
0 0 17,500 177
Community-Based Violence
Prevention Initiative Assists localities and state programs that support coordinated and multi-disciplinary approaches to gang prevention, intervention, suppression, and
reentry in targeted communities. 0 0 18,000 183
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Listed in Priority Order – Increases Program Description
Programs (Base) Collects and analyzes statistical data on all aspects of the criminal justice system; assists state, local, and tribal governments in collecting and analyzing justice statistics; and disseminates high value information and statistics to inform policy makers, researchers, criminal justice practitioners, and the general public.
0 0 20,400 187
Research, Development, and
Evaluation Program (Base) Promotes officer safety through a modularized, multi-level training and technical assistance program that will develop a culture of safety within law enforcement agencies and personnel that is consistent with the ideals of a democratic society.
0 0 16,500 194
Indigent Defense: Achieving the Constitutional Right to Counsel:
Answering Gideon’s Call
Provides funding and other resources to support changes in state and local criminal court practices related to indigent defense; ensuring that no person faces potential time in jail without first having the aid of a lawyer with the time, ability and resources to present an effective defense, as required by the U.S. Constitution.
0 0 5,400 199
Indigent Defense Initiative-Improving Juvenile Indigent Defense Program
Provides funding and other resources to develop effective, well-resourced model juvenile indigent defender offices; and develop and implement
standards of practice and policy for the effective management of such offices. 0 0 5,400 204 Juvenile Accountability Block
Grant (JABG) Program To reduce juvenile offending by supporting accountability-based programs that
focus on offenders and state and local juvenile systems. 0 0 30,000 209
Public Safety Officer’s Death
Benefits (Mandatory) Provides a one-time financial benefit to survivors of public safety officers
whose deaths resulted from injuries sustained in the line of duty. 0 0 29,000 213 Justice and Mental Health
Collaboration Program Provides grants, training, and technical and strategic planning assistance to help state, local, and tribal governments develop multi-faceted strategies that bring together criminal justice, social services, and public health agencies, as well as community organizations, to develop system-wide responses to the needs of mentally ill individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
0 0 5,500 216
Next Generation Identification
Assistance Program Uses state of the art multi-modal biometrics services that provide not only the traditional ten print and latent fingerprint search capabilities, but also includes palm print services; rapid by-the-side of the road fingerprint identification, facial recognition investigative services; text-based scars, marks, and tattoo searches, and even iris pattern registration and search services.
0 0 5,000 221
Project HOPE Opportunity
Probation with Enforcement Funding for additional sites implementing “swift and certain” sanctions in probation, including a large scale demonstration field experiment using a
randomized controlled trial methodology. 0 0 6,000 225
Evaluation Clearinghouse/What Works Repository
(CrimeSolutons.gov)
Provides practitioners and policymakers with a single, credible, online source for evidence-based information on what works and what is promising in
criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice. 0 0 3,000 230
Research on Domestic Radicalization and Violent Extremism
To develop a better understanding of the domestic radicalization and violent extremist phenomena, and advancing evidence-based strategies for effective
intervention and prevention. 0 0 4,000 234
Countering Violent Extremism
Grant Program Provide funding to support the development and implementation of
community led pilot programs to prevent various forms of extremism. 0 0 6,000 238 National Missing and
Unidentified Persons System A national centralized repository and resource center for missing persons and unidentified decedent cases; its online system of databases can be searched by medical examiners, coroners, law enforcement officials, and the general public trying to locate missing persons or identify unknown human remains.
0 0 2,400 242
Civil Legal Aid-Competitive
Grant Provides grants and technical assistance to state, local, and tribal governments to help them enhance the capacity of regulatory, law enforcement, and public health agencies to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through centralized,
state-administered databases.
0 0 5,000 245
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Summary of Program Changes
Listed in Priority Order – Increases (cont.)
Item Name Program
Description Pos. FTE Dollars
($000) Page OJP Minor Program Increases To request increases for four programs which include Forensic Science,
Economic High-Technology and Cybercrime Prevention, National Criminal History Records Improvement Program and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment.
0 0 10,000 248
Total Increases 0 0 453,100 Listed in Priority Order – Decreases
Item Name Program
Description Pos. FTE Dollars
($000) Page Youth Mentoring Supports mentoring for youth at risk of educational failure, dropping out of
school, or involvement in delinquent activities, including gangs. 0 0 (32,000) 252
DNA Related and Forensic
Programs and Activities Provides a comprehensive strategy to maximize the use of forensic DNA
technology in the criminal justice system. 0 0 (20,000) 255
VOCA-Improving Investigation
and Prosecution of Child Abuse Provides training and technical assistance to professionals involved in
investigating, prosecuting, and treating child abuse. 0 0 (8,000) 258
Victims of Trafficking Supports ongoing collaborative efforts to identify, rescue, and assist victims
of human trafficking across the United States. 0 0 (31,750) 261
Crime Victims Fund Focuses on providing compensation to victims of crime and survivors, supporting appropriate victims’ service programs and victimization intervention strategies, and building capacity to improve response to crime
victims’ needs and increase offender accountability. 0 0 (1,361,000) 264 National Instant Criminal
Background Check System (NICS) Grants
The NARIP programs provides grants to assist states, state court systems, and tribal governments in updating NICS with the criminal history and mental health records of individuals who are precluded from purchasing or possessing guns.
0 0 (20,000) 268
OJP Program Eliminations To request program eliminations for the following OJP programs: Indian Country Initiatives, John R. Justice, Campus Safety, Paul Coverdell, and
Vision 21. 0 0 (58,500) 271
OJP Minor Program Offsets To request minor program decreases for the following OJP programs:
Regional Information Sharing System, Bulletproof Vest Partnership, Drug Court Program, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Prison Rape Prevention Program, Veterans Court Program, and Missing and Exploited Childrens Program.
0 0 (38,750) 274
State Criminal Alien Assistance
Program (SCAAP) Provides a one-time financial benefit to survivors of public safety officers
whose deaths resulted from injuries sustained in the line of duty. 0 0 (185,000) 277
Total Decreases 0 0 ($1,755,000) Management and Administration OJP is requesting an increase of $13.7 million to support new programs;
provide stronger grants financial oversight and audit resolution capability;
support OJP’s workforce strategy; and other mission critical infrastructure. 46 23 [13,716] 122
Net Change 46 23 ($1,301,900)
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