BJA Program Plan FY 1997 Program Plan.
Series: BJA Program Plan
Published: February 1997
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U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance

February 1997

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Director's Preface

I am pleased to present the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) Program Plan for fiscal year (FY)
1997. This document explains how BJA funds will
support State and local criminal justice systems in
the coming year. 

BJA has broad programmatic authority to fund
innovative programs and support the full spectrum
of criminal justice issues. Our planning for FY
1997 addresses all aspects of the criminal justice
system and recognizes the importance and
interdependence of its component parts.

For FY 1997, BJA was appropriated approximately
$1.5 billion to support national, State, and local
criminal justice initiatives. BJA discretionary
funds will be targeted to identify and support
innovative initiatives, particularly in areas that
are not addressed by other Federal grant programs. 

To stimulate and support innovation among
practitioners, this plan also contains four open
solicitations. These solicitations are an
opportunity for practitioners to submit concept
papers for funding of new ideas for addressing
specific issues in the areas of adjudication, law
enforcement, and rural and American Indian and
Alaska Native communities. BJA will fund those
concepts which appear promising and support the
demonstration, documentation, evaluation, and
replication of these innovations through training
and technical assistance.

Finally, you will learn from our plan the types of
funding that are available and how they can be
accessed. You will also see how we plan to
integrate training and technical assistance,
publications, and assessments into our programs.

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please
write, call, or e-mail us at askbja@ojp.usdoj.gov. 

I look forward to working together to meet the
challenge of furthering peace and justice in
America's communities. 

Nancy E. Gist
Director
Bureau of Justice Assistance

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Law Enforcement Programs

Law Enforcement Byrne Formula Purpose Areas
FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs
 New Noncompetitive Programs
 New Competitive Program Area

Chapter 2: Crime Prevention Programs

Crime Prevention Byrne Formula Purpose Areas
FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 New Noncompetitive Programs
 New Competitive Program Areas

Chapter 3: Adjudication-Related Programs

Adjudication-Related Byrne Formula Purpose Areas
FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs
 New Noncompetitive Programs
 New Competitive Program Areas

Chapter 4: Corrections-Related Programs

Corrections-Related Byrne Formula Purpose Areas
FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs
 New Noncompetitive Programs

Chapter 5: Comprehensive Programs and Special
Initiatives

Comprehensive Programs
Special Initiatives

Chapter 6: Technology and Systems Improvement
Programs

Technology and Systems Improvement Byrne Formula
Purpose Area FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs

Chapter 7: Evaluation

Evaluation Purpose Areas
FY 1997 Discretionary Programs
 Continuing Programs
 New Noncompetitive Programs

Chapter 8: Accessing Training and Technical
Assistance and FY 1997 Funds for New Programs

Accessing Training and Technical Assistance Funds
Accessing Byrne Formula Funds
Accessing Local Law Enforcement Block Grants
Accessing Discretionary Funds
FY 1997 Competitive Program Areas
 Addressing Issues in Law Enforcement
 Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Rural
Communities
 Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Tribal
Communities
 Addressing Issues in the Adjudication Process
 Adjudication Technical Assistance Program
 Substance Abuse and the Courts: Followup to the
1991 National Conference  Public Trust and
Confidence in the Courts: Jury System Improvement 
Evaluation Partnership Challenge Grant Program

Appendix A: Examples of BJA-Funded Publications
Expected in FY 1997

Appendix B: State Offices Administering Byrne
Formula Funds and Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants

Appendix C: BJA Byrne Grant Program Legislative
Purpose Areas

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Introduction

The purpose of this fiscal year (FY) 1997 Program
Plan is twofold: to introduce criminal justice
practitioners to the role of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA), including its goals, objectives,
and programs in support of the criminal justice
system, and to collect and describe in one place
all of the BJA funding streams and support
mechanisms that are available in FY 1997 for State
and local governments and private and public
agencies. BJA's primary funding streams are the
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance Program, the BJA
Discretionary Grants Program, and the Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants Program.

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BJA's Mission, Goals, and Objectives

The mission of the Bureau of Justice Assistance is
to provide leadership and assistance in support of
local criminal justice strategies to achieve safe
communities. BJA's overall goals are to: (1) reduce
and prevent crime, violence, and drug abuse and (2)
improve the functioning of the criminal justice
system. To achieve these goals, BJA programs
emphasize enhanced coordination and cooperation of
Federal, State, and local efforts. BJA's objectives
in support of these goals are to:

o Encourage the development and implementation of
comprehensive strategies to reduce and prevent
crime and violence. 

o Encourage the active participation of community
organizations and citizens in efforts to prevent
crime, drug abuse, and violence. 

o Provide training and technical assistance in
support of efforts to prevent crime, drug abuse,
and violence at local, State, and national levels. 

o Reduce the availability of illegal weapons and
develop programs to address violence in our
communities for safer homes, schools, and
workplaces.

o Enhance the capacity of law enforcement agencies
to reduce crime -- especially drug trafficking,
drug sales, and violence. 

o Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all
aspects of the adjudication process. 

o Assist States in freeing prison space for serious
and violent offenders through the design,
development, and implementation of effective
correctional options for nonviolent offenders.

o Enhance the ability of State and local agencies,
in conjunction with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, to apprehend and deport
criminal aliens. 

o Evaluate the effectiveness of funded programs,
disseminate program results, and enhance the
ability of criminal justice agencies to use new
information technologies.

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FY 1997 BJA Funding Streams

Byrne Formula Funds

BJA is authorized by Congress under the Edward
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement
Assistance Program to make grants to States, for
use by States and local units of government, to
improve the functioning of the criminal justice
system with emphasis on violent crimes and serious
offenders, and to enforce State and local laws that
establish offenses similar to offenses established
in the Federal Controlled Substances Act. Under the
Formula Grant Program (Byrne), BJA determines each
State's annual grant entitlement by applying a
modified population-based formula to the total
amount of the appropriation. A base amount -- .25
percent of the total with a minimum of $500,000 --
is guaranteed to each State. To receive Byrne
funds, each State must develop a strategic,
multiyear violence prevention and drug control
strategy to demonstrate that funds will be used in
accordance with the purposes of the law. There are
26 legislative purpose areas to which Byrne Formula
Funds can be applied. (See Appendix C.) States must
also "pass through" a share of the funds to local
jurisdictions in proportion  to local agencies'
share of total State criminal justice expenditures.

Byrne Discretionary Funds

BJA is authorized by Congress to award grants to
public and private agencies and organizations for
national-scope demonstration, training, and
technical assistance programs in support of State
and local criminal justice systems. Each year
Congress directs BJA to award a portion of the
appropriated Byrne Program funds to specified
programs and organizations. These "earmarked" funds
are awarded to programs such as the National
Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign and the Drug
Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program. The
remaining Byrne Discretionary Funds are used to
continue existing demonstration programs, establish
new programs, or establish or continue technical
assistance programs that address the needs of the
States and local jurisdictions. 

Local Law Enforcement Block Grants

Pursuant to the provisions of the FY 1997
Appropriations Act, BJA will continue
implementation of the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants Program initiated in FY 1996. This program
provides units of local government with funds to
underwrite projects designed to reduce crime and
improve public safety. Under the statutory
provisions of the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants Program, BJA sets aside funds for direct
award to units of local government within a State.
The amounts are proportionate to the State's
average annual number of Part 1 violent crimes
compared to the average for all other States for
the three most recent calendar years of data from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). However,
each State receives a minimum award of .25 percent
of the total amount available for formula
distribution under the Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants Program. By law, projects under this program
must be funded in accordance with the following
purpose areas: supporting law enforcement,
enhancing security measures in and around schools,
establishing or supporting drug courts, enhancing
crime prevention programs, and defraying the costs
of indemnification insurance.

Structure of this Program Plan

This program plan describes streams of funding from
the above programs that are available to support
initiatives in the broad categories of law
enforcement, crime prevention, adjudication,
corrections, comprehensive programs and special
initiatives, technology and systems improvement,
and evaluation. The plan emphasizes Discretionary
Program Funds because BJA directly controls their
distribution. A separate chapter, "Accessing Funds
for New Programs," describes new programs to be
announced in FY 1997 that are available to general
or specific audiences on a competitive basis. Each
new program will be the subject of an individual
solicitation to be announced separately. 

Chapters 1 through 7 are designed to give the
reader a description of BJA's overall program. If
you are primarily interested in applying for BJA
funds, refer to Chapter 8. All other programs
described in this plan are either continuation
grants to existing grantees or awards targeted to
specific grantees.

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Chapter 1: Law Enforcement Programs

Law Enforcement Byrne Formula Purpose Areas

In FY 1997, BJA funds will be awarded for the
following law enforcement purpose areas.

Task Force Operations

States will be able to fund programs that integrate
Federal, State, and local drug law enforcement
agencies and prosecutors for the purpose of
coordinating intelligence, facilitating
multijurisdictional investigations, and maximizing
arrests and seizures. BJA Byrne Formula funds will
support statewide task force operations and BJA
Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program funds
will support projects to prevent and control crime
in rural areas. BJA Byrne Discretionary Grant
Program funds will continue to support ongoing drug
enforcement task force initiatives in Washington,
D.C., firearms trafficking programs, homicide
initiatives, and task force training programs for
commanders and police executives. 

Eradication of Drug Supply

BJA Byrne Formula funds are available for programs
that work to eliminate marijuana plants,
clandestine laboratories that produce illegal
substances such as methamphetamine, and
domestically produced illegal pharmaceutical drugs.
BJA Byrne Discretionary funds will be used to
support the ongoing Clandestine Laboratory Strategy
Training Program.

Property Crimes

Programs that disrupt illicit commerce in stolen
goods and property, including motor vehicle theft
and "chop shop" operations, will be funded through
BJA Byrne Formula awards. 

White Collar Crime

Initiatives directed at organized crime, public
corruption crimes, drug corruption in police
departments, and fraud against the government will
be supported by BJA Byrne Formula funds. Byrne
Discretionary funds will support the National White
Collar Crime Center and health fraud initiatives
with emphasis on the elderly. 

Police Operations

BJA Byrne Formula funds will be used to improve the
operational effectiveness of law enforcement
through the use of crime analysis techniques,
street sales enforcement, schoolyard violator
programs, gang-related and low-income housing
control programs, drug-free school zones,
integrated criminal apprehension programs,
statewide violent offender apprehension programs,
drug recognition training, K-9 units, and juvenile
gang enforcement.

Under the BJA Local Law Enforcement Block Grants
Program, funds will be available for the hiring and
training of additional law enforcement officers and
necessary support personnel, the payment of
overtime to presently employed officers and support
personnel, and the procurement of equipment,
technology, and other material directly related to
law enforcement functions. Local Law Enforcement
Block Grants funds can also be used to enhance
security measures in and around schools and for
other facilities considered to have special risks
for incidents of crime.

Financial Investigations

BJA Byrne Formula funds can be used for
investigations that target the identification of
money laundering operations and assets obtained
through illegal drug trafficking, including the
development of proposed model legislation,
financial investigative training, financial
information-sharing systems, asset forfeiture
units, and model drug control legislation aimed at
assets. 

Drug Trafficking in Public Housing and Domestic
Violence

BJA Byrne Formula funds can be used to address the
problems of drug trafficking and the illegal
manufacture of controlled substances in public
housing. They can also be used to improve the
criminal and juvenile justice systems' response to
domestic and family violence, child abuse, and
abuse of the elderly.

Street Sales, DUI, and Gang Control

Finally, BJA Byrne Formula funds can be used to
support programs that strengthen urban enforcement
and prosecution efforts targeted at street drug
sales, enforce driving under the influence (DUI)
laws, and relate to gangs or to youth who are
involved in or are at risk of becoming involved in
gangs. BJA Byrne Discretionary funds will continue
to support the Gang Organized Crime Narcotics
Violence Enforcement Program.

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs 

Firearms Trafficking Programs

Firearms trafficking programs funded by BJA will
continue to help State and local governments reduce
incidents of violence by reducing the availability
and illegal trafficking of firearms. There are
three component programs: Firearms Licensee
Compliance, Firearms Investigative Task Forces, and
Innovative Firearms Initiatives.

o The Firearms Licensee Compliance Program
demonstrates the ability of State and local law
enforcement agencies to conduct more complete and
comprehensive background investigations on
applicants for new or renewed Federal firearms
licenses. A demonstration will continue in the
Oakland, California, Police Department.

o The Firearms Investigative Task Force Program is
designed to identify, target, investigate, and
prosecute individuals and dismantle organizations
involved in the unlawful use, sale, or acquisition
of firearms in violation of Federal or State
firearms laws. Demonstrations will continue in the
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and in
the Illinois State Police.

o The Innovative Firearms Program assists State and
local jurisdictions in developing and implementing
innovative or enhanced strategies and technologies
to control illicit firearms trafficking.
Demonstrations will continue in the Santa Ana,
California, and New Orleans, Louisiana, Police
Departments. 

Homicide Investigation Enhancement Program
Grantees: City of New Orleans Police Department,
New Orleans, Louisiana Illinois State Police
(Aurora, Illinois, Police Department), Springfield,
Illinois

The Homicide Investigation Enhancement Program will
be continued in the New Orleans Police Department
and the Illinois State Police. The program is
designed to develop strategies that help
jurisdictions facing high and increasing rates of
homicides and low or decreasing clearance rates
enhance their ability to conduct homicide
investigations that lead to arrests and
convictions. Issues to be addressed include
allocating personnel resources, improving the
skills of investigators, improving homicide section
tactics and strategies, improving case management,
enhancing resources such as forensic support and
automated data management technology, and
coordinating homicide units with other operational
units within or among departments. The Police
Executive Research Forum provides technical
assistance under this program to the grantees, as
well as to Gary, Indiana; Camden, New Jersey; and
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.

Gang Organized Crime Narcotics Violence Enforcement
Program Grantees: Bernalillo County (Albuquerque),
New Mexico Multnomah County (Portland), Oregon
Institute for Intergovernmental Research

This program will assist local law enforcement and
prosecution agencies in addressing the growing
problem of gang-related violence, with a special
focus on drugs and firearms. A shared management
task force approach to organized criminal gang
activity will concentrate on interruption or
removal of entire criminal gang structures. The two
demonstration sites, Bernalillo County
(Albuquerque), New Mexico, and Multnomah County
(Portland), Oregon, will continue gathering
intelligence and developing and implementing
investigative and prosecutorial strategies designed
to weaken the structure and activities of violent
gangs. The Institute for Intergovernmental Research
will continue to provide technical support and
operational performance assessment to the two
demonstration sites and will be available to
provide technical assistance to State and local
criminal justice agencies engaged in or initiating
similar efforts. 

Drug Enforcement in Washington, D.C.
Grantee: Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area Drug
Enforcement Task Force

Through a grant to the Arlington County, Virginia,
Police Department, the Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Area Drug Enforcement Task Force will
continue to provide a visible law enforcement
presence; disrupt major links between drug
suppliers, distributors, and users; initiate
enforcement action against property owners who
knowingly allow their property to be used in the
distribution of illicit drugs; develop
comprehensive intelligence systems; and coordinate
with appropriate agencies regarding illegal
firearms used by drug organizations and drug
traffickers. 

This project is continued consistent with a
Congressional earmark.

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Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs 

Clandestine Laboratory Model Enforcement Program
Grantee: Circle Solutions, Inc.

The Clandestine Laboratory Model Enforcement
Program will continue to assist State and local
policymakers and practitioners responsible for
public safety resource allocation decisions in
developing policies, procedures, and programs
related to the law enforcement and hazardous
chemical problems associated with clandestine
manufacturing of illegal drugs. The program model,
documented in the BJA monograph Developing a
Strategy for a Multiagency Response to Clandestine
Drug Laboratories, provides a foundation from which
a comprehensive multiagency response can be
developed at the State and regional levels. During
this continuation period, training and followup
technical assistance will be provided in
approximately 9 locations.

Narcotics Task Force Commanders Training
Grantee: Center for Task Force Training

The Center for Task Force Training (CenTF) at the
Institute for Intergovernmental Research will
continue to provide specialized management training
to task force commanders and executives in support
of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act Formula and
Discretionary Grant Programs in the area of
multijurisdictional task force approaches to
narcotics trafficking. The training program will
focus on management and command of investigations
and prosecutions. In addition to the presentation
of the core curriculum in basic and advanced
command management workshops, CenTF will provide
support services to task force operations in
videotape training materials development.

Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program Training
and Technical Assistance

Technical assistance will be available to units of
local government awarded grants under the Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants Program. An assessment
will be conducted regarding technical assistance
services currently provided and additional needs of
the field as a basis for implementing the technical
assistance plan.

National Training and Technical Assistance for Law
Enforcement Line of Duty Deaths 
  
The primary component of this initiative consists
of regional training and technical assistance
regarding line of duty deaths in five sites.
Participants are exposed to all aspects of a
department's preparation for and response to a line
of duty death, including assistance to the families
and coworkers of a fallen officer. At the
conclusion of each training, participants are
connected to a regional resource team comprising a
law enforcement operations representative, a law
enforcement chaplain or benefits specialist, a
representative of Concerns of Police Survivors, and
other public safety professionals. Regional
resource teams are responsible for assisting any
agency in a defined geographic area that
experiences a line of duty death. Assistance will
be provided by telephone, through correspondence,
and, if necessary, onsite. More than 500 law
enforcement officers participated in the program in
FY 1996, its first year of operation.  

Nontraditional Law Enforcement Response to Minority
and Low-Income Families Grantee: National
Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

Under this initiative, the National Organization of
Black Law Enforcement Executives, in partnership
with the Jefferson Institute for Justice Studies,
has developed a training program through which
police executives and public policymakers will be
taught the application of a variety of community
resources to ameliorate problems facing low-income
and minority families. The program's objective is
to address problems before they escalate to a level
that requires criminal justice intervention.

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New Noncompetitive Programs

Development and Dissemination of Practical
Protocols for Public Police and Private Security
Partnerships
Grantee: Institute for Law and Justice

Although the disciplines of public policing and
private security have many common interests, each
has unique capabilities and resources. Police
agencies operate in the public safety arena to
protect citizens and enforce the law and maintain
civil order, while private security agencies
perform parallel operations in guarding both public
and private areas, ensuring corporate security, and
acting to protect employee as well as corporate
interests from drug trafficking and violence in the
workplace.

While public police departments have experienced
modest growth in recent years, private security
employees outnumber public police by a four-to-one
ratio. Further, the private security industry is
growing at a rate three times that of public
policing. Through the program, guidelines will be
developed for establishing private security and
public law enforcement partnerships. The guidelines
will provide practical protocols for fostering
police and private security partnerships across the
Nation. 

The program will be a cooperative effort of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police and
the American Society for Industrial Security and
will be guided by a steering committee composed of
professional law enforcement association
representatives, representatives of security
associations, and individual practitioners. The
Institute for Law and Justice will serve as the
grantee. 

Comprehensive Homicide Initiative
Grantee: Crime and Justice Research Institute

BJA has made two awards through the Comprehensive
Homicide Initiative to combat homicide and increase
the homicide clearance rates through the
development and demonstration of a multifaceted
approach which can be documented and then
replicated in other jurisdictions. The Crime and
Justice Research Institute will assist the
initiative's two demonstration sites, Richmond,
Virginia, and Richmond, California, in finalizing
implementation strategies and will document the
process.

New Competitive Program Area

Addressing Issues in Law Enforcement

In FY 1997, BJA will issue a call for concept
papers on strategies for policing of physically and
mentally challenged victims and offenders,
countering witness intimidation, and strengthening
the relationship between police and prosecution. 

See Chapter 8 for more information. 

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Chapter 2: Crime Prevention Programs 

Crime Prevention Byrne Formula Purpose Areas

In FY 1997, BJA funds will be awarded for the
following crime prevention purpose areas.

Demand Reduction Education Programs 

BJA Byrne Formula funds will be available to the
States for Drug Abuse Resistance Education
(D.A.R.E.) officer training. D.A.R.E. initiatives
will also be supported by BJA Byrne Discretionary
funds.

Crime Prevention

Both BJA Byrne Formula and Discretionary funds will
support initiatives providing community and
neighborhood programs that assist citizens in
preventing and controlling crime, including special
programs that address the problems of crimes
committed against the elderly and special programs
for rural jurisdictions. These programs include
community crime prevention, crime prevention
through environmental design, Neighborhood Watch,
National Night Out, community policing, rural crime
control, drug-impacted rural jurisdictions,
reaching high-risk youth through outdoor
activities, the Senior Citizen Crime
Prevention/Golden Alert Program, Boys & Girls
Clubs, TRIAD, and strategies to stop violence in
tribal communities. 

The BJA Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program
can also be used to establish crime prevention
programs which involve cooperation between
community residents and law enforcement personnel
to control, detect, or investigate crime or
prosecute criminals. 

Anti-Terrorism Programs

BJA Byrne Formula funds will support anti-terrorism
plans for deep draft ports, international airports,
and other important facilities. Examples of ongoing
programs are "Night Eyes" State Water Patrol,
airport anti-terrorism task forces, and arson
prevention and control programs. Byrne
Discretionary funds will be used for training and
technical assistance for law enforcement agencies
regarding investigation and prevention of
terrorism.

Youth Gangs

Law enforcement and prevention programs that relate
to gangs or to youth involved in or are at risk of
involvement in gangs will be supported by BJA Byrne
Formula funds. Examples of these programs are gang
task forces, the Specialized Gang Prosecutor's
Program, and the Gang Reduction Education and
Training Program.

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs

National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign
Grantee: National Crime Prevention Council,
Washington, D.C.

This national program will continue to reach out to
children, their families, public and private
service providers, and elected officials in a
comprehensive effort to control and prevent crime,
violence, and substance abuse. Work will be
accomplished through (1) the development of
brochures, pamphlets, booklets, monographs, and
prevention action kits (2) public education, both
in English and Spanish, via powerful television,
radio, and print public service announcements (3)
the provision of training and technical assistance
to national, State, local, and tribal policymakers
and prevention practitioners and (4) the provision
of Secretariat services to the Crime Prevention
Coalition of America, a network comprising more
than 130 national, State, and Federal organizations
and agencies committed to building safer and better
communities. 

This project is continued consistent with a
congressional earmark.

Expanding, Enhancing, and Establishing Boys & Girls
Clubs
Grantee: Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta,
Georgia

The Boys & Girls Clubs of America, now serving 2.6
million girls and boys in 1,950 clubs nationwide,
will continue to (1) establish new clubs in at-risk
communities, including public housing and Indian
reservations, which will potentially serve 50,000
disadvantaged children and their families and (2)
strengthen and support programs and violence
prevention outreach initiatives in existing clubs
in distressed communities with the greatest need,
including those in public housing and on Indian
reservations, which will potentially serve 10,000
disadvantaged children and their families. At least
250 sites are expected to be identified to either
receive new or enhanced services.

This project is continued consistent with a
congressional earmark.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
Grantee: D.A.R.E. America, Inglewood, California

D.A.R.E. America will continue to support the
provision of D.A.R.E. training and technical
assistance for State, municipal, and county law
enforcement officers through the work of five
D.A.R.E. Regional Training Centers (RTCs) in
Arizona, California, Missouri, North Carolina, and
Virginia. Federal resources will be subgranted to
the RTCs to provide for D.A.R.E. officer training
for new officers,  in-service training for
experienced officers, mentor officer training,
parent training, junior and senior high school
student training, program development and curricula
maintenance, assessments for training centers, and
the accreditation of law enforcement agencies as
D.A.R.E. training centers. 

This project is continued consistent with a
congressional earmark.

National Night Out
Grantee: National Association of Town Watch,
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 

National Night Out (NNO) will continue to provide
support for community-based crime and violence
prevention activities at national, State, and local
levels by disseminating information and providing
technical assistance to Federal and State agencies,
local units of government, civic and neighborhood
organizations, and residents. This yearlong program
will (1) focus on implementing initiatives and 
events whereby residents come out of their homes to
work together with community service providers (2)
generate support for and participation in local,
State, and national anti-crime and anti-drug
efforts and (3) build or enhance crime-fighting
partnerships and coalitions. In 1996, NNO involved
the participation of 29.5 million Americans in
9,000 communities representing all U.S. States,
territories, and military bases worldwide.

This project is continued consistent with a
congressional mention.   

TRIAD: A Strategy to Reduce the Criminal
Victimization of Older Persons Grantee: National
Sheriffs' Association, Alexandria, Virginia

TRIAD, a program developed by the National
Sheriffs' Association, the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, and the American
Association of Retired Persons, will continue its
efforts to reduce the impact of crime and violence
on the elderly and promote a better quality of life
through volunteerism and the provision of
prevention services. The program will provide
national, regional, and local training for law
enforcement agencies and community partners,
develop and disseminate TRIAD support material to
the public, and develop and test a TRIAD "how-to
manual" and training-of-trainers workshops. TRIAD
is jointly funded by BJA and the Office for the
Victims of Crime.

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New Noncompetitive Programs

Assessing Need, Identifying (Crime) Risk, and
Providing Assistance to American Indian and Alaska
Native Communities
Grantee: Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton,
Wisconsin

This program will provide training and technical
assistance to Native American communities. Seven
sites will receive intensive training and technical
assistance and will serve as host sites for other
communities. Training and technical assistance may
be available to other jurisdictions focusing on the
special needs of individual communities. Specific
emphasis will be devoted to teaching communities
how to access resources to address public safety
concerns.

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New Competitive Program Areas

Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Rural
Communities

To expand the body of knowledge of rural
programming that works, concept papers will be
requested from rural governmental agencies and
nonprofit organizations serving rural areas to
demonstrate innovations involving one or more of
the following: strategies that lead to the
development of communitywide partnerships and
coalitions that serve to control and prevent crime
and violence; strategies in which jurisdictions
achieve greater operational efficiency through
either consolidation or the sharing of criminal
justice resources; or strategies that seek to
provide cost-effective alternatives to traditional
incarceration-correctional options. 

Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Tribal
Communities

To assist tribal communities in implementing
programs to address these issues, concept papers
will be requested to demonstrate innovations
involving one or more of the following: strategies
in which tribal law enforcement and the courts work
with community representatives to define, analyze,
and develop solutions to emerging gang issues and
related disorder; strategies that provide cost-
effective alternatives to traditional incarceration
and correctional options; and community-based
strategies that prevent substance abuse (alcohol,
tobacco, drugs, and inhalants) by minors. The
program will be coordinated with the Office of
Tribal Justice in the Department of Justice and the
American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk in
the Office of Justice Programs.

See Chapter 8 for more information.

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Chapter 3: Adjudication-related Programs

Adjudication-related Byrne Formula Purpose Areas 

In FY 1997, BJA funds will be awarded for the
following adjudication purpose areas.

Criminal Prosecution Programs Including Model Drug
Control Legislation

BJA Byrne Formula funds may support the following
programs: career criminal/major offender
prosecution, career drug offender prosecution, the
Narcotics Prosecution Unit, model drug control
legislation (directed at offenders), and the use of
Civil RICO in drug enforcement. BJA Byrne
Discretionary funds will support an ongoing program
of the National Association of Attorneys General
dealing with financial investigation and money
laundering.

Court Programs
  
BJA Formula funds can be used to improve the
effectiveness of the court process by expanding
prosecutorial, defender, and judicial resources and
implementing court delay reduction programs.
Initiatives such as differentiated case management,
fast track prosecution/defense, drug courts,
court/court management improvement, courts
unification, pretrial services delivery, the
Community Courts Initiative, and programs that
promote balance in the criminal justice system will
also be supported. BJA Byrne Discretionary funds
will support ongoing programs such as delay
reduction; the Prosecutor's Pre-Sentencing
Diversion Program; improving interaction among
tribal, State, and Federal courts; a national
symposium on sentencing; an adjudication technical
assistance project focusing on community justice;
and the Red Hook Community Justice Center. Under
the BJA Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program,
funds can be used to establish or support drug
courts that include supervision of nonviolent
substance abuse offenders, testing, treatment, and
aftercare services.

Victim-Witness Assistance

BJA Byrne Formula funds are available to develop
and implement programs which provide assistance to
jurors and witnesses and assistance (other than
compensation) to victims of crime. Programs
supported include one-day trial/jury management
improvement, systems for setting juror
fees/compensation, victim/witness programs,
restitution for victims, and victim assistance.

Innovative Drug Programs

BJA Byrne Formula funds have and will be used to
support innovative programs which demonstrate new
and different approaches to enforcement,
prosecution and adjudication of drug offenses and
other serious crimes. Examples of these programs
are firearms trafficking control, Governor's Drug
Summit, Motor Vehicle Officers' Watch for Drugs,
Unified Court Policy on Drug Evidence and Custody,
and Health Department's Drug Abuse Warning Network.

Violent Juvenile Prosecution

BJA Byrne Formula funds are used to address the
need for effective bindover systems for the
prosecution of violent 16- and 17-year-old
juveniles in courts with jurisdiction over adults
for certain violent crimes. Two programs supported
by these funds are the Violent Juvenile Waiver to
Adult Court Program and the Prosecutor's Juvenile
Bindover Unit. Funds from the BJA Local Law
Enforcement Block Grants Program can be used to
enhance the adjudication process of cases involving
violent offenders, including those of violent
juvenile offenders. 

Habeas Corpus Litigation
 
BJA Byrne Formula funds can be used to assist in
the litigation processing of death penalty Federal
habeas corpus petitions.

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs

Health Care Fraud Demonstration
Grantees: Demonstration Sites in Maryland,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin

The Attorney General Offices of Maryland,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin were competitively chosen
to develop a prototype statewide Health Care Fraud
Prosecution Unit to investigate and prosecute
health care fraud. Existing multijurisdictional
health care fraud prosecution programs in those
States have been assessed and the continuation
award will expand the organization and
implementation of demonstration health care fraud
prosecutions units. Technical assistance to the
three demonstration sites is provided by the
National Association of Attorneys General.

Community-Focused Courts 
Grantee: National Center for State Courts

The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) is
identifying existing models of collaboration
between the courts and the public and exploring
ways that private and public funders can combine
with the government to assist community justice
initiatives. In addition, NCSC will provide
technical assistance for the Department of Justice
Community Justice Initiative as part of BJA's
Community Justice Assistance Center. 

Models of Effective Court-Based Services Delivery
to Children and Their Families Grantee: National
Center for State Courts

BJA, the National Center for State Courts, and the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention are involved in an ongoing collaborative
project to encourage courts to work more closely
with other community services to better serve
children and their families. NCSC will also work
with the Office of Justice Programs Safe Kids-Safe
Streets program by providing technical assistance,
particularly in advancing understanding of the link
between child abuse and neglect and domestic
violence.

Products will include a program operations manual
describing exemplary practices in the coordination
and delivery of services to children and their
families and a program brief summarizing the
program for policymakers.

Juvenile Weapons Court 
Grantee: Vera Institute of Justice in partnership
with the New York City Family Court 

The Vera Institute of Justice and the New York City
Family Court are developing a prototype juvenile
weapons court featuring a mandatory program for
juveniles arrested on weapons-related offenses. 

Sioux Nation Supreme Court
Grantee: Dakota Territory Chairman's Council

The Dakota Territory Chairman's Council will
support the implementation of a coordinated tribal
court system within each Sioux Nation tribe. The
Supreme Court will provide a forum for intertribal
conflict resolution between the constituent tribes,
establish uniform principles of common law linking
traditional customs with modern law, and uniformly
apply the legislative enactments, compacts, and
accords of the Dakota Territory Chairman's Council.

Delay Reduction Program
Grantee: Superior Court of Delaware

The Superior Court of Delaware will continue to
work to reduce processing delays through the
funding of five case managers, who will provide
administrative support to the Court's three
commissioners, and one court master, who will
enhance the processing of the Court's criminal
caseload.

The project will also document the case management
and measurement techniques applied to integrating
data and automated information that are used to
reduce the time from arrest to disposition through
timely sharing of accurate information with
Superior Court judges, court support personnel, and
service providers.

Prosecutor's Pre-Sentencing Diversion Program
Grantee: Pulaski County (Arkansas) District
Attorney's Office

This program expands a citywide pilot project to
reduce the recidivism rate for youthful offenders.
An alternative to formal adjudication in juvenile
court, the program serves as an opportunity for
certain youthful offenders to benefit from an
interagency community partnership that suspends
traditional barriers, creates a less threatening
environment, and offers social services support,
peer counseling, and job opportunities.

Assessment and Enhancement of Indigent Defense
Services
Grantee: National Legal Aid and Defender
Association

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association
will continue to provide technical assistance and
training to indigent defense organizations, with a
special emphasis on client-centered representation.

Improving Interaction Among Tribal, State, and
Federal Courts Grantee: National Indian Justice
Center, Petaluma, California

The National Indian Justice Center (NIJC) will
expand its activities to improve the relationships
among tribal, State, and Federal courts by helping
to fund at least three tribal/State/Federal court
forums. These forums will help alleviate
jurisdictional problems among the three
jurisdictions. In January 1989, the Conference of
State Chief Justices created the Prevention and
Resolution of Jurisdictional Disputes Project to
improve the operational relationships among tribal,
State, and Federal judicial systems. A major
recommendation of the Committee's Advisory
Committee was to create these forums. 

In addition, NIJC will provide technical assistance
to the tribal courts by developing resource guides
addressing tribal court issues, including a guide
to dealing with non-Indian criminal activity while
also protecting community interests and an update
of current Indian Country jurisdictional issues for
tribal, State, and Federal judges.  
A National Symposium on Sentencing: The Judicial
Response to Crime Grantee: American Judicature
Society

Funds for this program will support a national
symposium on sentencing to be presented in the fall
of 1997 by the State Justice Institute, BJA, the
National Institute of Justice, and the American
Judicature Society. The symposium will enable
judges, legislators, prosecutors, defense counsel,
corrections officials, police, and community
representatives to discuss and share experiences
and perspectives on sentencing.

Red Hook Community Justice Center
Grantee: Fund for the City of New York

In collaboration with the New York State Unified
Court System, the City of New York, and the Kings
County District Attorney, the Fund for the City of
New York will establish a community justice center
in the community of Red Hook in Brooklyn, New York.
Plans for the center include mediation, job
training, victim assistance, legal education, and
youth development as well as an extensive range of
onsite services such as drug treatment, health
care, job training, and domestic violence
counseling. Innovative features will include
multijurisdictional authority extending to civil
and family court cases in addition to low-level
criminal cases.

National Judicial College
Grantee: National Judicial College

The National Judicial College (NJC) will continue
its scholarship program for State, local, and
tribal court judges, court administrators, and
State judicial educators in the United States,
Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. In
addition, NJC will develop a community justice
curriculum to help the courts increase
collaboration with the community and explore the
changing role of judges, and it will develop a
special curriculum for tribal court judges.

This project is continued consistent with a
congressional earmark.

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Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs

Community Justice Assistance Center
Grantee: Fund for the City of New York

The purpose of this program is to provide funding
and support to establish a Community Justice
Assistance Center (CJAC) with the Fund for the City
of New York, a nonprofit, public-private
partnership. The center's primary objective would
be to help courts and communities throughout the
Nation close the gaps that have emerged between
them. In performing this work, CJAC will draw upon
the experience and expertise of the Midtown
Community Court and related projects, which are
operated and staffed by the Fund. Organizations
such as the American Prosecutors Research
Institute, National Center for State Courts,
National Institute of Corrections, National
Association of Drug Court Professionals, American
Parole and Probation Association, National Legal
Aid and Defender Association, and the Center for
Effective Public Policy serve as partners in a
consortium of technical assistance providers, whose
efforts will be coordinated through the Midtown
Community Court. CJAC will be relocated to the Red
Hook Community Center once construction is
complete.  

DNA Legal Assistance Unit
Grantee: American Prosecutors Research Institute

The American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
provides technical assistance and training to help
prosecutors and DNA laboratory analysts in
understanding and using DNA typing technology to
investigate and prosecute cases involving capital
murder, homicide, sexual assault, or child abuse.
The Unit will continue to collect and maintain
State statutes governing the creation and
maintenance of DNA tissue sample banks and
admissibility of DNA evidence and will conduct two
training conferences. 

Financial Investigation and Money Laundering --
Training and Technical Assistance Grantee: National
Association of Attorneys General

The National Association of Attorneys General will
continue to provide training and technical
assistance to State and local prosecutors on the
investigation and prosecution of a wide range of
financial crimes, with a special emphasis on
intrastate fraud schemes and laundering of proceeds
from illegal gaming.

Health Care Fraud Prosecution -- Training and
Technical Assistance Grantee: National Association
of Attorneys General

The National Association of Attorneys General will
continue to provide training and technical
assistance to State Attorneys General and local
prosecutors on coordinating statewide and local
health care fraud investigations and prosecutions
including health care consumer fraud and fraud
against insurance companies and HMOs.

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New Noncompetitive Programs

Prosecution of Computer Crimes
Grantee: National Association of Attorneys General

This program is designed to enhance State and local
prosecutorial efforts in the area of computer
crime, promote the development of coordinated
computer-crimes policy among several States, and
promote Federal-State cooperation in this field. A
component of the program will be the inclusion of
local law enforcement agencies. The National
Association of Attorneys General will conduct an
inventory of existing State and State-local
computer crime units, including documentation of
models that may be replicated in other
jurisdictions and maintain a database of
significant briefs from State court cases involving
computer crime, technology, and policy.

National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems
Grantee: Collaborative effort by BJA and Bureau of
Justice Statistics

The National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems is
a collaborative effort of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics and BJA. The study will develop, test,
and implement a national data collection program to
document the provision of legal representation for
indigent criminal defendants by States and
localities. 

Victimization of the Elderly
Grantee: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of
the Attorney General

BJA will provide partial support for a symposium on
elder issues to be held in the spring of 1997 in
Boston, Massachusetts. The symposium will be
organized and presented by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Office of the Attorney General, and
will feature seminars and discussions on various
topics surrounding the elderly and the criminal
justice system.
 
Substance Abuse Treatment Needs of Women Offenders:
A Training Module for Judges and Court Personnel
Grantee: Center for Community Alternatives

The Center for Community Alternatives will develop
a pilot training module for courts and support
personnel to identify and respond to the special
issues presented by substance-abusing female
offenders and their children.

Professional Certification Program for Pretrial and
Court Services Officers Grantee: Association of
Pretrial Professionals in Florida

The Association of Pretrial Professionals in
Florida (APPF) will develop model training
curricula and professional certification standards
for pretrial services programs and staff. APPF will
work closely with the Florida Institute of 
Government to develop the standards, which are 
intended for statewide application.

Technical Assistance for Tribal Courts
Grantee: National Indian Justice Center consortium

To help tribal court judges address violent crime
against children, domestic violence, and youth gang
violence in Indian Country, the National Indian
Justice Center will develop a training and
technical assistance program tailored to the needs
of American Indian communities. The project will
examine the origins, dynamics, and scope of violent
crime in Indian Country and support tribal courts
as they explore sentencing alternatives and other
ways to restore health and safety to their
communities.

Rural and Tribal Community Justice
Grantee: Center for Effective Public Policy

The Center for Effective Public Policy will provide
technical assistance on community justice to rural
and tribal communities. The center, in
collaboration with appropriate subcontractors, will
provide peer assistance with an emphasis on issues
that are unique to rural and tribal communities. 

Urban Court Managers Network
Grantee: Justice Management Institute

The Justice Management Institute, in collaboration
with the National Association for Court Management,
will facilitate the development of a peer network
among urban trial court managers through which
information can be shared on promising innovations
in areas such as community courts, court-monitored
drug testing/linkages with treatment, domestic
violence programs, and delay reduction initiatives.


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New Competitive Program Areas

Addressing Issues in the Adjudication Process

BJA will solicit concept papers from criminal
courts and units of government representing the
components of the adjudication process (including
pretrial services, prosecution, defense, and
probation) and nonprofit organizations supporting
these components. Submissions must propose
innovations which strengthen linkages between
criminal courts and the communities they serve,
target juveniles charged as adults, employ
multidisciplinary recidivism reduction strategies
for special populations, enhance the treatment and
supervision of dually diagnosed defendants and
offenders, and improve case processing.

Adjudication Technical Assistance Project

This program will provide technical assistance to
State and local criminal courts and court
components that request help in addressing specific
problems related to issues such as case processing
and backlog, family violence and protective orders,
drug-related offenses, and sentencing. Proposals
will be solicited to provide short-term technical
assistance to courts and court components, to
provide consultants to the requesting site, or to
arrange for the requesting site to visit another
court that has successfully managed the problem. 

Substance Abuse and the Court: Followup to the 1991
National Conference

For this program, the grantee will reexamine the
record of the 1991 conference, review the
conference recommendations, and develop a program
that will furnish judges and court personnel with
appropriate training and information on drugs and
addiction. The grantee will also enhance the
training of judges and court personnel on drugs,
addiction, and treatment issues. 

Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: Jury
System Improvement 

Improving the jury system would increase public
trust, confidence, and knowledge about the courts,
increase court efficiency, and help to reduce
costs. This program will survey the results of
recent research and States' jury reform efforts.
The product of the grant will be a comprehensive
document that provides examples of successful
efforts to address these issues and recommends
action.

See Chapter 8 for more information.

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Chapter 4: Corrections-related Programs

Corrections-related Byrne Formula Purpose Areas

In FY 1997, BJA funds will be awarded for the
following corrections purpose areas.

Corrections

BJA Byrne Formula funds will be available to
support a broad range of programs that provide
additional public correctional resources and
improve the corrections system, including treatment
in prisons and jails, intensive supervision
programs and long-range corrections and sentencing
strategies, boot camps, correctional facilities
planning/population projections, and sentencing
strategies development. 

Alternatives to Detention, Jail, and Prison 

BJA Byrne Formula funds are also used to provide
alternatives to detention, jail, and prison for
persons who pose no danger to the community. These
programs are described as alternatives to
incarceration, house arrest/electronic monitoring,
alternative punishment, restitution by juveniles,
community service labor, and user accountability
sanctioning. 

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs

The Correctional Options Program 

The Correctional Options Amendments to the Crime
Control Act of 1990 authorized BJA to establish a
comprehensive program to help State and local
governments respond to the pervasive problems of
prison and jail overcrowding and the high
recidivism rate of youthful offenders incarcerated
in traditional correctional facilities.

Since FY 1992, BJA has provided financial and
technical assistance to State and local governments
and to private nonprofit organizations to support
the planning, development, implementation,
monitoring, and evaluation of demonstration
projects that test a broad range of correctional
options as alternatives to traditional modes of
incarceration. During this period, Correctional
Options Demonstration Grants were awarded to the
following public agencies:

Alameda County (CA) Probation Department, Florida
Department of Corrections, Maryland Department of
Public Safety/Corrections, New Hampshire Department
of Corrections, Washington Department of
Corrections, Maricopa County (AZ) Adult Probation
Department, Connecticut Office of Policy and
Management, Vermont Department of Corrections,
South Carolina Commission on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse, Alabama Department of Corrections, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, Delaware
Treatment Access Committee, Los Angeles County (CA)
Probation Department, Connecticut Judicial Branch-
Office of Alternative Sanctions, Hawaii First
Circuit Court, Jefferson Parish (LA) Department of
Juvenile Justice, New York City Department of
Probation, Josephine County (OR) Probation
Department, Washington County (OR) Department of
Corrections, Spokane County (WA) Board of
Commissioners, Orange County (CA) Probation
Department, St. Louis (MO) Medium Security
Institution, Cook County (IL) Sheriff's Department,
Kentucky Department of Corrections, California
Youth Authority, Cumberland County (PA) Juvenile
Probation Department, and Riverside County (CA)
Probation Department.            

An evaluation of the effectiveness of these
programs is being managed by NIJ and the National
Council on Crime and Delinquency.

Project Return
Grantee: Tulane University 

The four primary goals of Project Return are to (1)
provide aftercare for former offenders during the
crucial first year of readjustment to society (2)
provide an integrated delivery network to reduce
the high rate of recidivism of former offenders (3)
implement a cost-effective working model that
reduces the amount of tax revenues presently spent
to reincarcerate recidivists and (4) contribute to
the restoration of public safety in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

Specific objectives of Project Return include
coordination with and referrals from parole
authorities and alternative program directors and
the provision of employment, educational and
addiction recovery opportunities, and psychological
support and social services for juvenile and adult
offenders recently released from incarceration.
Outcomes sought for participants include computer-
based literacy and GED completion, job skills
training and job placement, conflict resolution and
relations skills development, enhanced job
retention, and reintegration into the family and
the community.

Opportunity To Succeed 
Grantee: Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at
Columbia University

The Opportunity To Succeed (OPTS) program provides
intensive services for addicted ex-offenders who
received drug treatment while incarcerated and are
returning to their communities on probation or
parole. The goal is to sustain treatment gains and
achieve a positive reintegration into the community
by providing a package of aftercare services that
build on incarceration-based treatment. Program
services include substance abuse treatment, case
management, employment and training, housing,
family intervention, and physical and mental health
services. Services are structured, coordinated, and
monitored by case managers working for community-
based organizations in collaboration with the
parole officer. OPTS includes a rigorous approach
to research, including a management information
system, documentation study, outcome evaluation,
and cost-benefit analysis.

OPTS is supported with funds from BJA, NIJ, and the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Educational Television in Prisons and Jails
Grantee: National Sheriffs' Association

The goals of this project are to develop and
implement a national educational and informational
television network for inmates in jails and
prisons; to reach, through appropriate programming,
inmates who do not yet participate in a structured
educational program; and to conduct research and
evaluations that improve the program and assess the
programming's impact on inmates.

Using Telecommunications to Support Community
Corrections
Grantee: Community Correction Improvement
Association 

This project will continue the efforts to design,
implement, and evaluate a telecommunications
method, or combination of methods, that will
effectively inform criminal justice practitioners
about selected correctional options.

La Bodega de la Familia Neighborhood Drug Crisis
Center
Grantee: Vera Institute of Justice
       
BJA will work with the Vera Institute of Justice to
continue its support of the La Bodega de la Familia
Neighborhood Drug Crisis Center. The center's
central aims are to provide direct services to
addicts and their families to support them through
recovery and to assist addicts and their families
in their interactions with the courts and criminal
justice agencies during recovery. 

Resource documents developed by the program will
provide a framework for training seminars with
criminal justice system and family court
professionals and treatment providers. NIJ has
funded an evaluation of the relationship between La
Bodega de la Familia and community policing
efforts.

Technical Assistance on Correctional Options
Grantee: Criminal Justice Associates

This award will support the coordination and
delivery of technical assistance under BJA's
Correctional Options Program both to BJA-funded
Correctional Options Demonstration Program sites
and to State and local governments that are not
receiving financial aid directly from BJA but
nonetheless wish to develop or enhance correctional
options in their jurisdictions. Criminal Justice
Associates (CJA) will serve as the grantee. 

Technical assistance will be delivered through a
series of teleconferences designed to transfer
important lessons learned about planning,
development, and marketing of correctional options
during the first 4 years of the program.
Participation in the teleconferences will be open
to planning teams from jurisdictions interested in
developing alternatives to traditional
incarceration. 

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Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs

Prison Industry Enhancement Technical Assistance
Program
Grantee: Correctional Industries Association

The Prison Industry Enhancement (PIE) Certification
Program encourages States and units of local
government to establish employment opportunities
for prisoners that approximate private sector work
opportunities. The Correctional Industries
Association (CIA) provides technical assistance
services to the program. Under a grant from BJA,
the CIA staff of volunteer correctional industry
professionals audit program participants for
compliance with program requirements and provide
technical assistance. CIA staff also provide
additional technical assistance as needed.

Technical Assistance to BJA Correctional Options
Demonstration Sites 
Grantee: National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Under this award, the National Council on Crime and
Delinquency (NCCD) will provide evaluation
technical assistance to sites participating in
BJA's Correctional Options Demonstration Program
(CODP) and to other correctional agencies
interested in implementing and evaluating programs
similar to CODP. The NCCD technical assistance 
effort will help correctional agencies improve 
their program designs and operations and increase 
the likelihood of evaluations being completed to 
document the successes of such programs.

Technical Assistance in Information Dissemination
Grantee: The Sentencing Project

The Sentencing Project will disseminate information
and provide technical assistance regarding client-
specific planning and defense-based sentencing,
marketing alternatives within the community
setting, and media relations to promote alternative
sanctions.

Dissemination and technical assistance services
will be made available both to existing
Correctional Options Demonstration Program sites
funded by BJA and to State and local governments
that are not currently receiving funding from BJA
but wish to develop or enhance correctional options
in their jurisdictions.

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New Noncompetitive Programs

Development of Performance-Based Standards for
Community Corrections  Grantee: American
Correctional Association

Since the mid-1970s, correctional practices at the
Federal, State, and local levels have improved
measurably in response to professional standards.
Today more than 1,107 correctional agencies and
facilities voluntarily seek to implement the
standards of the American Correctional Association
(ACA) through participation in its accreditation
program. The ACA standards encompass all aspects of
correctional services and operations and were first
published 20 years ago with the financial support
and assistance of the Department of Justice through
the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

ACA has asked BJA to sponsor a major standards
revision initiative that will focus on the
development of performance-based standards for
community-based correctional programs and services.
The initiative will be a cooperative effort
involving OJP's Office of Correctional Programs,
the National Institute of Corrections, and the
National Committee on Community Corrections.

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Chapter 5: Comprehensive Programs and Special
Initiatives

Introduction

BJA provides leadership through the development and
funding of broadly based national programs and
initiatives. Our comprehensive programs focus on
building stronger community-based initiatives by
including all key stakeholders in the development
of crime control and prevention strategies. Our
special initiatives look to develop and implement
programs that operate on a national scale and
provide a wide spectrum of technical assistance and
services. 

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Comprehensive Programs

Comprehensive Communities Program
Grantees:
Atlanta, Georgia
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Columbia, South Carolina
Denver, Colorado
East Bay, California
Fort Worth, Texas
Gary, Indiana  
Hartford, Connecticut
Omaha, Nebraska
Phoenix, Arizona
Salt Lake City, Utah
Seattle, Washington
Washington, D.C.
Wichita, Kansas
Wilmington, Delaware

The Comprehensive Communities Program (CCP) is
designed to suppress violence and restore the
security of our neighborhoods. The 16 jurisdictions
participating in CCP have developed jurisdiction-
wide crime prevention and control strategies and
begun implementation of community-based responses
consistent with those strategies. Although these
activities focus on community mobilization and
community policing, the program encourages the
jurisdictions to integrate a wide range of
responses to include youth and gang initiatives,
dispute resolution, community prosecution, drug
courts and alternatives to incarceration. A
national process evaluation is being conducted by
BOTEC, Inc., focusing on how 12 of the sites
developed and implemented their strategies, and how
public and private organizations modified their
infrastructures to integrate those strategies.

Tribal Strategies Against Violence
Grantees: 
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Suttons Bay, Michigan Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the
Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Owyhee, Nevada
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Belcourt,
North Dakota Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Puyallup,
Washington Jay Keel, The Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma
Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux, Wolf Point,
Montana Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, South Dakota

Tribal Strategies Against Violence is a Federal-
tribal partnership that seeks to empower American
Indian communities through the development and
implementation of a comprehensive strategic plan to
reduce crime, violence, and drug abuse.

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Special Initiatives

State and Local Training and Technical Assistance
Program
  
This program provides training and technical
assistance to States, units of local government,
and American Indian and Alaska Native tribes in
developing and implementing comprehensive
systemwide strategies for preventing and combating
drug-related and violent crime and in improving
State and local criminal justice systems. The
program consists of two major components: State
administrative and planning assistance and
operational criminal justice training and technical
assistance.

State Criminal Alien Assistance Program

The State Criminal Alien Assistance Program
provides reimbursement to State and local
correctional systems to help defray the costs of
incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens. All
State or local jurisdictions with facilities
housing aliens convicted of one or more felonies or
two or more misdemeanors for periods of more than
72 hours will be eligible. Applicants must provide
inmate-specific information for comparison with
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
records. Award amounts depend on the number of
reimbursable aliens verified by INS, the aliens'
length of stay in applicant facilities, and the
applicant's costs of incarceration. In the past
funding cycle, reimbursement was approximately 60
percent of the amount claimed by applicants for
verified aliens.

Church Arson Prevention Grant Program

In FY 1996, the Church Arson Prevention Grant
Program awarded 586 grants totaling nearly $2.7
million to county governments in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. To
support these grants and assist other
jurisdictions, BJA will conduct a series of
training conferences during FY 1997 in the 13
States targeted in FY 1996, as well as four
regional conferences in other sections of the
country. These conferences will be coordinated with
a contact designated by each State's governor and
conducted in cooperation with the National
Sheriffs' Association, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, and the Community Relations Service.
BJA has also established a technical assistance
initiative to help State and local jurisdictions
develop and implement effective church arson
prevention programs.

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program

The Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program is
designed to compensate spouses and children or
parents of public safety officers killed or
disabled in the line of duty. In 1996, 225 cases
were closed totaling $24.6 million paid to
survivors of line-of-duty deaths and recipients of
disability benefit claims.

Denial of Federal Benefits Program

The Denial of Federal Benefits Program provides
judges in both Federal and State courts with a
sentencing option to deny certain Federal benefits
to persons convicted of trafficking in or
possessing drugs. It also provides for the
mandatory denial of Federal benefits to individuals
with three or more convictions for such trafficking
offenses. In addition, the program operates a
clearinghouse from which defense contractors may
learn whether an individual has been disqualified
from defense contract participation as a result of
a procurement fraud conviction.

Closed-Circuit Televising of Child Victims of Abuse
Program

FY 1997 funds for this discretionary grant program
will be awarded through a competitive process open
to all States that now have legislation in place
allowing use of videotaping or closed-circuit
televising of child victims of abuse who are
required to testify in grand jury or court
settings. The program builds upon a series of
awards to eligible States in FY 1993. Final
instructions for applicants will be issued after a
conference planned for early May 1997, which will
involve representatives of programs started under
the earlier awards.

National Motor Vehicle Title Information System

The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System
(NMVTIS) is an information sharing system required
by the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, enacted to deter
trafficking of stolen vehicles by strengthening law
enforcement against auto theft, combating
automobile title fraud, preventing "chop shop"
related thefts, and inspecting exports for stolen
vehicles. NMVTIS enables States and local law
enforcement agencies to gain instant and reliable
access to information maintained by other States
pertaining to the titling of automobiles. Grants
will be awarded to States to establish the
infrastructure and develop a titling information
system.

Watch Your Car Program

The Watch Your Car Program, established by the
Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act, assists States
participating in the effort to develop a national
voluntary motor vehicle theft prevention program.
The program encourages motor vehicle owners to
voluntarily display a decal or other authorized
device on their vehicles to alert police that their
vehicles are not normally driven between the hours
of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Motorists may also choose to
display another decal or device to signal that
their vehicles are not normally driven across or in
the proximity of international land borders or
ports. To obtain the decals, owners sign a consent
form authorizing officers to stop their vehicles if
they are being driven under certain specified
conditions and determine if the vehicles are being
operated with owner consent.

Metropolitan Firefighter and Emergency Services
Training Program

The Metropolitan Firefighter and Emergency Services
Training Program, a new BJA initiative, will be
implemented in consultation with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency. Grants will be
provided for specialized training and support to
metropolitan fire and emergency service departments
to enhance their ability to respond to terrorist
attacks that involve weapons of mass destruction.
Approximately 120 metropolitan jurisdictions
nationwide will participate.

Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance
Program

The Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance
Program assists law enforcement agencies in the
aftermath of natural disasters and other
extraordinary law enforcement emergencies such as
hurricanes, riots, and serial killings that are
uncommon and place the community at peril.

Technical Assistance for Local System Pretrial Drug
Testing  Grantee: Pretrial Services Resource Center

The interest and support for drug testing efforts
at the local level continues at a significant
level. Congress increased the FY 1997 Byrne Formula
Grants appropriation from $475 to $500 million to
encourage States to support effective drug testing
initiatives at all stages of the criminal justice
process. Equipment, legal challenges, appropriate
responses to positive tests, and use of results are
all issues that the Pretrial Services Resource
Center will address when administering technical
assistance. The center will assist jurisdictions
seeking to use new Federal money to integrate or
expand the use of drug testing.

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Chapter 6: Technology and Systems Improvement
Programs 

Technology and Systems Improvement Byrne Formula
Purpose Area

BJA Byrne Formula funds will continue to be used to
develop initiatives to improve drug control
technology. The initiatives include establishing
pretrial drug testing; identifying, assessing,
referring to treatment, case managing, and
monitoring drug-dependent offenders; and enhancing
State and local forensic laboratories. BJA Byrne
Formula funds will also be used to improve criminal
justice information systems to assist law
enforcement, prosecution, courts and corrections
organizations.

Examples of specific continuing programs in these
areas are pretrial/probation/parole drug testing,
statewide urinalysis testing, the Treatment
Alternatives to Street Crimes program, forensic
laboratory enhancement, criminal justice records
improvement, information/management for criminal
justice agencies, the Automated Fingerprint
Identification System, prosecution management
support, the Video Arraignment/Pre-sentence
Telecommunications Project, the Metropolitan
Criminal Intelligence System, the DUI Data
Collection System, the Development of DNA Database
Identification System, and DNA laboratory
enhancement. 

BJA will also administer special line-item
appropriations that support the Regional
Information Sharing System and the National White
Collar Crime Center. 

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs

Regional Information Sharing System Program 
Grantee: 
Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center,
Springfield, Missouri  Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes
Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network, Newtown,  
Pennsylvania New England State Police Information Network,
Needham, Massachusetts Regional Organized Crime
Information Center, Nashville, Tennessee Rocky
Mountain Information Network, Phoenix, Arizona
Western States Information Network, Sacramento,
California

The Regional Information Sharing System (RISS)
program supports Federal, State, and local law
enforcement efforts to combat criminal activity
that extends across jurisdictional boundaries. Six
regional RISS projects provide a broad range of
intelligence exchange and related investigative
support services to member criminal investigative
agencies nationwide. The projects focus primarily
on narcotics trafficking, violent crime, gang
criminal activity, and organized crime.

In 1996, the RISS program completed electronic
connectivity (RISSNET) among all projects to better
facilitate the collection, dissemination, and
analysis of criminal intelligence. In FY 1997, RISS
projects will complete a technological enhancement
to the RISSNET system which will allow electronic
connectivity between member agencies. The program
will also continue to develop a national gang
database to improve coordination and information
collection on gang investigations.

National White Collar Crime Center
Grantee: West Virginia Office of the State Auditor,
Charleston, West Virginia

The National White Collar Crime Center provides a
national support system for the prevention,
investigation, and prosecution of
multijurisdictional economic crimes. These white
collar crimes include investment fraud,
telemarketing fraud, boiler room operations,
securities fraud, commodities fraud, and advanced-
fee loan schemes. The center's mission includes
providing investigative support services to assist
in the fight against economic crime, operating a
national training and research institute focusing
on economic crime issues, and developing the center
as a national resource in combating economic crime.
In FY 1997, the center will continue to develop and
maintain a State and local enforcement response
capability for computer and other high-tech crimes,
and it will cohost with BJA a major conference on
economic crime in May.

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Continuing Training and Technical Assistance
Programs

SEARCH National Training and Technical Assistance
Program
Grantee: SEARCH
  
The National Training and Technical Assistance
Program, administered by SEARCH with funding from
BJA, provides no-cost assistance and training to
State and local criminal justice systems for the
development, operation, improvement, and
integration of criminal justice information
systems.

The primary goals of SEARCH technical assistance
and training are to:

o Improve the general level of understanding of
criminal justice information management.

o Improve information management through the use of
computer technology among local and State justice
agencies.

o Enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of State
and local justice practitioners by developing
technical resources and demonstrating the
operational benefits of technology.

o Improve interagency, intrastate, and Federal-
State information sharing.

The National Training and Technical Assistance
Program offers two broad types of services to
address the specific needs of operational justice
agencies: (1) expert, no-cost assistance to State
and local justice agencies nationwide that need
help acquiring, developing, upgrading, or
integrating computer systems such as records and
case management, computer-aided dispatch, and
criminal history records systems and (2) hands-on
training to local, State, and Federal agencies on
computer technology issues with criminal justice
applications.

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Chapter 7: Evaluation Programs 

Introduction

During FY 1997, BJA will continue to make awards
and work with State and local units of government
to determine the effectiveness and impact of funded
programs. BJA's approach relies on its partnerships
with State Administrative Agencies, local programs,
and NIJ to coordinate evaluation activities. By
building strong foundations for evaluation in the
56 States and territories, and by working with NIJ
and others, BJA is able to identify and publicize
effective, proven programs for replication. 

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Evaluation Purpose Areas

In FY 1997, BJA funds will be awarded for the
following evaluation purpose areas.

Evaluation of Drug Control Programs

States will again be able to fund programs and
studies that identify elements critical to the
success of drug control strategies and initiatives
such as multijurisdictional task force evaluations,
drug court effectiveness, drug abuse resistance
education, standardized offender assessment,
adolescent treatment network, Schedule II
electronic drug monitoring systems, and drug
control technology improvements. 

Research and Evaluation

State agencies that collaborate often with their
Statistical Analyses Center (SAC) will be able to
use Byrne Formula funding to conduct ongoing
research and evaluation in the areas of domestic
violence, concealed handguns, operational
effectiveness of court process, and violent crime
response. Records improvement, data repository and
analyses are key areas that may be funded with
Byrne funds. 

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FY 1997 Discretionary Programs

Continuing Programs

State Evaluation Development Program

BJA will continue its cooperative agreement with
the Justice Research and Statistics Association
(JRSA) to coordinate and support States in their
efforts to evaluate program performance and
outcomes. This initiative provides technical
assistance through workshops, conferences, and
individual site visits. In 1997, JRSA will begin
the development of a series of electronic
evaluation modules. This software will enable State
and local programmers to easily identify and
configure data in order to assess project
performance. This pilot project will be tested in a
select number of States before national
dissemination. As part of this effort, JRSA will
compile and maintain a national database of ongoing
Byrne-related State and local evaluation
initiatives.

National Research and Evaluation Conference

This conference, cosponsored with NIJ, brings
together grantees, researchers, and others
interested in OJP's evaluation activities.
Conference proceedings will be published and made
available to Federal, State, and local
practitioners. 

National Evaluations/NIJ Partnership

Currently BJA is funding more than 12 national
evaluation projects through NIJ. Planning for FY
1997 calls for the evaluation of three additional
initiatives that have potential national impact: 

o Tribal Strategies Against Violence 
o State and Local Drug Testing Initiatives
o Statewide Implementation of Multijurisdictional
Task Forces

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New Noncompetitive Programs

State Program Evaluation Program

This series will showcase exemplary evaluations
conducted at the State and local levels of Byrne-
funded programs. Nominations will be accepted from
State Administrative Agencies and will be reviewed
by a panel of practitioners, administrators, and
researchers. Evaluations selected for the series
will be published by BJA and included on its home
page.

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Chapter 8: Accessing Training and Technical
Assistance and  FY 1997 Funds for New Programs

Accessing Training and Technical Assistance Funds

For further information about the BJA training and
technical assistance programs described in this
program plan, contact the BJA Clearinghouse at
1-800-688-4252 or access the BJA home page at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA. You may also refer to the
upcoming BJA publication, Training and Technical
Assistance Initiatives, which is available through
the Clearinghouse.

Accessing Byrne Formula Funds

After Congress makes an appropriation, BJA
determines each State's annual grant entitlement by
applying a modified population-based formula to the
total amount of the appropriation. A base amount --
.25 percent of the total with a minimum of $500,000
-- is guaranteed to each State. To receive Byrne
funds, each State must develop a strategic,
multiyear violence prevention and drug control
strategy to demonstrate that funds will be used in
accordance with the purposes of the law. Byrne
Formula funds may be applied to 26 legislative
purpose areas. (See Appendix C for a description of
each area.) States must also "pass through" a share
of the funds to local jurisdictions in proportion
to local agencies' share of total State criminal
justice expenditures.

Local practitioners interested in funding support
for innovative projects under the Byrne Formula
Grant Program have a variety of methods for doing
so. In every State the governor appoints an agency
to handle the subgranting of these funds to local
as well as State criminal justice operations.
Contacting the appointed office to obtain
application information is the first step.
Typically, overall funding plans and funding
decisions are often made by advisory boards
consisting of a community's leading criminal
justice officials, including police chiefs,
prosecutors, chief justices, and corrections
commissioners. These advisory boards should be
contacted and apprised of the project's value and
level of support. In many States, funds are
subgranted to local units of government in block
form with decisions made locally on individual
projects. These local agencies and any advisory
boards they might appoint should be contacted in
those instances.

Funding plans are made on a long-term basis because
these funds can be expended over a 3- to 4-year
period. Plans to start a local project should be
organized well in advance and scheduled in such a
way that funds can be received at the conclusion of
projects presently being funded under the State's
Formula Grant Plan. Provisions also should be made
for any dollar matching requirements.

Accessing Local Law Enforcement Block Grants 

The Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Program is a
formula grant program based on a jurisdiction's
reported Part I violent crime as defined by the
FBI's Uniform Crime Reports program. Eligible
applicants are general purpose local units of
government (e.g., city- or county-level), not the
departments or component units of government such
as police or sheriff's departments. The chief
executive officer (e.g., mayor, city manager, board
of supervisors) of the local unit must submit the
application. The eligibility list for FY 1997 will
be released in early spring and will be available
from a variety of sources including the Federal
Register; BJA's home page on the World Wide Web;
constituency groups such as the National League of
Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and National
Association of Counties; and the Department of
Justice Response Center (1-800-421-6770).
Application kits will be mailed directly to all
eligible applicants shortly after the release of
the eligibility list. The application is one page,
contains no narrative, and can be submitted in a
variety of ways including via modem. If a
jurisdiction is eligible for funding and a complete
application is submitted by that jurisdiction, BJA
will make an award. This is not a competitive
program.

There are seven purpose areas under which the funds
can be spent: 

o Hiring of law enforcement officers or support
personnel, paying overtime, and/or purchasing
equipment, technology or other materials related to
law enforcement.

o Enhancing security in and around schools or other
locations/facilities at risk of crime.

o Enhancing the adjudication process of violent
adult and juvenile offenders. 

o Establishing or supporting a drug court.

o Establishing a multijurisdictional task force
that will work with Federal law enforcement to
prevent and control crime. 

o Establishing crime prevention programs involving
cooperation between community residents and law
enforcement personnel.

o Defraying the cost of indemnification insurance
for law enforcement officers. 

A specific programmatic direction, such as
community-oriented policing, is not required. A
jurisdiction can simply choose to upgrade its 911
system, purchase new police vehicles, or put a
fence around a school to increase security. An
advisory board and a public hearing on the proposed
use of funds are required under the legislation to
provide broad input to the mayor or county
official(s) who have decisionmaking authority. In
this manner, proposed programs can be advanced for
consideration.

Accessing Discretionary Funds

Under the Discretionary Program, BJA is authorized
by Congress to award grants to public and private
agencies and organizations for national-scope,
demonstration, training, and technical assistance
programs in support of States and local
jurisdictions. Priorities for this program reflect
a balance of congressional mandates, Administration
priorities, and needs expressed by State and local
criminal justice practitioners. Discretionary
Grants will be made for continuation and
implementation programs, limited competition
programs, sole source selection programs, and those
programs designed by Congress to be funded by part
of the Byrne Discretionary Program.

Crime prevention and control initiatives are most
effective when they relate directly to a
comprehensive strategy. Such a strategy provides
the context or anchor for addressing locally
determined priorities; describes in detail how
programs implemented by government agencies, other
service providers, and residents mutually support
one another; and serves as the means for developing
future partnerships among a wide variety of public
and private resources. For these reasons, BJA has
looked at ways of developing and, in some cases,
reconfiguring programs to ensure that they are
comprehensive in nature and promote partnerships
that support local strategic planning and
implementation.

Explicit in any successful State or local crime
prevention and control strategy is the engagement
of the ultimate beneficiaries -- community
residents. Community-based strategies and
initiatives must focus on neighborhood problems by
involving community leaders and residents in the
planning and delivery of services. The programs BJA
funds, including the Comprehensive Communities
Program, the National Citizens' Crime Prevention
Campaign, and the Tribal Strategies Against
Violence Program, support partnerships with
Federal, State, and local governments, private
organizations, and foundations that develop and
achieve solutions addressing a multitude of
problems concerning crime and quality of life. 
Although Discretionary Grant Program funds may be
used to pay up to 100 percent of total project
costs under an initial grant award, BJA has
instituted a policy of giving favorable
consideration to proposals in which applicant
agencies or jurisdictions have committed their own
resources.

FY 1997 Competitive Program Areas

Solicitation and application information for these
programs will be available after March 15 through
the BJA Clearinghouse at 1-800-688-4252, the
Department of Justice Response Center at
1-800-421-6770, or the BJA home page at
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA.

Addressing Issues in Law Enforcement

In late 1996, BJA convened a focus group comprising
representatives of law enforcement executives and
academicians to discuss issues of particular
concern to the law enforcement community. As a
result, BJA has identified the following FY 1997
funding areas for which concept papers will be
invited:

o Law enforcement strategies that effectively
counter witness intimidation. Such strategies
should encourage and increase the willingness of
citizens to cooperate with law enforcement agencies
conducting criminal investigations.

o Policing strategies that effectively deal with
special populations (particularly the physically
and mentally challenged) as victims, offenders, or
citizen participants in the criminal justice
system.

o Strategies that strengthen the relationship
between police and prosecution.

Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Rural
Communities 

Although their urban counterparts face similar
criminal justice challenges, criminal justice
practitioners in rural areas are stretching
resources over broader and sometimes isolated
geographical areas that can lack the level of
economic development and social service resources
associated with larger metropolitan jurisdictions.
To expand the body of knowledge of rural
programming that works, concept papers will be
requested from rural governmental agencies and not-
for-profit organizations serving rural areas to
demonstrate innovations involving either:

o Community-based strategies that lead to the
development of communitywide partnerships and
coalitions that serve to control and prevent crime
and violence. Projects should be comprehensive in
nature and involve broad community participation. 

o Innovative strategies in which jurisdictions
achieve greater operational efficiency through
either consolidation or the sharing of criminal
justice resources. 

o Strategies that seek to provide cost-effective
alternatives to traditional incarceration-
correctional options. 

Addressing Criminal Justice Issues in Tribal
Communities 

Tribal communities continue to be inhibited by
barriers that lead indirectly to high incidence of
crime, violence, substance abuse, and related
problems. Conditions such as poverty and severe
rural isolation correlate to high rates of crime,
violence, and gang and drug activity on
reservations. To assist tribal communities in
implementing programs to address these issues,
concept papers will be requested to demonstrate
innovations involving one or more of the following:

o Strategies in which tribal law enforcement and
the courts work with community representatives to
define, analyze, and develop solutions to emerging
gang issues and related disorder.

o Strategies that provide cost-effective
alternatives to traditional incarceration and
correctional options.

o Community-based strategies that prevent substance
abuse (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and inhalants) by
minors. 

Addressing Issues in the Adjudication Process

In mid-1996, BJA convened a focus group of judges,
prosecutors, academic experts, public defenders,
probation officers, and State Administrative Agency
directors to assist with program planning by
identifying gaps in funding addressing various
aspects of the adjudication process. As a result of
that meeting, BJA will solicit concept papers from
criminal courts and units of government
representing the components of the adjudication
process (including pretrial services, prosecution,
defense, and probation) and nonprofit organizations
supporting these components. Submissions must
propose innovations which:

o Strengthen linkages between criminal courts and
the communities they serve.

o Target juveniles charged as adults.

o Employ multidisciplinary recidivism reduction
strategies for special populations. 

o Enhance the treatment and supervision of dually
diagnosed defendants and offenders.

o Improve case processing.

Adjudication Technical Assistance Program

This program will provide technical assistance to
State and local criminal courts and court
components that request help in addressing specific
problems related to issues such as case processing
and backlog, family violence and protective orders,
drug-related offenses, and sentencing. Proposals
will be solicited to provide short-term technical
assistance to courts and court components, to
provide consultants to the requesting site, or to
arrange for the requesting site to visit another
court that has successfully managed the problem.

Substance Abuse and the Courts: Followup to the
1991 National Conference 

In 1991, BJA and the State Justice Institute (SJI)
funded the National Conference on Substance Abuse
and the Courts: Proceedings and Manual for Action.
In addition to BJA and SJI, the conference was
sponsored by the Conference of Chief Justices
(CCJ), the Conference of State Court Administrators
(COSCA), and the National Center for State Courts
(NCSC).  

In cooperation with SJI, CCJ, the OJP Drug Courts
Office, the National Association for Courts
Management, COSCA, and NCSC, the grantee will
reexamine the record of the 1991 conference, review
the conference recommendations, and develop a
program that will furnish judges and court
personnel with appropriate training and information
on drugs and addiction. Working closely with the
National Association of State Judicial Educators,
the program will enhance the training of judges and
court personnel on drugs, addiction, and treatment
issues. The initiative will include three to four
regional conferences and produce a reference
manual.  

Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: Jury
System Improvement 

The closest many citizens get to being involved
with the criminal justice system is as a
prospective or actual juror. Improving the jury
system would increase public trust, confidence, and
knowledge about the courts, increase court
efficiency, and help to reduce costs. 

Some jurisdictions routinely call the same persons,
sometimes as often as once every 2 years. Small
jury pools, lack of adequate remuneration, and fear
of reprisals have created problems in some States.
This program will survey the results of recent
research and States' jury reform efforts. The
product of the grant will be a comprehensive
document that provides examples of successful
efforts to address these issues and recommends
action.

Evaluation Partnership Challenge Grant Program

In spring 1997, BJA will announce a new initiative
to further strengthen State and local evaluation
capacity by enhancing collaboration and partnership
among State Administrative Agencies (SAAs), program
managers, and local research organizations. BJA
will award grants through a competitive process to
SAAs that have forged partnerships with local
research organizations to leverage SAA funds for
the evaluation of programs identified by the SAAs
as particularly promising. BJA will publish the
resulting evaluations. 

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Appendix A: Examples of BJA-Funded Publications
Expected in FY 1997 

Throughout the year, BJA produces an array of
publications to share the experiences and expertise
of our grantees with the criminal justice
community. Publications are developed by grantees,
BJA staff, or by organizations and experts
commissioned to develop publications to address
special topic areas. The list below highlights a
sampling of publications anticipated this year.

Crime Prevention

Crime Prevention and Community Policing (Monograph)

Stopping Hate Crime: A Case History From the
Sacramento Police Department (Fact Sheet)
Addressing Community Gang Problems: A Model for
Problem Solving (Monograph)

Law Enforcement

Urban Street Gang Enforcement (Monograph)
Landlord Training Program: Keeping Drug Activity
Out of Rental Property A Policymaker's Guide to
Hate Crimes (Monograph)

Adjudication

How To Use Structured Fines (Day Fines) as an
Intermediate Sanction (Monograph) Trial Court
Performance Standards and Measurement System
(Monograph) Trial Court Performance Standards
Planning Guide
Effective Sanctions That Fit the Budget (Monograph)

Corrections 

Community Corrections: Cost Effective Strategies
for Decisionmakers (Bulletin) Critical Elements in
the Planning, Development, and Implementation of
Successful Correctional Options (Monograph)

Systems Improvement and Technology 

System Integration: Issues in Integration of
County-Level Justice Information Systems
(Monograph)
SEARCH Conference Proceedings (Monograph)
Criminal History Records Improvement Program
(Monograph)
Alleviating Jail Crowding: A Systems Perspective
(Monograph)

Special Programs 

Watch Your Car Anti-Theft Program (Fact Sheet)
Public Safety Officer's Benefits Program (Fact
Sheet)
Revitalizing Communities: Innovative State and
Local Programs (Monograph)                         
            
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Appendix B: State Offices Administering
Byrne Formula Funds and Local Law Enforcement Block
Grants 

(F) Formula Funds Contact
(L) Local Law Enforcement Block Grants Contact

ALABAMA

Douglas Miller
Section Chief
Law Enforcement/Traffic Safety Division
Department of Economic and
  Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue, P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama  36103-5690

Contact: Douglas Miller (F)
Phone: (334) 242-5891
Fax: (334) 242-0712

ALASKA

Colonel Glenn Godfrey
Director
Alaska State Troopers
5700 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, Alaska  99507

Contact: Catherine Katsel (F, L)
Phone: (907) 269-5082
Fax: (907) 337-2059
E-mail: pckatsel@psafety.state.ak.us

ARIZONA

Rex M. Holgerson
Executive Director
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission
1501 West Washington Street, Suite 207
Phoenix, Arizona  85007

Contact: Joseph R. Farmer (F, L)
Phone: (602) 542-1928
Fax: (602) 542-4852
E-mail: acjc@goodnet.com 
(notify before sending)

ARKANSAS

Jerry Duran
Administrator
Office of Intergovernmental Services
Department of Finance and Administration
1515 Building, Suite 417
P.O. Box 3278
Little Rock, Arkansas  72203

Contact: Gordon Burton (F, L)
Phone: (501) 682-1074
Fax: (501) 682-5206

CALIFORNIA

Ray Johnson
Executive Director
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
1130 K Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, California  95814

Contact: Linda Ochipinti (F)
Phone: (916) 324-9112
Fax: (916) 327-8714

Todd Browning (L)
Phone:  (916) 323-5900
Fax:  (916) 327-8714

COLORADO

Bill Woodward
Director
Division of Criminal Justice
700 Kipling Street, 3d Floor
Denver, Colorado  80215

Contact: John Inmann (F, L)
Phone:  (303) 239-4442
Fax:  (303) 239-4491
E-mail: jinmann@aol.com

CONNECTICUT

Leonard F. D'Amico
Under Secretary
Office of Policy and Management
450 Capitol Avenue, MS #52CPD
P.O. Box 341441
Hartford, Connecticut  06134-1441

Contact: Jack Bates (F, L)
Phone: (860) 418-6210
Fax: (860) 418-6496

DELAWARE

James Kane
Executive Director
Criminal Justice Council
Carvel State Office Building
820 North French Street, 4th Floor
Wilmington, Delaware  19801

Contact: LeVerne Cecere (F)
Phone: (302) 577-3436
Fax: (302) 577-3440

Karen Blackburn (L)
Phone: (302) 577-3465
Fax: (302) 577-3440

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Sandra M. Manning (Ms.)
Director
Office of Grants Management and 
 Development
717 14th Street, NW., Suite 500
Washington, D.C.  20005

Contact: Tanya Hatton (F) 
Phone: (202) 727-6554
Fax: (202) 727-1617

Nancy G. Becker (L)
Phone:  (202) 727-6554
Fax:  (202) 727-1617

FLORIDA

Rosa M. Morgan
Chief
Department of Community Affairs
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida  32399

Contact: Clayton Wilder (F, L)
Phone: (904) 488-8016
Fax: (904) 487-4414

GEORGIA

Martha Gilland
Director
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
503 Oak Place, Suite 540
Atlanta, Georgia  30349

Contact: John T. Clower (F, L)
Phone: (404) 559-4949
Fax: (404) 559-4960

HAWAII

The Honorable Margery S. Bronster
Attorney General
State of Hawaii
425 Queen Street, Room 221
Honolulu, Hawaii  96813

Contact: Lari Koga (F, L)      
Phone: (808) 586-1151
Fax: (808) 586-1373

IDAHO

Robert L. Sobba
Director
Idaho Department of Law Enforcement
P.O. Box 700
Meridian, Idaho  83680-0700

Contact: Roberta Silva (F, L)
Phone: (208) 884-7040
Fax: (208) 884-7094
E-mail: rsilva@dle.state.id.us

ILLINOIS

Candice M. Kane
Acting Executive Director
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1016
Chicago, Illinois  60606

Contact: Candice M. Kane (F, L)
Phone: (312) 793-8550
Fax: (312) 793-8422

INDIANA

Catherine O'Connor
Executive Director
Indiana Criminal Justice Institute
302 West Washington Street, Room E-209
Indianapolis, Indiana  46204

Contact: Doug Fowler (F, L) 
Phone: (317) 232-1230
Fax: (317) 232-4979

IOWA

Charles W. Larson
Coordinator
Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse
Lucas State Office Building, 2d Floor
Des Moines, Iowa  50319

Contact: Dale R. Woolery (F, L)
Phone: (515) 281-3788
Fax: (515) 242-6390

KANSAS

Barbara Tombs
Executive Director
Kansas Criminal Justice
 Coordinating Council
700 SW. Jackson, Room 501
Topeka, Kansas  66603

Contact: Ronald McVeigh (F, L)
Phone: (913) 296-0926 
Fax: (913) 296-0927
E-mail: rmcveigh@wwi.net

KENTUCKY

E. Daniel Cherry
Secretary 
Justice Cabinet
Bush Building
403 Wapping Street, 2d Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky  40601

Contact: Debra McGovern (F)
Phone: (502) 564-7554
Fax: (502) 564-4840

Charlotte Ellis (L)
Phone: (502) 564-3251
Fax: (502) 564-4840

LOUISIANA

Michael Ranatza
Executive Director
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
1885 Wooddale Boulevard, Suite 708
Baton Rouge, Louisiana  70806

Contact: Debbie Maggio (F)
Phone: (504) 925-3513
Fax: (504) 925-1998

Alyce Lappin (L)
Phone: (504) 925-4443
Fax: (504) 925-1998

MAINE

Alfred Skolfield Jr.
Commissioner
Department of Public Safety
State House Station 42
Augusta, Maine  04333

Contact: David Giampetruzzi (F, L)
 Maine Justice Assistance Council
Phone: (207) 877-8016
Fax: (207) 624-8768

MARYLAND

Michael A. Sarbanes
Executive Director
Governor's Office of Crime
 Control and Prevention
300 East Joppa Road, Suite 1105
Baltimore, Maryland  21286-3016

Contact: Greg Leyko (F)
Phone: (410) 321-3521
Fax: (410) 321-3116

Donald Farabaugh (L)
Phone: (410) 321-3521
Fax: (410) 321-3116

MASSACHUSETTS

Jonathan M. Petuchowski
Executive Director
Massachusetts Committee on Criminal Justice 
100 Cambridge Street, Room 2100
Boston, Massachusetts  02202

Contact: Susan Foster (F)
Phone: (617) 727-6300
Fax: (617) 727-5356
E-mail: sfoster_EOPS@state.mass.us

Michael O'Toole (L)
Phone: (617) 727-6300
Fax: (617) 727-5356

MICHIGAN

Darnell Jackson
Director
Office of Drug Control Policy
Michigan National Tower
124 West Allegan, Suite 1200
Lansing, Michigan  48913

Contact: Ardith DaFoe (F, L)
Phone: (517) 373-2952
Fax: (517) 373-2963


MINNESOTA

Mary Ellison
State Administrator
Minnesota Department of Children, 
 Families and  Learning
Office of Drug Policy and Violence Prevention
550 Cedar Street, Suite 409
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

Contact: Jeri Boisvert (F) 
Phone: (612) 296-0922    
Fax: (612) 297-7313 (ODP)

Kristin Lail (L)
Phone: (612) 297-7308    
Fax: (612) 297-7313 (ODP)

MISSISSIPPI

Donald O'Cain
Executive Director
Division of Public Safety Planning
Department of Public Safety
401 North West Street, 8th Floor
P.O. Box 23039
Jackson, Mississippi  39225-3039

Contact: Joyce Word (F)
Phone: (601) 359-7880
Fax: (601) 359-7832

Herbert Terry (L)
Phone: (601) 359-7880
Fax: (601) 359-7832

MISSOURI

Gary B. Kempker
Director
Missouri Department of Public Safety
Truman State Office Building
Room 870, P.O. Box 749 
Jefferson City, Missouri  65102-0749

Contact: Kenneth Higgins (F, L)
Phone: (573) 751-4905
Fax: (573) 751-5399

MONTANA

Gene Kiser
Executive Director
Montana Board of Crime Control
303 North Roberts 
Scott Hart Building
Helena, Montana  59620

Contact: Cathy Kendall (F, L)
Phone: (406) 444-3604
Fax: (406) 444-4722

NEBRASKA

Allen L. Curtis
Executive Director
Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement 
 and Criminal Justice 
301 Centennial Mall South
P.O. Box 94946
Lincoln, Nebraska  68509

Contact: Nancy Steeves (F, L)
Phone: (402) 471-3416
Fax: (402) 471-2837

NEVADA

James P. Weller
Director
Office of Criminal Justice Assistance
555 Wright Way
Carson City, Nevada  89711-0900

Contact: Mary Lynne Evans (F) 
 Office of Narcotics Control
 Assistance
Phone: (702) 687-5282
Fax: (702) 687-5328

Sandy Mazy (L)
Phone: (702) 687-4166
Fax: (702) 687-8798

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Mark C. Thompson
Director of Administration
Office of the Attorney General
33 Capitol Street
Concord, New Hampshire  03301

Contact: Paul Doran (F, L) 
Phone: (603) 271-1297
Fax: (603) 271-2110

NEW JERSEY

Terrence P. Farley
Director
Division of Criminal Justice
Department of Law and Public Safety
25 Market Street
CN 085
Trenton, New Jersey  08625-0085

Contact: Dennis O'Hara (F, L)
Phone: (609) 292-5939
Fax: (609) 292-1451

NEW MEXICO

Darren P. White
Cabinet Secretary
Department of Public Safety
P.O. Box 1628
Santa Fe, New Mexico  87504

Contact: Donna Farrell (F, L)
Phone: (505) 827-3420
Fax: (505) 827-3398
E-mail: dfarrell@dps.state.nm.us

NEW YORK

Edward R. Hallman
Executive Deputy Commissioner
New York State Division of Criminal 
 Justice Services
Executive Park Tower
Stuyvesant Plaza
Albany, New York  12203-3764

Contact: Gary Schreivogl (F, L)
Phone: (518) 457-8462
Fax: (518) 457-1186

NORTH CAROLINA

David E. Jones
Acting Director
Governor's Crime Commission
3824 Barrett Drive, Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina  27609

Contact: Beth Workman (F)
Phone: (919) 571-4736
Fax: (919) 571-4745

Mark Jones (L)
Phone:  (919) 571-4736
Fax:  (919) 571-4745

NORTH DAKOTA

William Broer, Jr.
Director
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 1054
Bismarck, North Dakota  58502

Contact: Tammy Becker (F, L)
Phone: (701) 328-5500
Fax: (701) 328-5510
Fed Ex: 4205 North State Street
E-mail: msmail.tbecker@ranch.
  state.nd.us

OHIO

Michael Lee
Director
Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Services
400 East Town Street, Suite 120
Columbus, Ohio  43215

Contact: Karen Days (F) 
Phone: (614) 466-7782
Fax: (614) 466-0308

Jack Harmeyer (L)
Phone: (614) 644-6757
Fax: (614) 466-0308

OKLAHOMA

Bruce Walker 
Executive Coordinator
District Attorneys Training and
Coordination Council
2200 Classen Boulevard, Suite 1800
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73106-58ll

Contact: Gayle Caldwell (F, L)
Phone: (405) 557-6707
Fax: (405) 524-0581

OREGON

Greg Peden
Director
Oregon Department of State Police
Criminal Justice Services Division
400 Public Service Building
Salem, Oregon  97310

Contact: Beverlee Venell (F, L)
Phone: (503) 378-3720
Fax: (503) 378-8666

PENNSYLVANIA

James Thomas
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime 
 and Delinquency
P.O. Box 1167, Federal Square Station
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania  17108-1167

Contact: Bob Donovan (F, L)
Phone: (717) 787-8559, ext. 3064
Fax: (717) 783-7713 
E-mail: donovan@pccd.state.pa.us

PUERTO RICO

The Honorable Jos A. Fuentes Agostini
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 9020192
San Juan, Puerto Rico  00902-0192

Contact: Luis M. Gonzalez-Javier (F)
Phone: (787) 725-0335
Fax: (787) 725-6144 

Pedro Pierluisi (L)
Phone: (787) 725-0335
Fax: (787) 725-7700 

RHODE ISLAND

Joseph E. Smith
Executive Director
Governor's Justice Commission
One Capitol Hill, 4th Floor
Providence, Rhode Island  02908-5803

Contact: David LeDoux (F, L)
Phone: (401) 277-2620
Fax: (401) 277-1294

SOUTH CAROLINA

Sandy Gibson
Interim Administrator
Office of Safety and Grants
Department of Public Safety
5400 Broad River Road
Columbia, South Carolina  29210-4088
cgi@mail06.scdps.state.sc.us

Contact: Lisa A. Nine (F, L) 
Phone: (803) 896-8708
Fax: (803) 896-8714
E-mail: lan@mail06.scdps.state.sc.us

SOUTH DAKOTA

James D. Hagen
Chief of Staff
Attorney General's Task Force on Drugs
State Capitol Building
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, South Dakota  57501-5070

Contact: Wanda L. Fergen (F, L)
Phone: (605) 773-6313
Fax: (605) 773-6471

TENNESSEE

Nancy Whittemore
Acting Director
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
Department of Finance and Administration
1400 Andrew Jackson Building
500 Deaderick Street
Nashville, Tennessee  37243-1700

Contact: Jeanne Norris (F)
Phone: (615) 532-2986
Fax: (615) 532-2989

David Dweck (L)
Phone: (615) 532-2987
Fax: (615) 532-2989

TEXAS

Pete Wassdorf
Acting Executive Director
Criminal Justice Division
Office of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas  78711

Contact: Robert J. Bodisch, Sr. (F, L)
Phone: (512) 463-1806
Fax: (512) 475-2440

UTAH

S. Camille Anthony
Executive Director
Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice
State Capitol Building
Room 101
Salt Lake City, Utah  84114

Contact: Laura Lewis (F, L)
Phone: (801) 538-1031
Fax: (801) 538-1024

VERMONT

James Walton, Jr.
Commissioner
Vermont Department of Public Safety
Waterbury State Complex
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, Vermont  05676-0850

Contact: Capt. Donald Ravenna (F, L)
Phone: (802) 244-8781
Fax: (802) 244-1106

VIRGIN ISLANDS

Ramon S. Davila
Police Commissioner/Drug Policy Advisor
Virgin Islands Law Enforcement 
 Planning Commission
8172 Sub Base
Suite 3
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands  00802

Contact: Helene Smollett (F, L)
Phone: (809) 774-6400
Fax: (809) 776-3317

VIRGINIA

Bruce C. Morris
Director
Department of Criminal Justice Services
805 East Broad Street, 10th Floor
Richmond, Virginia  23219

Contact: Joe Marshall (F, L)
Phone: (804) 786-1577
Fax: (804) 371-8981

WASHINGTON

Katherine Krieter
Assistant Director
Washington State Department of Community,
 Trade and Economic Development
906 Columbia Street, SW. 
P.O. Box 48300
Olympia, Washington  98504

Contact: Paul Perz (F)
Phone: (360) 586-0665
Fax: (360) 586-0489
E-mail: paulp@cted.wa.gov

Kenny Spain (L)
Phone: (360) 586-0101
Fax: (360) 586-0489

WEST VIRGINIA

James M. Albert
Director
Office of Criminal Justice and Highway Safety 
Department of Military Affairs and 
 Public Safety
1204 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, West Virginia  25301

Contact: Melissa Whittington (F, L)
Phone: (304) 558-8814
Fax: (304) 558-0391

WISCONSIN

Fred Falk
Executive Director
Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance
222 State Street, Second Floor
Madison, Wisconsin  53702

Contact: Raymond J. Luick (F)
Phone: (608) 266-7282
Fax: (608) 266-6676

Stephen Grohmann (L)
Phone:  (608) 266-7185
Fax:  (608) 266-6676

WYOMING

Thomas J. Pagel
Director
Divison of Criminal Investigation
316 West 22nd Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming  82002

Contact: Sandra Mays (F, L)
Phone: (307) 777-7181
Fax: (307) 777-7252

AMERICAN SAMOA

La'auli A. Filoiali'i
Director
Criminal Justice Planning Agency
American Samoa Government
Executive Office Building, 3d Floor
Pago Pago, American Samoa  96799

Contact: Craig Keener (F, L)
Phone: (9) (011) 684-633-5221
Fax: (9) (011) 684-633-7894

COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Jack Ogumoro
Executive Director
Criminal Justice Planning Agency
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Office of the Governor
Saipan, MP  96950

Contact: Jack Ogumoro (F, L)
Phone: (9) (011) 670-664-4550
Fax: (9) (011) 670-664-4560
E-mail: jack.ogumoro@saipan.com

GUAM

Vincent P. Arriola
Director
Bureau of Planning
Governor's Office
P.O. Box 2950
Agana, Guam  96910

Contact: Machelle A. Craig-Leon Guerrero (F, L)
Phone: (9) (011) 671-472-4201
Fax: (9) (011) 671-477-1812

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Appendix C: BJA Byrne Grant Program Legislative
Purpose Areas 

The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq., at Section 501,
provides a general statement of the overall
purposes of the Byrne Program and establishes 26
purpose areas which define the nature and scope of
programs and projects which might be funded under
it. Frequently, Congress also uses other
legislation (e.g., appropriations bill) to provide
additional authorizations for limited periods
(usually the current year only). Together, these
laws provide substantial authorization for programs
addressing drug control, violent and serious crime,
all aspects of criminal justice processing
including incarceration and treatment of offenders,
and general improvements in the justice system
operations. There is, however, some degree of
overlap within several of these purpose areas and
the program examples following each. 

(1) Demand reduction education programs in which
law enforcement officers participate 

 o Demand Reduction Education (not D.A.R.E.)
 o Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) 
 o Officer Training for D.A.R.E. Program 

(2) Multijurisdictional task force programs that
integrate Federal, State and/or local drug law
enforcement agencies and prosecutors for the
purpose of enhancing interagency coordination and
intelligence and facilitating multijurisdictional
investigations

 o Multijurisdictional/Regional Drug Task Forces
 o Regional Violent Drug Trafficker Program
 o Organized Crime/Narcotics Program 
 o Special Narcotics Prosecutor (in direct support
of MJTF)  
 o Statewide Confidential Funds Pool
 o Narcotics Surveillance Equipment and Training
Program (if in support of multisite enforcement
programs)
 o Drug Offenders Intelligence System (in direct
support of MJTF)

(3) Programs designed to target the domestic
sources of controlled and illegal substances, such
as precursor chemicals, diverted pharmaceuticals,
clandestine laboratories and cannabis cultivations

 o Pharmaceutical Diversion 
 o Clandestine Laboratories
 o Marijuana Eradication 
 o Drug Identification (laboratory-based research
studies)

(4)Providing community and neighborhood programs
that assist citizens in preventing and controlling
crime, including special programs that address the
problems of crimes committed against the elderly
and special programs for rural jurisdictions

 o Community Crime Prevention 
 o Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
 o Neighborhood Watch
 o National Night Out Against Crime
 o Community Policing/Prosecution (see also purpose
area #16)  o Drug-Impacted Rural Jurisdictions
 o Reaching High-Risk Youth Through Outdoor
Activities
 o Senior Citizen Crime Prevention/Golden Alert
Program
 o TRIAD

(5) Disrupting illicit commerce in stolen goods and
property

 o County Attorney's Office Property Crime Program
 o Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention

(6) Improving the investigation and prosecution of
white-collar crime [e.g, organized crime, public
corruption crimes and fraud against the government
with priority attention to cases involving drug-
related official corruption]

 o Reducing Drug Corruption in Police Departments
 o Targeting White Collar Crime

(7A) Improving the operational effectiveness of law
enforcement through the use of crime analysis
techniques, street sales enforcement, schoolyard
violator programs, and gang-related and low-income
housing drug control programs

 o Drug Task Force (single jurisdiction effort)
 o Drug-Free School Zone Enforcement
 o Integrated Criminal Apprehension Program (ICAP)
 o Arson Prevention and Control
 o Preserving the Crime Scene
 o Drug Dog/Canine Acquisition and Training/K-9
Unit
 o Violent Fugitives Arrest Squad

(7B) Developing and implementing anti-terrorism
plans for deep draft ports, international airports,
and other important facilities

 o "Night Eyes" State Water Patrol
 o Airport Anti-Terrorism Task Force


(8) Career criminal prosecution programs, including
the development of model drug control legislation

 o Career Criminal/Major Offender/Career Drug
Offender Prosecution  o Narcotics Prosecution Unit
(but use purpose area #2 if directly in support of
MJTF)
 o Model Drug Control Legislation (directed at
offenders)
 o Use of Civil RICO in Drug Enforcement

(9) Financial investigative programs that target
the identification of money laundering operations
and assets obtained through illegal drug
trafficking, including the development of proposed
model legislation, financial investigative
training, and financial information sharing systems

 o Financial Investigations 
 o Asset Forfeiture Units
 o Model Drug Control Legislation (directed at
assets)

(10) Improving the operational effectiveness of the
court process by expanding prosecutorial, defender,
and judicial resources and implementing court delay
reduction programs

 o Differentiated/Expedited Case Management
 o Fast Track Prosecution/Fast Track Defense
 o Drug Courts (specialized narcotics courtrooms;
contrast, purpose area #20)  o Court Unification 
 o Pretrial Services Delivery (but use purpose area
#15A if primary focus is drug testing or purpose
area #20 if focus is reducing jail crowding)  o
Video Arraignment/Presentence Telecommunications
Project

(11) Programs designed to provide additional public
correctional resources and improve the corrections
system, including treatment in prisons and jails,
intensive supervision programs, and long-range
corrections and sentencing strategies

 o Intensive Supervision Probation and Parole 
 o Boot Camps 
 o Treatment in a Jail Setting
 o Substance Abuse Treatment for Female Inmates
 o Correctional Facilities Planning/Population
Projections
 o Sentencing Strategies Development 

(12) Providing prison industry projects designed to
place inmates in a realistic working and training
environment which will enable them to acquire
marketable skills and to make financial payments
for restitution to their victims, for support of
their own families and for support of themselves in
the institution

 o Prison/Jail Industries

(13) Providing programs which identify and meet the
treatment needs of adult and juvenile drug-
dependent and alcohol-dependent offenders

 o Treatment for Drug Addicted Offenders
 o Day Treatment Center for Juvenile Offenders
 o Treatment Aftercare Unit
 o DUI/DWI Rehabilitation and Training

(14) Developing and implementing programs which
provide assistance to jurors and witnesses and
assistance (other than compensation) to victims of
crime

 o One Day-One Trial/Jury Management Improvement
 o Systems for Setting Juror Fees/Compensation
 o Victim/Witness Program
 o Offenders' Restitution for Victims
 o Victim Assistance

(15A) Developing programs to improve drug control
technology, such as pretrial drug testing programs,
programs which provide for the identification,
assessment, referral to treatment, case management
and monitoring of drug-dependent offenders, and
enhancement of State and local forensic
laboratories

 o Pretrial/Probation/Parole Drug Testing
 o Statewide Urinalysis Testing
 o Treatment Alternatives to Street Crimes (TASC)
 o Forensic Laboratory Enhancement (but use purpose
area #25 if DNA related)

(15B) Criminal justice information systems to
assist law enforcement, prosecution, courts and
corrections organizations [including automated
fingerprint identification systems]
       
 o Criminal Justice Records Improvement (CJRI)
 o Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS)
 o Automated Fingerprint Identification System
(AFIS)
 o Prosecution Management Support Systems 
 o Management Information Systems (for
administrative support)  o Metropolitan Criminal
Intelligence System (but use purpose area #2 if
restricted solely to MJTF drug-related information)
 o DUI Data Collection System 

(16) Innovative programs which demonstrate new and
different approaches to enforcement, prosecution,
and adjudication of drug offenses and other serious
crimes

 o Firearms Trafficking/Control/Licensing
Enforcement
 o Community Justice Centers
 
(17) Addressing the problems of drug trafficking
and the illegal manufacture of controlled
substances in public housing

 o Enforcement in Public Housing Developments
 o Eliminating Crack Houses (in public housing)

(18) Improving the criminal and juvenile justice
system's response to domestic and family violence,
including spouse abuse, child abuse, and abuse of
the elderly

 o Domestic/Family Violence Intervention 
 o Law Enforcement's Response to Domestic Violence
 o Child Abuse Prosecution
 o Responding to Sexual Abuse of Children
 o Crimes Against the Elderly (in domestic
settings; see also purpose area #4)

(19) Drug control evaluation programs which State
and local units of government may utilize to
evaluate programs and projects directed at State
drug control activities

 o Evaluation of Drug Control Programs 
 o Research and Evaluation

(20) Providing alternatives to prevent detention,
jail, and prison for persons who pose no danger to
the community

 o Alternatives to Incarceration
 o House Arrest/Electronic Monitoring
 o Drug Courts (directed to diverting offenders
into treatment; contrast, purpose area #10)
 o Restitution by Juveniles 
 o Community Service Labor Program
 o User Accountability Sanctioning (not involving
incarceration)

(21) Programs of which the primary goal is to
strengthen urban enforcement and prosecution
efforts targeted at street drug sales

 o Street Sales/Street-Level Narcotics Enforcement
 o Drug Enforcement Enhancement
 o Crack Houses/Nuisance Abatement Unit
 o Reverse Sting Demand Reduction Enforcement
 o Drug Recognition Training for Patrol Officers
 o Motor Vehicle Officers' Watch for Drugs

(22) Prosecution of driving while intoxicated
charges and the enforcement of other laws relating
to alcohol use and the operation of motor vehicles

 o Enhanced Prosecution of DWI Cases
 o Diversion of DWI Offenders into Treatment

(23) Addressing the need for effective bindover
systems for the prosecution of violent 16- and 17-
year-old juveniles in courts with jurisdiction over
adults for [certain enumerated] violent crimes
       
 o Violent Juvenile Waiver to Adult Court Program
 o Prosecutor's Juvenile Bindover Unit

(24) Law enforcement and prevention programs that
relate to gangs or to youth who are involved in or
are at risk of involvement in gangs

 o Gang Task Forces
 o Specialized Gang Prosecutors
 o Juvenile Gangs Involvement in Drug Trafficking
 o Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT)

(25) Developing or improving forensic laboratory
capabilities to analyze DNA for identification
purposes

 o DNA Database Identification System
 o DNA Laboratory Enhancement and Training Program

(26) To develop and implement anti-terrorism
training programs and to procure equipment for use
by local law enforcement authorities

 o Law Enforcement Officer Training in Anti-
Terrorism
 o Enhancing Enforcement Capabilities for
Responding to Terrorist Acts

Congress has authorized the use of Byrne funds to
support the following type of program; this
authorization applies only to the current award (FY
1997) and may or may not be available in future
funding cycles:

Assisting in the litigation processing of death
penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions