Fsgu overview mc_24_may12

Federal & State Grants Unit: An
Overview
May 24, 2012
Special Authority Board Meeting
Prepared & Presented by:
Mike Carter – Acting Associate Director, FSGU

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Formula Grants
• Congressionally directed funds
– Usually to state governments
– Funding amount is established by a formula based
on criteria written into the legislation
• Census data
• Uniform Crime Report
– State government may disperse based on needs


ICJIA Formula Grants
• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG)
• Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
• Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
• American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
(ARRA): JAG & VOCA


ICJIA Formula Grants
• VAWA – Sexual Assault Services Program
(SASP)
• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)
• Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants Program (NFSIA)
• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for
State Prisoners (RSAT)

Discretionary Grants
• Federal Agency creates award solicitation
– Funding Opportunity Announcement identifying
specific purpose(s)
– Prospective applicants submit proposal
– Awards made on competitive review process
• Programmatic content
• Technical content
• Scientific content


ICJIA Discretionary Grants
• Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Program (PDNAT)
• National Criminal History Improvement
Program (NCHIP)
• National Instant Criminal Background Check
System Reporting Improvement Program
(NARIP)

Other Grants
• Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act (MVTP)
(private)
• Death Penalty Abolition Fund (DPA) (state)
• Household Pharmaceutical Disposal Fund –
a.k.a. Prescription Pill and Drug Disposal
(P2D2) (state)


Percentage of all Federal Funds
FFY 2007 -2011


Federal Fund Award Percentages
by FFY
Federal Fund Award Percentages Per FFY
100%
VOCA
80% VAWA SASP
VAWA
60% SJS
Percentage

RSAT
40% PDNAT
NFSIA
20% NCHIP
NARIP
0% JAG

2007 2008 2009 ARRA
FFY 2010 2011


• Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Program (PDNAT)
– National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Defray costs of post-conviction DNA testing
– Forcible rape
– Murder
– Non-negligent manslaughter cases
• Eligible: local, county & state agencies


Kirk Bloodsworth (PDNAT)
• University of Illinois - Springfield
– Downstate Innocence Project
• Collaboration UIS, University of Illinois College of Law
and the Southern Illinois University College of Law
– Intensive review & investigation of DNA eligible
cases
• Determine strength of DNA evidence
• Evaluate innocence claims


• National Criminal History Improvement
(NCHIP)
– Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS)
• Enhance quality & completeness of nation’s criminal
history record systems
– Provide financial & technical assistance
• Eligible: local, county & state agencies


NCHIP
• Office of the Circuit Court of Cook County
– Automating interface for the state’s Criminal
History Records Information (CHRI) system
• Timely inquiries for disposition reporting
• Timely updates for disposition reporting
• Developing error corrections application
• Establishing accuracy & information quality


• National Instant Criminal Background Check
System Reporting Improvement Program
(NARIP)
– Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Assist states to improve completeness, automation &
transmittal of vast array of criminal records
• Eligible: local, county & state; private NPOs


NARIP
• Illinois State Police
– Improving its systems & methods for collecting,
evaluating and exchanging information related to
records checks on individual’s eligibility to possess
or transfer a firearm
• Detailed design of integrated, automated, system
• NARIP task force
– ISP, CMS, AOIC, ICJIA & DHS


Formula
• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT)
– Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Develop & implement substance abuse treatment in
correctional & detention facilities
• Create & maintain community-based aftercare services
for offenders


RSAT
• Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC)
– Dwight Dual Diagnosis Program for Females
• Reduce disruptive behavior, drug use & criminal
behavior through gender-based intervention programs
with substance abusing, mentally-ill, female offenders
• Funded services included in the 32-bed unit
– Assessments
– Individualized case treatment planning
– Individual & group counseling & mental health services


Formula Grants
• Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences
Improvement Grants Program (NFSIA)
– National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
• Medical Examiner Service Improvements
– Eliminate backlog in analyses
– Train and employ laboratory personnel
• Formula (75 percent); Competitive (25 percent)
• Eligible: local, county and state governments


NFSIA
• Eleven certified forensic labs in Illinois
– Illinois State Police
– Northern Illinois Regional Crime Lab
– Du Page County Crime Lab
• Eliminate the backlog in analyses
– Upgrading technologies
• Train and employee forensic lab personnel

Formula
• Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)
– Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP)
• Reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based
programs focused on both the offender and the
juvenile system.
• Ensure states are addressing one or more of the 17
purpose areas.


JABG


JABG Purpose Areas

graduated sanctions Hiring (for effective & expeditious
administration of juvenile justice system) PROSECUTION

law enforcement gun courts drug courts RECORDS
information-sharing training Re-Entry
accountability-based programs
FACILITIES risk & need assessments
enhance school safety RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
courts &juvenile probation officers reduce recidivism

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Formula
• S*T*O*P* (Services – Training – Officers –
Prosecutors) VAWA (Violence Against Women
Act)
– DOJ, Office of Violence Against Women
• Enhance victim advocacy & improve systemic response
• Development & improvement of law enforcement &
prosecution strategies
• Advocacy & services in violent crimes against women


S*T*O*P* VAWA


S*T*O*P* VAWA
• State’s must allocate, as follows
– 25% to law enforcement
– 25% to prosecution
– 30% to non-profit, nongovernmental victim
service agencies
• 10% to underserved populations
– 5% to the courts
– 15% at state’s discretion

S*T*O*P* VAWA Purpose Areas
POLICY IMPROVEMENTS data collection Victim
Services Programs Indian Tribes Liaison Services Training Multi-
disciplinary Response sexual assault forensics stalking Programs to
aid elderly & disabled Assist Victims in Immigration Matters
Core Services/New Initiatives Protocol
Development Develop, train, or expand personnel


Formula
• VAWA, Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP)
– DOJ, Office of Violence Against Women
• Provide direct services for victims of sexual assault
– 24 hour sexual assault hotlines
– Crisis intervention
– Medical & Criminal Justice accompaniment
• Establish, maintain or expand rape crisis centers


VAWA SASP


Formula
• Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
– DOJ, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
– Two grants
• Victims’ assistance – ICJIA
• Victim compensation – Illinois Attorney General’s Office


VOCA
• Victims’ Assistance
– Pay for direct services
– 10% of award must be given to each priority area
• Sexual assault
• Domestic violence
• Child abuse
• Underserved populations
– Elder abuse victims; Victims of intoxicated drivers; Survivors


VOCA
• Direct Services
– Respond, assist or provide
• Emotional & physical needs of crime victims
• Stabilizing lives after victimization
• Understanding & participating in criminal justice system
• Measure of safety & security
– boarding-up broken windows
– repairing locks


VOCA


VOCA
• Allowable Costs for Direct Services
– Personnel
– Necessary & Essential for services
– Training
– Operations
– Supervision of service providers
– Contracts
– Public Presentations

VOCA & VAWA
• Victim Services Ad Hoc Committee
– Participants are leaders from
• Major statewide victim service associations
• Individual agencies representing underserved
– Meet, at minimum, triennial
– Review crime & victimization trend data
– Evaluate current efforts


VOCA & VAWA
• Victim Services Ad Hoc Committee
– Establishes
• Priorities
• Goals
• Objectives
– Basis S*T*O*P* VAWA Implementation Plan
– Foundation for recommendations made to the
Authority’s Budget Committee

Formula
• Edward Byrne Memorial, Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG)
– DOJ
– Congressionally mandated award to each state
• 60% awarded to state administering agency
– Plus awards to local jurisdictions that were under $10K
• 40% awarded directly to eligible units of local
government


JAG


JAG
• JAG 2011 Award
– Total Award to Illinois: $15,131,782
• ICJIA Administered (60%): $9,517,027
• Direct to Local Government (40%): $5,614,755


JAG
• ICJIA
– $9,517,027
• 10% Administration ($951,702)
• 70.66% Local ($6,052,259)
– Set-aside of $394,162
» Funds meant for direct formula
» Locals which fell under the $10K threshold
• 29.34% State/Discretionary ($2,513,066)


JAG
• Purpose Areas
– Law enforcement programs
– Prosecution & court programs
– Prevention & education programs
– Corrections & community corrections programs
– Drug treatment programs
– Planning, evaluation, & technology programs
– Crime victim & witness initiatives

OTHER
• Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act (MVPT)
– Insurance companies fund through state
administered special trust
– Fund is overseen by an 11-member coalition
council
• Funds assist investigation & prosecution of vehicle theft
related crimes


OTHER
• Death Penalty Abolition Fund (DPA)
– Created in 2011 (725 ILCS 5/119-1)
– “All unobligated & unexpended moneys remaining
in the Capital Litigation Trust Fund shall
be…expended by ICJIA for two purposes:”
• Services for families of victims of homicide/murder
• Training of law enforcement personnel


OTHER
• Household Pharmaceutical Disposal Fund
(P2D2)
– January 1, 2012 (Public Act 97-0545)
• Provide local law enforcement with grants to pay for
– Collection
– Transportation
– Incineration
• Currently unfunded


FSGU OVERVIEW
• 14 Program Funds
• Since 2007
– Approximately $222,405,233 administered
– Approximately 2,265 designations


TOTAL FUNDING
Total of all FED Funds by FFY
$60,000,000
$50,000,000
$40,000,000
Amount

$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
2007 2008 2009 ARRA 2010 2011
Federal Fiscal Year Award


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