[Federal Register: December 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 237)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Assistance
[OJP(BJA)-1343]
Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program for FY 2002
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)
funding for FY 2002.
DATES: Applicant account registration through an Internet-based system
begins on January 3, 2002 and continues until February 1, 2002.
Submission of applications begins on January 3, 2002 and continues
until February 1, 2002.
ADDRESS: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 810 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For SCAAP program guidance and
technical assistance, please log on to the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Home Page at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and select ``SCAAP'' or call
the Office of Justice Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-
888-549-9901, Option #4. For general information about online
application procedures for other solicitations, please call the U.S.
Department of Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23
(1994).
Background
SCAAP provides Federal assistance to states and units of general
government for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented
criminal aliens, who are charged or convicted of one felony or two
misdemeanor offenses. Potential applicants may no longer submit hard
copy application forms and diskettes. For FY 2002, state and local
governments apply for payment via a paperless, electronic, end-to-end
distributive, Internet-based web-site application. BJA anticipates
providing over 490 payments of varying amounts from a FY2002 funding
total of approximately $550 million.
Potential applicants with questions should call the Office of
Justice Programs Grants Management System
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Hotline at 1-888-549-9901, Option #4. For access to program guidance
and the online application, connect to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and
select ``SCAAP''
Dated: December 5, 2001.
Richard R. Nedelkoff,
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
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