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Byrne Formula Grant Program: Draft Performance Measures by Purpose Area

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

a. Number of juveniles in programs

b. Number of adults in programs

c. Number of officers providing demand reduction training

(2) Multi-jurisdictional 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 multi-jurisdictional investigations

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

c. Number of drug seizures

d. Quantity by weight (e.g., ounces, grams, dose units) and drug type

e. Total value of funds and assets forfeited

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

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

c. Number of labs eliminated

d. Number of drug seizures

e. Quantity of seizure by weight (e.g., ounces, grams, dose units) and drug type

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

a. Number of citizens involved in programs

b. Number of juveniles served by programs

c. Number of elderly citizens served by programs

d. Number of these programs based in rural jurisdictions

(5) Disrupting illicit commerce in stolen goods and property

a. Total value of stolen property recovered

b. Number of offenders arrested

c. Number of offenders prosecuted

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

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

c. Number of investigations conducted

(7A) Improving 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 drug control programs

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

c. Number of drug seizures

d. Quantity of seizure by weight (e.g., ounces, grams, dose units) and drug type

e. Total value of funds and assets forfeited

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

a. Number of anti-terrorism plans funded

b. Number of deep draft ports, international airports and other important facilities affected by plans

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

a. Number of career criminals prosecuted

(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

a. Number of laundering operations investigations

b. Number of offenders arrested

c. Number of offenders prosecuted

d. Total value of funds and assets forfeited

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

a. Number of additional prosecutorial, defense, and other judicial personnel hired

(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

a. Number of offenders in prison/jail-based programs

b. Number of offenders in community-based programs

c. Number of prison/jail-based programs

d. Number of community-based programs

(12) Providing prison industry projects designed to place inmates in a realistic working and training environments that 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

a. Number of offenders in prison-industry programs

b. Number of restitution payments made

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

a. Number of children/youth funded

b. Number of adults funded

c. Number of institutional-based programs

c. Number of community-based programs

d. Number of drug or alcohol-focused programs

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

a. Number of victims assisted

b. Number of jurors assisted

c. Number of witnesses assisted

(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

a. Number of referrals to treatment

b. Number of urinalysis tests administered by category (e.g., pretrial, probation, parole)

c. Total value of equipment/supplies purchased

(15B) Criminal justice information systems to assist law enforcement, prosecution, courts and corrections organizations (including automated fingerprint identification systems)

a. Number of records automated

b. Number of systems enhanced or automated

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

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

(17) Addressing the problems of drug trafficking and the illegal manufacture of controlled substances in public housing

a. Number of offenders arrested

b. Number of offenders prosecuted

c. Number of drug operations ousted from public housing projects

d. Number of drug arrests in public housing projects

(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

a. Number of criminal and juvenile justice system personnel trained in domestic/family violence intervention

b. Number of offenders arrested

c. Number of offenders prosecuted

d. Number of offenders that completed domestic/family violence education and/or treatment programs

e. Number of victims referred for assistance by age group and sex

(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

a.Number of evaluations conducted/in-progress

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

a. Number of alternative courts or programs created

b. Number of offenders participating in programs

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

a. Number of specialized units established

b. Number of officers assigned to target street drug sales

c. Number of offenders arrested

d. Number of offenders prosecuted

e. Number of drug seizures

f. Quantity of seizure by weight (e.g., ounces, grams, dose units) and drug type

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

a. Number of DUI/DWI offenders arrested

b. Number of DUI/DWI offenders prosecuted

(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]

Please provide a brief description of the program funded under this purpose area.

(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

a. Number of offenders arrested for gang-related offenses

b. Number of offenders prosecuted for gang-related offenses

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

a. Amount of grant funding used to develop/improve DNA laboratories

(Please add a brief description)

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

a. Number of jurisdictions receiving equipment

b. Total value of equipment purchased for counter-terrorism initiatives

c. Number of training participants

(26A) Assisting in the litigation processing of death penalty federal habeas corpus petitions

a. Number of petitions supported

(27) Improving the quality, timeliness, and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes

a. Number of personnel hired

b. Number of personnel trained

c. Total value of forensic equipment/supplies purchased

(28) Enforcing child abuse and neglect laws, including laws protecting against child sexual abuse, and promoting programs designed to prevent child abuse and neglect

a. Number of offenders arrested for child abuse related offenses

b. Number of offenders prosecuted for child abuse related offenses

c. Number of programs funded to prevent child abuse and neglect

(29) Establishing or supporting cooperative programs between law enforcement and media organizations, to collect, record, retain, and disseminate information useful in the identification and apprehension of suspected criminal offenders

a. Number of cooperative programs supported

b. If funded for AMBER alert system, indicate the number of times it has been utilized

c. If funded for AMBER alert system, indicate the number of children that have been recovered as a result of its use

d. If funded for AMBER alert system, indicate the total amount of Byrne grant funds utilized on the system