Appendix B

Formula Grants

Program Name State Formula and Block Grant Programs Training and Technical Assistance
Grantee American Institutes for Research
FY 2012 Funding $1,200,000
OJP Sponsor OJJDP
Web Link www.ojjdp.gov
Program Contact Elizabeth Wolfe, (202) 514-0582, Elizabeth.Wolfe@usdoj.gov
Program Description
OJJDP expects to continue to fund the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to provide training and technical assistance to national, state, and local-level grantees and non-grantees. OJJDP expects that this training and technical assistance will assist them in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating delinquency prevention and juvenile justice systems improvement projects. Additionally, AIR will coordinate OJJDP‘s state training conferences.

Program Name: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
FY 2012 Funding $392,971,365
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link www.bja.gov/funding.aspx
Program Contact Darius LoCicero, (202) 514-2553, Darius.LoCicero@usdoj.gov
Program Description
The JAG program is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement; prosecution and court; prevention and education; corrections and community corrections; drug treatment and enforcement; planning, evaluation, and technology improvement; and crime victim and witness initiatives. JAG funds may be used to address crime by providing services directly to individuals and communities; and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures. JAG awards are four years in length and are distributed up front instead of on a reimbursement basis, allowing recipients to earn interest on their awards and generate additional funding for successful initiatives and future projects.  On average, more than 40 percent of annual JAG funding is allocated to law enforcement personnel, initiatives, and equipment including, but not limited to, multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces, police cruisers, and less than lethal devices. Remaining JAG funding is used to support a variety of programs and initiatives in the areas of courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing.

Program Name: John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program
FY 2012 Funding $3,595,366
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link www.bja.gov/funding.aspx
Program Contact Kim Ball, (202) 307-2076, Kim.Ball@usdoj.gov
Program Description
The John R. Justice (JRJ) Grant Program provides loan repayment assistance for local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors, who commit to continued employment as public defenders and prosecutors for at least three years. To administer this program, BJA will award funds to each of the 50 states, territories, and the District of Columbia to serve eligible recipients working within the state‘s or District‘s jurisdiction.

Program Name Victim Compensation
FY 2012 Funding See description below
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov/grants/index.html
Program Contact Toni Thomas, (202) 307-5983, Toni.Thomas@usdoj.gov
Program Description
All states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico have established compensation programs for crime victims. These programs reimburse victims for crime-related expenses such as medical costs, mental health counseling, funeral and burial costs, and lost wages.

Although each state compensation program is administered independently, most programs have similar eligibility requirements and offer comparable benefits. Maximum awards generally range from $10,000 to $25,000, though a number of states have higher and lower maximums. Compensation is paid only when other financial resources, such as private insurance and offender restitution, do not cover the loss. Some expenses are not covered by most compensation programs, including theft, damage, and property loss. State compensation programs are not required to compensate victims in terrorism cases.

To receive compensation, victims must comply with state statutes and rules, which generally require victims to cooperate with reasonable requests of law enforcement and submit a timely application to the compensation program. VOCA funds supplement state efforts to compensate crime victims. Each state compensation program receives an annual grant equal to 60 percent of what the program spends in state money annually. Applications for VOCA formula grants may be submitted online only by the state agency designated by the governor to administer the VOCA victim compensation and assistance program.

Program Name Victim Assistance
FY 2012 Funding See description below
OJP Sponsor OVC
Web Link www.ovc.gov/grants/index.html
Program Contact Toni Thomas, (202) 307-5983, Toni.Thomas@usdoj.gov
Program Description
States and territories receive VOCA funds to support community-based organizations that serve crime victims. More than 4,000 grants are made to domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, child abuse programs, and victim service units in law enforcement agencies, prosecutors' offices, hospitals, and social service agencies. These programs provide services that include crisis intervention, counseling, emergency shelter, criminal justice advocacy, and emergency transportation.

States and territories are required to give priority to programs serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Additional funds must be set aside for underserved victims, such as survivors of homicide victims and victims of drunk drivers.

All states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico receive a base victim assistance amount of $500,000 each. The territories of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa each receive a base amount of $200,000. Additional funds are distributed based on population. Applications for VOCA formula grants may be submitted online only by the state agency designated by the governor to administer the VOCA victim compensation and assistance program.

Program Name Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) Formula Grant Program
FY 2012 Funding $8,688,415
OJP Sponsor BJA
Web Link www.bja.gov/funding.aspx
Program Contact Naydine Fulton-Jones, (202) 514-6661 Naydine.Fulton-Jones@usdoj.gov
Program Description
RSAT helps states and local governments to develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities and to create and maintain community-based aftercare services for offenders. The goal of RSAT is to break the cycle of drugs and violence by reducing the demand for, use, and trafficking of illegal drugs. RSAT enhances the capability of states and units of local government to provide residential substance abuse treatment for incarcerated inmates; prepares offenders for their reintegration into the communities from which they came by incorporating reentry planning activities into treatment programs; and assists offenders and their communities in the reentry process through the delivery of community-based treatment and other broad-based aftercare services.

RSAT funds may be used to implement three types of programs: residential, jail-based, and aftercare. Applications involving partnerships with community-based substance abuse treatment programs are given priority consideration. RSAT programs provide individual and group treatment activities for offenders and must last between 6 and 12 months; be provided in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general correctional population; focus on the substance abuse problems of the inmate; develop the inmate‘s cognitive, behavioral, social, vocational, and other skills to solve the substance abuse and related problems; and require urinalysis or other proven reliable forms of drug and alcohol testing of individuals assigned to RSAT programs in correctional facilities.

The Advocates for Human Potential (AHP) group currently serves as the RSAT training and technical assistance (TTA) providers, assisting grantees and sub grantees with all RSAT programming needs. AHP will be assisted by partners from TASC and the AdCare Criminal Justice Services to provide a comprehensive array of TTA needs including assisting corrections administrators and substance abuse directors in identifying and defining TTA needs; developing and testing trainer curriculum (including Web-based platforms); and developing cost-effective technical assistance responses, including telephonic, Web-based (podcasts and Webinars), in-person consultation, and publication development and dissemination.