[PPT] - NACo County Jail Diversion Forum Allegheny County, PA May 5 & PowerPoint Presentation

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NACo County Jail Diversion Forum

Allegheny County, PA May 5 & 6, 2010 BJA Resources

Lesley Buchan Outreach Coordinator

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Bureau of Justice Assistance Overview

Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance*
Bureau of Justice Statistics
National Institute of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office for Victims of Crime
Community Capacity Development Office
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring,

Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART)

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BJA’s Mission and Goals

BJA supports law enforcement, courts, corrections,

treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice

system. BJA provides leadership, services, and funding to

America’s communities.

BJA recognizes the critical role counties play to ensure

effective justice systems at the local level and recognizes the significant achievements they have made to divert individuals with mental health needs from the justice system.

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BJA Programs

FY 2009 - More than $4 billion distributed through

grants for programs (unusually high due to Recovery Act funding):

Law Enforcement
Justice Information Sharing
Adjudication
Corrections
Justice and Mental Health
Substance Abuse
Crime Prevention
Tribal Justice

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BJA improves the Administration of Justice by:

Supporting and promoting the most promising crime

enforcement, reduction, and prevention practices;

Providing updates to the field through its website,

publications and annual report; and

Supporting and providing training and technical assistance
pportunities in criminal justice program areas.
BJA website - www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/

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BJA Grants

Formula Grants
Earmarks or Congressionally Selected Awards
Discretionary or Competitive Grants
Payment Programs

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BJA 2010 solicitations

About 45 released this year
Highlight a few for today, although there are many
more. For a summary of all solicitations:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/funding/FY10Solicitati

nSummary.pdf

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Second Chance Act – Funded at $100 million for FY10

$37 million for adult and juvenile reentry demonstrations
Closed on March 4, 2010.
$15 million for mentoring grants w/transitional services
Closed on March 18, 2010.
$13 million for targeting offenders with co-occurring substance

abuse and mental health disorders

Solicitation closes on June 3, 2010
$10 million for State, Local, and Tribal Reentry Courts
Solicitation closes on June 3, 2010

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SCA Solicitations cont.

$7.5 million for family-based prisoner substance abuse treatment
Solicitation closes on June 3, 2010
$2.5 million for grants to evaluate and improve education in

prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities

Solicitation closes on June 10, 2010
$5 million for technology careers training demonstration grants for

incarcerated adults and juveniles

Solicitation closes on June 10, 2010

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Justice Reinvestment Program

The justice reinvestment “formula” consists of a

five-step process:

Collect and analyze data to identify key criminal

justice population drivers

develop and implement alternative strategies
document costs and potential savings
reinvest savings
assess impact of reinvestment strategies.

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Justice Reinvestment assists Jurisdictions

Prioritize jail space for those who truly need to be

there

Decide which individuals would be better off in the

community, where services and treatment may be more readily available

Expedite the case processing of those awaiting

trial or disposition

Revise revocation policies
Enhance ability to share data across agencies,

among other things

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Justice Reinvestment at local level

The Urban Institute with funding from BJA, is currently

working with three counties on justice reinvestment activities–

Alachua County, Florida
Travis County, Texas
Alleghany County, Pennsylvania

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Justice Reinvestment funding FY2010

Criminal Justice Improvement and Recidivism

Reduction through State, Local, and Tribal Justice Reinvestment - Solicitation closes on June 10, 2010.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10JusticeReinvestmentSol.pdf
Three categories:
One award ($1 million) to provide overall coordination and oversight of the

justice reinvestment initiative

Two awards ($2,250,000 each) to implement the State-level Justice

Reinvestment Program

Two awards ($2,250,000 each) to implement the Local and Tribal Justice

Reinvestment Program.

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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

In FY2009, BJA made 43 site-based awards for a

total of $7,874,824 in funding.

The FY2010 Program solicitation closed on April 8,

2010

$12 million in funding appropriation for this program
BJA received a total of 280 applications and 275 will

move forward for Peer Review

BJA anticipates making approximately 40-50 funding

awards

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National Initiatives: Justice System Response to Special Populations

Focused on national scope initiatives to develop tools, curriculum,

training and provide technical assistance to state and local governments.

Category 1: Technical Assistance Provider: Linking Information

Systems to Improve Outcomes for Offenders with Mental Illnesses

Category 2: Training Services Provider: Mental Health Court

Curriculum Development.

Category 3: Training Services Provider: Law Enforcement Response

to Individuals with Mental Illness Core Elements Training and Technical Assistance Program.

Category 4: Assessment: Pathways of Women with Mental Illness to

Jails.

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Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Programs

Opportunity to promote innovation and/or evidence-based strategy

to inform criminal justice decision making by practitioners and state and local policymakers and

Seeking national scope projects, but local governments are

eligible if proposing an innovative strategy that could be replicated nationally.

Applications may be submitted under one of three categories
(1) state or local programs that strategically address emerging or chronic

criminal justice issues

(2) innovative strategies for addressing these issues
(3) strategies to sustain innovative or evidence-based programs.

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FY2009 Field-Initiated Program Example

Funded the Vera Institute of Justice for development of a

cost-benefit analysis (CBA) tool

Cost-benefit analysis can assist policymakers by providing

information about the return on investment for various criminal justice decision making.

What are the most cost-effective reentry programs?
Develop a national knowledge bank for cost-benefit analysis in

criminal justice to help practitioners and policymakers better understand the budgetary impact of criminal justice policy choices.

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Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

BJA’s main formula grant program
Primary source of federal criminal justice funding

for state and local jurisdictions

Supports all components of the criminal justice

system

Addresses crime through:
the provision of services to individuals and/or

communities, or by

Improving the efficacy and efficiency of criminal

justice systems.

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JAG Program Overview

Established in 2005 to streamline justice funding and grant

administration.

Supports a broad range of activities and allows states and

local jurisdictions to meet local needs.

During FY 2009, BJA awarded 1476 annual JAG grants plus

3266 grants through the Recovery Act for a total of $2,466,733,273.

Based on a formula that utilizes population and UCR crime

data to determine each state’s allocation – then 60% goes to the state and 40% to local jurisdictions based on their share of the state’s violent crime data.

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Required JAG Purpose Areas:

Law Enforcement Programs
Prosecution and Court Programs
Prevention and Education Programs
Corrections and Community Corrections Programs
Drug Treatment and Enforcement Programs
Planning, Evaluation, and Technology

Improvement Programs

Crime Victim and Witness Programs (other than

Compensation)

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JAG and Substance Abuse/Mental Health

With funding from BJA, the National Criminal Justice Association

(NCJA) surveyed State Administering Agencies in early 2010 seeking data on how states and local communities deployed their Byrne JAG funds.

The data provide a snapshot of how Byrne JAG funds are

deployed in the field.

Mental Health Services – approximately $16 million
Reentry – approximately $44 million
Courts (specialty/problem-solving) – approximately $60 million

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Byrne JAG Spending by Purpose Areas in 2009

*Source NCJA data- from grants awarded in 2009, including Recovery Act funds and any

ther Byrne JAG funds spent in 2009. (This could include funds from FY07, FY08, or FY09).

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Funding opportunities at OJP/BJA

Visit www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/solicitations.htm
View current OJP funding opportunities
Take a look at the

“BJA Guide to Grants”

FY 10 Edition

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/resource/GrantWriting Manual.pdf

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Additional Resources

Improving Responses to People with Mental

Illnesses: Tailoring Law Enforcement Initiatives to Individual Jurisdictions

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pdf/CSG_LE_Tailoring.p

df

National Reentry Resource Center

http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/

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Other Resources

BJA’s Web Site

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA Justice Today (monthly newsletter) https://puborder.ncjrs.gov/listservs/subscribe_bjanew sletter.asp - to subscribe

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Contact Information:

Lesley Buchan, Outreach Coordinator