Grant Details:
Open Date for Application:
September 2012 est
Application Due Date: October 2012 est
Description: Justice Assistance Grant – Law Enforcement (JAG LE) The Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program was passed the last week in November 2004, in the federal budget (created in HR 3036, funded in HR 4818). JAG combines the previous grant programs of Byrne and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) into one broad grant program. JAG utilizes a new formula to determine each state’s allocation—50% population, 50% violent crime reported.
Eligibility - Open to law enforcement agencies not eligible for direct federal funding.
- Per Ohio Revised Code Section 5502.62 (C)(6), all law enforcement agencies must be compliant with reporting crime statistics, using either the Ohio Incident-Based Reporting System or Uniform Crime Reporting, in order to receive funding through OCJS.
- Local 10 percent cash match required for all grants.
- Applications available in early October; submission deadline in mid-November.
- Hiring, training, and employing on a continual basis, new, additional law enforcement officers and necessary support personnel.
- Paying overtime to employed law enforcement officers and necessary support personnel for the purpose of increasing the number of hours worked by such personnel.
- Procuring equipment, computer technology, and other materials directly related to law enforcement functions. Allowable costs include equipment needed to implement OIBRS. Funded OIBRS projects will be required to report OIBRS data within a specified time after completion of the subgrant, and the records management system vendor must be an Ohio-certified OIBRS vendor.
Calendar Dates
Organization Information:
Organization: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Walter Brown
Contact Email: wbrown@dps.state.oh.us
Contact Phone: 614-728-5466
More Information:
http://www.ocjs.ohio.gov/grants.stm#tog
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