The state will use this award to enhance programs designed to implement the SEX offender registration and notification act (SORNA) portion of the adam walsh act (42 U.S.C. § 16901, ET SEQ.). The…

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts will use this $262,126 block grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance programs implementing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) portion of the Adam Walsh Act. Funds will support developing and strengthening sex offender registration and notification programs consistent with Title I of the Act, known as SORNA.

The award is provided through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG Program, CFDA #16.738) to support additional criminal justice personnel, equipment, supplies, training and information systems. It will allow the Commonwealth to further the JAG Program's goals of protecting the public from convicted sex offenders through establishing a comprehensive national sex offender registration and notification system. Performance will take place in Boston and extend from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023.

The state will use this award to enhance programs designed to implement the SEX offender registration and notification act (SORNA) portion of the adam walsh act (42 U.S.C. § 16901, ET SEQ.). The adam walsh act (AWA) is designed to protect children and adults from sexual exploitation and violent crime, prevent child abuse and child pornography, promote internet safety, and honor the memory of adam walsh and other crime victims. SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted SEX offenders by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration and notification of those offenders. SORNA funds will be used for developing and/or enhancing SEX offender registration and notification programs that support substantial implementation of title 1 of the AWA, known as the SEX offender registration and notification act (SORNA).