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The County of Suffolk Police Department received a $150,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to deliver transdisciplinary crisis response training strategies to Suffolk County police officers. Funded under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, the three-year project beginning October 1, 2021 aims to educate and prepare officers to appropriately interact with individuals experiencing...

This $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women will fund activities under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The County of Suffolk NY Department of Probation, as awardee, will work with project partners to continue improving the jurisdiction's criminal justice system response to domestic violence, dating...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $963,415 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to the Unified Court System of New York State's Office of Court Administration. The grant will fund the Suffolk County Judicial Diversion Program (SCJDP), an adult drug court, to expand services and enroll 180 eligible participants over the 48-month grant period from October 2024 to September 2028. The grant supports the SCJDP, a...

The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) in Georgia will receive $860,454 under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The funding will support CJCC's initiative to expand substance use treatment programs in Family Treatment Drug Courts throughout Georgia. CJCC aims to customize treatment options for participants and their children based on each court's jurisdiction. The agency will...

The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, administered by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance and authorized under the CFDA 16.738 federal grant program, awarded $106,948 to Suffolk County, New York for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. As a block grant, the funding supports a wide range of activities to prevent and control crime based on local needs and conditions, including initiatives in law...

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) in Rochester, New York received a $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Justice Systems Response to Families Program (CFDA 16.021). The grant supports a comprehensive effort to improve the civil and criminal justice system's response to families affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Monroe County, New York. Key activities...

The Unified Court System of New York State has been awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the SAFE (Surviving and Finding Empowerment) Court program, formerly known as the Rochester Human Trafficking Intervention Court, to provide enhanced services for offenders with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health...

The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) and Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS) will provide services to victims of human trafficking through September 2025 under a $750,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime. Specifically, the SCATI task force led by SCPD and VIBS will continue investigating and prosecuting human traffickers while strengthening partnerships and expanding services for victims. Key deliverables include...

The County of Suffolk, New York, received a $440,828 formula grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance's DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741/16.036) to enhance the capacity and efficiency of the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory's Biological Sciences Section. The grant funding will be used to: Purchase new and replacement DNA extraction, quantitation, amplification, and storage equipment, as well as updated DNA analysis software to increase the...

The Eastern Suffolk BOCES was awarded a $899,997 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to improve educational, vocational, and transitional programs for inmates in the Suffolk County Correctional Facilities and upon their return to the community. The BOCES, serving as the awardee, will work with inmates sentenced to county time to expand current jail-based educational and...