Block Grant 2019AWBX0051

The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet received a $340,202 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funds will be used by the Kentucky Department of Corrections to implement improvements identified in the state's SORNA (Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act) Substantial Implementation Review. Specifically, the grant will support retaining...

The Indiana Department of Correction received a $267,973 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing to support implementation of the Adam Walsh Act through September 2024. Under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750), the Indiana Department of Correction will assist the state with developing and enhancing programs to meet requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act....

The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of State Police, Offender Registry Unit will use a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to conduct overtime work for face-to-face verifications as part of a backlog reduction project for open sex offender violations from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Funds...

The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety received a $394,752 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing on October 1, 2021 to support implementation of the Adam Walsh Act through September 30, 2024. Under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750), the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety will develop and enhance programs to implement requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and...

The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety will utilize $384,080 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to enhance the sex offender registry and ensure compliance of all registered sex offenders through September 2030. Key deliverables include maintaining sex offender registry operations on Saipan, developing registry units on...

The Vermont Department of Public Safety has been awarded a $193,941 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant will be used to address challenges around combining multiple data sources to maintain offender compliance and enforce the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requirements. Key activities funded through this three-year grant (October 1, 2024...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections received a $250,000 Project Grant under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office). The grant funds will be used to implement improvements identified in the SORNA substantial implementation review, pay salaries and fringe benefits for four sex offender probation...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing awarded $200,000 to the Justice & Public Safety Cabinet of Kentucky through the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA #16.750) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. This Project Grant aims to assist the Commonwealth of Kentucky with developing and enhancing programs to implement requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Specifically, funding...

The Indiana Department of Correction will use $199,992 in funding from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to contract with various vendors and entities to assist with sex offender registry compliance efforts from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, grant funds will support hiring data collection staff to assist with collecting sex offender information,...

The Arizona Department of Public Safety will utilize a $261,300 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to enhance sex offender registration and compliance efforts from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key deliverables include upgrading technology for sex offender registration and verification functions, developing law enforcement and victim service provider...