Under this award, the kentucky justice and public safety cabinet (KJPSC) requests funds to improve access and reporting of adult and juvenile dispositions and mental health submissions to nics

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), will provide $1,396,000.00 to the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (KJPSC) from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2026.

The funding will enable the KJPSC to improve access and reporting of adult and juvenile dispositions and mental health submissions to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The KJPSC will grant a subaward to the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice to purchase a module set and four modification sets for their Juvenile Key Offender Management System (JKOMS). These upgrades will result in improved juvenile record management and increased submission of record data to federal databases, where permissible by state law.

The KJPSC proposes to grant a subaward to the department of juvenile justice. Funds allocated to the kentucky department of juvenile justice will be used to purchase one module set (expanded essential functions) and four modification sets: jkoms modification set 1 (essential offender functions and administrative office of the courts), jkoms modification set 2 (electronic health records), jkoms modification set 3 (essential offender functions), and jkoms modification set 4 (essentail offender and management functions). These efforts will result in improved juvenile record management within the commonwealth of kentucky and increased submission of record data to federal databases, where permissible by state law.