The alabama administrative office of courts (AOC) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding to improve the completeness and accuracy of alabamas criminal…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded $803,572 to the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts on July 1, 2026, through Cooperative Agreement 15PBJS25GK02239NCHI under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554).

The Alabama Administrative Office of Courts will execute a statewide initiative to resolve approximately 78,587 pending criminal cases lacking legally valid final dispositions in Alabama's court case management systems. The caseload includes aged backlog cases filed in 2017 or earlier and unresolved cases filed between 2018 and 2024. The project encompasses case backlog review and categorization, targeted interim judicial assignments, coordinated case resolution efforts, and enhanced disposition reporting validation, with priority given to aged felony cases and high-impact matters. The work is designed to improve arrest-to-disposition linkage in Alabama's criminal history repository and the FBI's Interstate Identification Index, strengthen criminal history record completeness, and establish scalable procedures to reduce future gaps in disposition reporting.

Place of performance is Montgomery, Alabama 36104. The period of performance runs through December 31, 2027.

The alabama administrative office of courts (AOC) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding to improve the completeness and accuracy of alabamas criminal history records by addressing criminal cases that lack legally valid final dispositions. A statewide review identified approximately 78,587 pending criminal cases without final outcomes recorded in alabamas court case management systems, including older backlog cases filed in 2017 or earlier and more recent unresolved cases filed between 2018 and 2024. Through this project, AOC will implement a structured statewide initiative that includes case backlog review and categorization, targeted interim judicial assignments, coordinated case resolution efforts, and enhanced disposition reporting validation. The project will prioritize aged felony cases and other high-impact matters that prevent arrest events from being linked to final outcomes within alabamas criminal history repository and the fbis interstate identification index. The initiative will operate over a revised one-year funding period and is designed to improve arrest-to-disposition linkage, strengthen criminal history record completeness, and support more accurate criminal justice and background check processes. In addition to resolving backlog cases, the project will establish scalable procedures to improve ongoing disposition reporting and reduce future gaps in criminal history records.