Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary

The Executive Office of the State of Kansas, through its Governor's Grants Program, received a $4.25 million Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) awarded July 1, 2026, with a completion date of June 30, 2029. The award funds subgrants to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and Kansas Judicial Branch to enhance the state's criminal history record systems. The KBI will process backlogs of prosecutor case filings and court dispositions by entering data into Kansas's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) database, improving record accuracy and completeness for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), court investigations, and employment or licensing screenings. The Kansas Judicial Branch will maintain and upgrade statewide criminal history infrastructure while migrating legacy on-premises case management systems—specifically the Supervision Case Management System and Centralized Court Case Management System—to cloud-based platforms to enhance accessibility and system reliability.

The funding supports full-time, part-time, and overtime staffing requirements for both initiatives and includes travel expenses for conference attendance to support ongoing grant program efforts. These activities build on prior NCHIP-funded successes and align with the program's goal of ensuring the quality, completeness, and accessibility of criminal history records nationwide while supporting firearm background checks and broader criminal justice operations.