The Delaware Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) received a $0 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics under the State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers (CFDA 16.550) federal grant program. The award period was from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020 to build Delaware's capacity to use incident-based reporting system data. The State Justice Statistics Program aims to provide financial and...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded $701,308 under the National Criminal History Improvement Program to the Delaware State Police for upgrades and enhancements to the Delaware Criminal Justice Information System. The goal of the National Criminal History Improvement Program is to ensure the quality and completeness of criminal history record systems. Under this cooperative agreement, the Delaware State Police will work with the Delaware...
The Department of Safety & Homeland Security's Delaware Emergency Management Agency Division has been awarded a $627,965.42 Project Grant under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program (CFDA 97.047). This award will fund a 3-year project to enhance hazard mitigation and disaster resilience capabilities across the state of Delaware. Specifically, the grant will support planning, infrastructure hardening, and capacity...
This $686,433 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738), will support the expansion of forensic firearms examination capabilities and gun crime intelligence integration efforts in Wilmington, Delaware. The City of Wilmington Police Department will use grant funds to hire a contractual firearms examiner to allow its crime gun intelligence center-certified...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,069,325.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (CFDA 17.261) program, supports the Delaware Department of Labor's Division of Employment and Training in enhancing its state-level workforce data infrastructure and analytical capabilities. The funding will enable the division to develop, expand, and improve its longitudinal administrative database that...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $150,000 cooperative agreement to the Delaware State Police under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. The award, titled DELAWARE FY 2021 NARIP, will fund efforts to ensure mental health, domestic violence and expungement related records residing in the Delaware Criminal Justice database are accurate and compliant. A subaward of...
The Delaware Criminal Justice Council will receive $600,000 under a four-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will support enhancements to the Wilmington Community Court (WCC) through September 30, 2026. Key activities include narrowing the WCC's geographic focus to better serve the historically underserved community in Wilmington, Delaware;...
The Department of Safety & Homeland Security, Delaware Emergency Management Agency received a $172,551.82 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities federal grant program (CFDA #97.047). The grant will support hazard mitigation activities from December 2023 through December 2025. The BRIC program aims to reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards by supporting cost-effective and resilient...
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) was awarded a $199,398 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA #66.608). Through this award, DNREC will develop an online mapping tool and web-based reporting system to enhance its management of sanitary sewer overflows in Delaware. Specifically, DNREC...
The Department of Safety and Homeland Security Division of Forensic Science in Delaware received a $650,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The funding will enable the Division to decrease turnaround times and maintain its zero DNA case backlog through the purchase of new equipment and supplies. Funds will also support continuing education for DNA analysts. By the end of the 2-year award...