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The Jefferson County Commission received a $102,455 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Gulf States Regional Law Enforcement Technology Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.843) program. The award period was from December 1, 2019 to November 30, 2021 to improve information and intelligence sharing with adjacent jurisdictions and throughout the Gulf States region. Specifically, the funding...

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office in Birmingham, AL received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant will be used to implement the following key activities over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September 2027: Establish a Domestic Violence High Risk Team model to enhance investigations and...

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office (JCDA) in Birmingham, Alabama received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) program (CFDA 16.833). The funding will support a multidisciplinary response to address unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) in the jurisdiction. Key activities include: Testing unsubmitted SAKs to investigate and prosecute sexual assault cases...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $833,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to the County of Jefferson, Alabama. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will support the following key activities: Improve the continuity of care and treatment services for individuals in the county's two jails and the community with co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) and mental health disorders. Increase treatment...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations Program (CFDA 16.031), awarded a $1,000,000 project grant to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office on October 1, 2024. The grant supports the office's "New Orleans Emmett Till Project, Undoing Jim Crow Cold Cases Initiative" to identify, research, and catalog cold case civil rights homicides, including those involving LGBTQ+ victims. Key activities include collaborating with the New Orleans...

This three-year, $534,680 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will fund the development and operation of a new Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) program called REACH in Alabama. Led by the University of Alabama's Forensic Assessment, Intervention, Research, and Evaluation program, the project aims to address Alabama's shortage of competency...

The City of Birmingham received a $1,998,001 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The grant will fund a 3-year project to expand the Jefferson County Family Resource Center's reentry services for court-involved youth ages 16-19. Key project activities include hiring four additional caseworkers, developing life-skills and restorative justice curricula,...

The County of Jefferson, Alabama was awarded a $544,459 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the Jefferson County Co-Occurring Court (COC) to provide treatment court services for individuals with substance use disorders involved in the criminal justice system. As the primary...

The Jefferson Parish Government was awarded a $1,000,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Jefferson Parish Reentry Program. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA #16.812), with a completion date of September 30, 2025. The Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative aims to reduce recidivism and help individuals returning from prisons and jails to successfully...

The Jefferson County Commission in Birmingham, Alabama will receive $1,521,800 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand peer recovery services and evidence-based treatment, including medication-assisted treatment, for individuals at high-risk of overdose who are habitual offenders. Ninety percent of the budget will support evidence-based substance use disorder treatment related to opioids, stimulants, and other...