This $171,210 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act program (CFDA 16.816) funds the State of Ohio Department of Higher Education to administer a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for eligible prosecutors and public defenders. The program supports the recruitment and retention of talented legal professionals in public service roles by...
The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA), a state government entity, received a $103,422 Formula Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance's John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act program (CFDA 16.816). The grant funding supports LOSFA's administration of a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for eligible state prosecutors and public defenders in Louisiana. LOSFA will provide up to...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $101,941 under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) Formula Grant program to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission. The grant will incentivize prosecutors and public defenders to choose or remain in public service positions by lessening the burden of educational debt obligations through substantial and meaningful loan repayment awards. The Commission will conduct an...
The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) received a $122,249 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) federal grant program. GSFC will administer the program to assist with recruitment and retention of qualified local, state and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors in Georgia through September 2024. Specifically, GSFC will...
The Office of Emergency Services in Mather, California received a $114,006 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2018 to support student loan repayment assistance programs through September 30, 2020. The grant funding supports the goals of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act program (CFDA 16.816), which aims to help states recruit and retain prosecutors and public defenders by...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $270,432 Formula Grant under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program to the Florida Department of Education. The goal of the grant is to effectively recruit and retain qualified prosecutors and public defenders by providing student loan repayment assistance. The Florida Department of Education will administer the statewide program, which will target attorneys with the least...
The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC), operating as Arizona Corrections Support, was awarded a $129,616 Formula Grant under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will enable ACJC to establish and maintain a statewide student loan repayment assistance program for local, state, and federal public defenders as well as...
The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services was awarded a $118,442 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program on October 1, 2023. The grant funding will be used to administer the John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program, which provides student loan repayment assistance to help retain qualified state and local prosecutors as well as state and federal public defenders in Missouri. The Office of...
The Washington State Department of Commerce is awarded a $133,652 Formula Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act (CFDA 16.816) program. The grant will support the state's efforts to recruit and retain talented local, state, and tribal public defenders and prosecutors through a student loan repayment assistance program. The two-year grant, effective from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will...
The New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) will receive $113,416 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act program. HESAA will administer a student loan repayment assistance program for eligible prosecutors and public defenders in New Jersey's state and local criminal justice system from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The goal is to...