The mississippi department of public safety will utilize AWA grant funds for procurement contracts

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART). The grant funds will be used for two primary purposes: 1) Conducting a statewide training symposium for all Mississippi sheriffs' offices and other criminal justice agency personnel responsible for sex offender registration, notification, monitoring, and investigation of failure to register cases and sex offenses, and 2) Standardizing an IT-based solution with the tools necessary for a state or law enforcement agency to identify, collect, and validate erroneous and missing sex offender data. This 3-year grant project aims to enhance Mississippi's sex offender registration and notification systems in compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requirements.

The first contract includes conducting a statewide training symposium for all mississippi sheriffs offices and other criminal justice agency personnel responsible for SEX offender registration, notification, monitoring and investigation of failure to register cases and SEX offenses. The second contract includes standardizing an IT-based solution with the tools necessary for a state or law enforcement agency to identify, collect, and validate erroneous and missing SEX offender.