The kentucky department of corrections will utilize AWA grant funds to support the implementation of sorna, enhance the current registration and notification program, and address sorna requirements…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing awarded the Kentucky Department of Corrections $354,276 on March 1, 2026, under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to implement Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requirements and enhance sex offender registration and notification programs. The recipient will fund four sex-offender probation and parole officer positions, covering salary and fringe benefits, and send two staff members to the National Symposium of Sex Offender Management and Accountability. Performance takes place in Frankfort, Kentucky, with a period of performance from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029.

The kentucky department of corrections will utilize AWA grant funds to support the implementation of sorna, enhance the current registration and notification program, and address sorna requirements that have not been fully met. To accomplish this, AWA grant funds will be used to pay salary and fringe of four SEX-offender probation and parole officer positions; and send two staff to the national symposium of SEX offender management and accountability; .