The cnmi DPS will use award funds to maintain its operational level on the island of saipan

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring Apprehending Registering and Tracking awarded $400,000 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety on March 1, 2026, under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750).

The award funds sex offender registry operations and law enforcement support across the Northern Mariana Islands. DPS will maintain operational capacity on Saipan while continuing to develop the Sex Offender Registry Unit on Tinian and Rota. The Sex Offender Task Force will conduct community notification activities and increase public awareness regarding victim and public safety. Funding supports a program manager and five law enforcement officers distributed across the three islands who will implement SORNA compliance checks, register and monitor sex offenders, and conduct data collection. The award includes certification and training for law enforcement officers and the program manager, with officer safety training for field operations a focal point. The program manager will assist in registering clients, monitoring compliance, and information gathering.

Period of performance runs from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029. Place of performance is the Northern Mariana Islands.

The program intends to continue developing the SEX offender registry (SOR) unit on the islands of tinian and rota. The SEX offender task force unit has been responsible for community notification and will work to increase public awareness, as well as victim and public safety. The program will focus on certification and training for law enforcement officers and the program manager. Officer safety will be a focal point of training for when officers are conducting field. Funding will also support the program manager and five officers across the three islands (saipan, tinian and rota), who will continue to implement sorna when conducting compliance checks. The program manager will continue to assist in registering and monitoring clients, data collection, information gathering.