Project Grant 2003WPBX0001

This $100,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Office will support the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety in enhancing its sex offender registry and victim notification system. Specifically, the grant will fund the development of a Victim Referral and Communication Portal that will modernize the Department's outdated manual victim enrollment,...

The Vermont Department of Public Safety was awarded a $193,941 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funding will enable the department to address challenges around combining multiple data sources to maintain offender compliance and enforcement of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...

The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services received a $200,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funds will support three key activities: 1) Providing sex offender registry training to state law enforcement, 2) Reimbursing local jurisdictions for sex offender registrant...

The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety received a three-year, $330,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing to support implementation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. Under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750), the Executive Office of Public Safety will develop and enhance programs to...

The Rhode Island Department of Public Safety received a $308,157 federal Project Grant award from the Office of Justice Programs to maintain essential staff positions and digitize sex offender records to support compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funding will retain a program coordinator and program analyst responsible for managing the state's sex offender...

This $245,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) will support the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) in enhancing the state's sex offender registration and notification system under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Specifically, the funding will be used to: 1) Continue recommended improvements to Pennsylvania's SORNA compliance...

The Kentucky Department of Corrections received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funds will be used to implement improvements identified in the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) substantial implementation review, pay salaries and benefits for four sex...

The Missouri Department of Public Safety was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Office. The grant funds will be used to support the customization and implementation of the SORT 2.0 tool, a system that enhances the state's sex offender registration and notification...

The Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of State Police, Offender Registry Unit will use a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to conduct overtime work for face-to-face verifications as part of a backlog reduction project for open sex offender violations from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Funds...

This $238,061 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) will enable the Michigan State Police to enhance the Michigan Sex Offender Registry (MSOR) system. Specifically, the funding will be used to improve in-person compliance checks, increase digital signing capabilities, enhance data entry processes, and...