Project Grant 2011VNCX0015

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) was awarded a $524,874 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program (CFDA 16.828). The grant, titled the "North Carolina Trauma-Informed Engagement and Supervision (NC TIES) Project," aims to enhance the capacity of 240 probation/parole officers (PPOs) supervising specialty caseloads to use trauma-informed engagement and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) will support the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) in improving the alignment of policies, practices, and programming within the state's juvenile facilities with best practices. The $1,323,816 award will fund three key objectives: (1) developing a Youth Facility Assessment for Best Practice, (2) using...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the North Carolina Department of Public Safety $388,816 on October 1, 2025, under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners formula grant program (CFDA 16.593) to sustain and expand addiction treatment and reentry services for incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders across four state correctional facilities. The award funds residential substance abuse treatment at Greene...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $149,192 to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) on October 1, 2021 for completion by September 30, 2025. The Block Grant funding will support accessibility improvements for educational materials and audited facilities to ensure the agency's compliance with the National Standards to prevent sexual abuse as established...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime awarded the North Carolina Department of Public Safety $500,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to develop a centralized, trauma-informed, user-friendly platform enhancing victim access to services across North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety's Governor's Crime Commission will design and deploy an interactive, searchable service...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety will receive $935,808 under a Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) program (CFDA 16.593) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Funding will support substance use disorder treatment programs at two state correctional facilities, including a 64-bed program at Greene Correctional Institution and a 140-bed...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) was awarded a $142,107 Formula Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, a federal grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. This grant, with a performance period from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2026, will support NCDPS's efforts to enhance public safety, reduce crime, and strengthen the state's criminal justice system. The funding will be used to...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554), grants $725,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to modernize the state's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) repository. The award will fund the replacement of SLED's more than 40-year-old mainframe system with an updated platform, enabling numerous improvements such as the addition of a civil applicant processing...

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) awarded a 4.5-year, $550,000 Cooperative Agreement to Westat, Inc. to serve as the data collection agent for the 2024-2027 Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC) under the Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies program (CFDA 16.734). Westat will field the annual survey, work with BJS to explore survey enhancements, cognitively test revised and new questions, and field an addendum on a mutually agreed topic. Westat's extensive experience...

The Maryland Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) was awarded a $222,547 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.550 - State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers) to conduct four projects between October 1, 2024 and September 30, 2026. The projects aim to: Develop and improve juvenile justice data collection processes to bridge the gap between the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems, creating partnerships...