Project Grant FPEI220093

The City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), through a $375,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752), will implement the 2023-2025 "Protect LA from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy" program. The program aims to reduce and prevent the spread of counterfeit/illicit pharmaceutical drugs and electronics/automotive parts throughout the Los Angeles region. Key...

The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, through its Office of the Attorney General, was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The grant will fund the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) Intellectual Property Enforcement Task Force to increase its criminal investigations capabilities statewide. The task force will collaborate with federal, county,...

The North Carolina Secretary of State received a $375,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). This award is supporting the expansion of the statewide Anti-Counterfeiting Trademark Taskforce, which now includes over 100 members from local law enforcement agencies, campus police, and state/federal partners across North Carolina. The grant is enabling the taskforce...

The Disability Law Center has been awarded a $850,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Private Enforcement Initiatives (CFDA 14.418) program. The grant funds will be used to provide fair housing services in Utah, including enforcement of fair housing laws, fair housing testing, and education and outreach activities. The project aims to ensure that individuals from all protected classes are free from housing discrimination and have equal...

This $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime program (CFDA 19.705), will expand the accessibility and usage of non-commercial databases and complementary tools that identify wealth held by politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their relatives and affiliates. The primary awardee, the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4Ads), is a non-profit organization that specializes in...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded a $450,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to Seneca Family of Agencies to implement the Contra Costa County Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Capacity-Building Initiative. The project aims to improve the response and intervention system for youth at risk of or involved in commercial sexual exploitation in Contra Costa County, California. Key activities include: Providing...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Training, Inc. (IADLEST) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of this 2-year award, with a start date of October 1, 2024, is for IADLEST to modernize the Code of Police Ethics and establish a national model standard for law...

The Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in New York received a $374,995 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to enhance its Intellectual Property/Anti-Counterfeiting Unit. The funding is being used to acquire additional technology to investigate and prosecute individuals engaged in the illegal trafficking of counterfeit goods within the county's jurisdiction, which serves a population of over 1.5 million...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of Houston's Houston Police Department a $366,609 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The funding will enable the department's Major Offenders Division Target Offenders Squad to coordinate with federal, state, and local law enforcement as well as industry representatives to disrupt criminal enterprises engaged in the illegal production, distribution, and sale of counterfeit goods that...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to NW3C, Inc., a Virginia-based non-profit organization. The purpose of this two-year project is for NW3C to create a community awareness toolkit with training curricula, videos, handouts, and other resources for law enforcement agencies to use in educating their communities...