Project Grant FPEI220118

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...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) provides $374,986 to the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office to strengthen intellectual property (IP) enforcement in Oregon and beyond. The key goals are to: 1) Aggressively investigate and enforce IP theft, focusing on counterfeit drugs and auto parts that pose health and safety risks; 2) Engage in community and...

The New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General, was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752). The grant will support the New Jersey State Police's efforts to enhance criminal investigations capabilities related to intellectual property enforcement statewide through an established task force. The goals of this 2-year project...

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will fund the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to create a community awareness toolkit. The toolkit will include training curricula, videos, handouts, and other resources for law enforcement to use in educating communities on topics such as gender-based violence...

This $1,500,000.00 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Trans-National Crime federal grant program (CFDA 19.705). The project 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 award was made to the Center For Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. (doing business as...

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...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $323,365 Project Grant under the Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752) to the Michigan State Police (MSP) and the Michigan Attorney General's Office (MIAG). The grant will fund a Focused Organized Retail Crimes Enforcement Task Force to investigate large-scale organized retail crime and intellectual property crimes in Michigan. Key activities include: Conducting sworn overtime investigations,...

This $850,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity under the Private Enforcement Initiatives (CFDA 14.418) program supports Project Sentinel, Inc., a non-profit organization in Santa Clara, CA. The grant funding will enable Project Sentinel to conduct fair housing enforcement and outreach activities to promote equitable housing access and combat housing discrimination. Key activities...

The State Attorneys Office-17Th Circuit in Broward County, Florida received a $499,998 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). The grant supports the Enhancing Investigations and Prosecution of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (EIP) project, which aims to improve the capacity of law enforcement and prosecutors...

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...