Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice

The Nebraska Commission On Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice (doing business as Nebraska Crime Commission), a U.S. state government entity based in Lincoln, Nebraska, acts as a federal grant recipient administering criminal justice and victim services programs funded by the Department of Justice and other federal agencies. The Commission is a child entity of the State of Nebraska and does not hold federal contracts; it receives formula grants and distributes subawards to local criminal justice partners and community organizations throughout the state.

The Commission's grant portfolio centers on DOJ funding across five primary programs. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs dominates by award count (73 awards), with concentrated volume from the Office on Violence Against Women (29 awards), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (29 awards), the Victims of Crime office (22 awards), and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (10 awards). Recent representative work includes a Title II Formula Grant (CFDA 16.540) from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded July 1, 2026, for $385,667 to achieve compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act through enhanced partner training and community-based intervention programs for status offenders and youth development, running through June 30, 2030. The Commission received a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) formula grant (CFDA 16.593) from the Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2025, for $121,721 to fund outreach, residential and jail-based substance use disorder treatment programs, and reentry services for incarcerated individuals across Nebraska through September 30, 2029. The Commission also administers Violence Against Women Act formula grants from the Office on Violence Against Women supporting sexual assault services (Sexual Assault Services Formula Program, CFDA 16.534) and domestic violence intervention (STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, CFDA 16.588), both running through mid-2029. The Victims of Crime office funds victim compensation and victim assistance services through formula grants (CFDA 16.575 and 16.576) with awards completing through September 30, 2028.

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years (eight to nine awards annually in 2022–2024, declining to five in 2025 and two in 2026), with fourteen awards reaching completion in the next twenty-four months. The Commission's subaward footprint is modest (4% of 184 total awards), routing funds to the State Patrol Nebraska (five subawards supporting criminal background check systems, protection order portals, and incident-based reporting improvements) and the Nebraska Department of Transportation (one subaward supporting seatbelt compliance and traffic safety initiatives). The Commission itself acts as prime recipient on 96% of awards, managing the majority of formula grant administration directly rather than flowing all work through subrecipients.