Montana Board Of Crime Control

Montana Board Of Crime Control, doing business as Crime Control Division, is a U.S. state government entity and planning commission operating as a recipient of federal criminal justice and victim services grants, headquartered in Helena, Montana. The organization functions as the state's designated pass-through entity, administering federal funding to local agencies, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, and criminal justice partners throughout Montana. As a state government structure, Montana Board Of Crime Control does not compete for federal contracts; it operates exclusively in the grant space, receiving 172 awards across all federal sources with no federal contract prime or sub work.

Montana Board Of Crime Control's grant portfolio centers on criminal history data systems improvement, juvenile justice prevention and diversion, violence reduction, victim services, and substance abuse treatment in correctional facilities. Representative recent work includes a $621,419 Title II Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030) to strengthen juvenile justice through prevention programs, community-based services, family engagement, and tribal partnerships; a $700,000 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP, CFDA 16.554) Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029) to improve criminal history data quality and national system sharing through AI-based analytics and enhanced data quality assurance; and a $966,206 Family Violence Prevention and Services domestic violence shelter and supportive services formula grant from the Administration on Children and Families (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027) distributed to local and tribal organizations. Montana Board Of Crime Control also administers multi-year formula grants for sexual assault services, STOP Violence Against Women programs, crime victim assistance, juvenile delinquency prevention, drug task force enforcement, and forensic science improvements.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Department of Justice sub-agencies. The top five funding sources account for 90 percent of recent awards: the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs broadly (74 awards), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (39 awards), the Office on Violence Against Women (27 awards), the Victims of Crime agency (8 awards), and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (6 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all 172 awards total $101.1 million. Activity has moderated recently—ten awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, twelve in 2024, four in 2025, and two so far in 2026—with nineteen awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete or renewal cycles.

Montana Board Of Crime Control operates as a child entity within the Montana Department of Public Health parent structure. The grant portfolio is characteristically formula-driven, with recurring multi-year awards under Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office on Violence Against Women, and Victims of Crime programs, reflecting the state pass-through model in which the Board receives federal allocations and redistributes them to subrecipient organizations.