Department Of Justice Wisconsin

Department of Justice Wisconsin, a division of the State of Wisconsin Governor's Office, operates as a federal grant recipient and state administering agency (SAA) managing criminal justice, law enforcement, and victim services programs funded through federal grants and interagency agreements. The entity does not compete as a prime contractor on federal contracts; instead, it receives direct federal grant awards and administers pass-through funding to local and tribal agencies across Wisconsin. A small portion of the footprint consists of sole-source purchase orders for specialized law enforcement information systems and services.

The Wisconsin DOJ's federal funding portfolio centers on victim services, law enforcement capacity-building, forensic science modernization, and criminal justice data infrastructure. Recent representative work includes a $1 million continuation grant from the Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.528) awarded August 2026 to expand training and victim services for abuse of people age 50 and older across Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha Counties; an $811 thousand formula grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) awarded July 2026 to coordinate mental health, education, law enforcement, and youth services for juvenile justice system enhancements; a $720 thousand Cooperative Agreement from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554) awarded July 2026 to modernize Wisconsin's criminal history record repository through NCIC-NIEM XML conversion, LiveScan device deployment, and legacy fingerprint scanner replacement; and a $4.922 million formula grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CFDA 93.775) awarded October 2025 to fund the Wisconsin Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's investigation and prosecution of provider fraud and patient abuse.

Customer concentration reflects Wisconsin DOJ's role as both a direct recipient and fiscal agent for U.S. Attorneys' offices. The top five funding agencies by award count—the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (103 awards), Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (55 awards), Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (32 awards), Department of Justice Victims of Crime (28 awards), and Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (27 awards)—account for 52% of recent awards. By dollar value, the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 ranks second with 24 awards worth $158 thousand combined value, reflecting recurring sole-source purchase orders for TIME system (Transaction Information for Management of Enforcement) access providing Wisconsin law enforcement information to VA medical centers. The FBI Headquarters Division, the Army Installation Management Command Southwest Region, and the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Secret Service round out the top-five potential-value customers.

The Wisconsin DOJ administers formula grants, project grants, cooperative agreements, and block grants across multiple federal grant programs. Grant work spans victim compensation and assistance (VOCA, CFDA 16.525–16.527), violence against women services and training (VAWA STOP, Sexual Assault Services, and Grants to Improve Criminal Justice Response, CFDA 16.588–16.590), juvenile justice and delinquency prevention (Title II Formula Grants, CFDA 16.540), substance abuse treatment in criminal justice settings (RSAT, CFDA 16.593), forensic sciences capacity (DNA analysis, Paul Coverdell program, CFDA 16.036 and 16.742), criminal history record improvement (National Criminal History Improvement Program, CFDA 16.554), and opioid and drug trafficking response (COSSUP, HIDTA, anti-heroin and anti-methamphetamine task forces, CFDA 16.753–16.886 and related programs). Recent awards of note include a $7 million Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSUP) grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.886) awarded October 2024 to expand pre-arrest diversion programs and implement technology solutions statewide, and a $1.382 million Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant (CFDA 16.036) awarded October 2024 to increase DNA sample analysis capacity and reduce turnaround times for state and local law enforcement.

The Wisconsin DOJ also serves as fiscal agent on behalf of the U.S. Attorneys' offices for the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, administering Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grants to address violent crime in Milwaukee and the Greater Madison area. Administrative oversight for grant work is based in Madison, Wisconsin. The entity subcontracts to other state agencies and community-based organizations; recent sub-awards include work under the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services on youth alcohol and other drug abuse (AODA) programming and cybercrime capacity-building efforts through the Wisconsin Statewide Intelligence Center (WSIC).

Activity has averaged roughly 24 awards per year across the recent five-year window; 38 awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months face recompete or continuation decision. The Wisconsin DOJ holds no parent contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, or GSA Schedules) and does not compete as a prime contractor on federal construction or IT services contracts. Its footprint is entirely grant and grant-administration driven, reflecting its statutory role as designated state administering agency for federal criminal justice formula grants and its appointment as fiscal agent for federal prosecutors pursuing violent crime reduction.