STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Government Affairs
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance for the FY 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Grant No. TBD, CFDA No. 16.738) in the amount of $1,115,605.00 to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2024; (2) receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $1,115,605.00 in the Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant FY 21 Fund; (3) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $1,115,605.00 in the Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant FY 21 Fund; (4) execution of the grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement; and (5) execution of a Funds Sharing and Fiscal Agency Agreement between the City of Dallas, Dallas County, and designated units of local governments - Not to exceed $1,115,605.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Justice Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
Part E of Title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, and the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (the "JAG Program") authorize the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make funds available to units of local government in order to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.
The JAG Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds can support all components of the criminal justice system from multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces, crime prevention, courts, corrections, treatment, and justic...
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