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eGrants - Project Summary (MAKE SURE YOU CLOSE THIS PAGE Page 5 of 19 The anticipated funding levels for the )ustice Assistance Grant program are as follows: • Minimum Award - None • Maximum Award - None • The Justice Assistance Grant program does not require a grantee to provide matching funds. For more information regarding grantee match, please click on the Budget tab, and then click on the Source of Match tab in eGrants. Note: If you voluntarily include matching funds that exceed the minimum match requirement, you will be heid to that amount throughout the grant period. Program Requirements Note: The requirements for this fund source are subject to change pursuant to actions of the U.S. Congress. Preferences - Preference will be given to projects that perform the following activities: 1. Increase the presence of law enforcement along the Texas-Mexico Border and other ports-of-entry. 2. Target statistically supported areas of violent crime. 3. Promote the use of interlocal agreements (Texas Government Code, Chapter 791) to target statistically identified major threats to a specified geographicai area. 4. Promote intelligence sharing, crime reporting and communication. 5. Provide law enforcement equipment to jurisdictions that were not eligible for direct funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice Assistance Grant Program. Program Areas Applicant assures that its proposed project meets at least one of the following Program Areas to be eligible for funding: Law Enforcement - Supports state and local law enforcement agencies that address violent crime or statistically supported major crime initiatives at the local levei. Note: Law enforcement agencies applying for equipment only or agencies applying to provide law enforcement training must apply under this program area unless they are seeking to purchase or enhance technology. Prosecution and Court - Programs that improve the prosecution of serious and violent crimes, including those that reduce the time from arrest to disposition. T~Chnology - Programs that implement or expand a law enforcement agency's ability to report and analyze crime. Appiicant assures that any criminal intelligence databases developed under this program will comply with 28 CFR Part 23. Qrua Tre m n - Programs_that target substance abuse treatment for juveniles or adults who have been court ordered to participate, including drug courts and projects that serve as alternatives to incarceration. Drug Treatment Projects Projects that target substance abuse treatment for juveniles or adults under the Drug Treatment program area (as defined above), are required to complete the following information: Note: If this program area is not appficable, please continue to the Drug Court Type item, and then select 'N/A' for all of the items in the drug court projects section. After sefecting 'N/A; continue to the 'Program Income' item. Mandatory Drug Courts - Pursuant to Texas Health and Safety Code §469.006, counties with a population of more than 200,000 are required to establish a drug court. Applicants from these counties must aiso apply to the federal government for any funds available to pay the costs of the program. A county with a population of 200,000 or more that does not establish and maintain a drug court program is ineligible to receive state funds for a community supervision and corcections department, and grants for substance abuse treatment programs administered by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division. https://cj donline.governor. state.tx.us/Proj ect/GrantPrintableSummary.aspx?PrintCode=O&... 8/22/2008 . OOU334 . . . . . . _ . . . . . _ . . . T, , T . . . T.._._.....,.....