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eGrants - Project Summary (MAKESUIth YUU CLUZ)t lni,-) rHVn cl <br />The anticipated funding levels for the ]ustice Assistance Grant program are as foliows: <br />• Minimum Award - None <br />• Maximum Award - None <br />• The Justice Assistance Grant program does not require a grantee to provide matching funds. <br />ciick on the Budget tab, and then click on the Source of Match tab in eGrants. <br />For more information regarding grantee match, please <br />Note: If you voluntarily include matching funds that exceed the minimum match requirement, you will be held to that amount throughout <br />the grant period. <br />Program Requirements <br />Note: The requirements for this fund source are subject to change pursuant to actions of the U.S. Congress. <br />Preferences - Preference wili be given to projects that perform the foliowing activities: <br />1. Increase the presence of law enforcement aiong the Texas-Mexico Border and other ports-of-entry. <br />2. Target statisticaily supported areas of violent crime. <br />3. Promote the use of interlocai agreements (Texas Government Code, Chapter 791) to target statistically identified major t rea s o <br />a specified geographicai area. <br />4. Promote intelligence sharing, crime reporting and communication. <br />5. Provide law enforcement equipment to jurisdictions that were not eligible for direct funding from the Bureau of )ustice Assistance <br />under the Justice Assistance Grant Program. <br />Program Areas <br />feast one of the following Program Areas to be eligible for funding: <br />Appiicant assures that its proposed project meets at <br />Law Enforcement - Supports state and local law enforcement agencies that address violent crime or statistically supported major crime <br />initiatives at the local level. <br />Note: Law enforcem.ent agencies applying for equipment only or agencies applying to provide law enforcement training <br />must apply under this program area unless they are seeking to purchase or enhance technology. <br />Prosecution and Court - Programs that improve the prosecution of serious and violent crimes, including those that reduce the time from <br />arrest to disposition. <br />Technoloav - Programs that implement or expand a law enforcement agency's ability to report and analyze crime. Appiicant assures that <br />any criminal intelligence databases developed under this program will compiy with 28 CFR Part 23. <br />Drua Treatment - Programs-that target substance abuse treatment for juveniies or adults who have been court ordered to participate, <br />including drug courts and projects that serve as alt&natives to incarceration. <br />Drug Treatment Projects <br />Projects that target substance abuse treatment for juveniles or adults under the Druq Tr____._eatrT!e~t Program area (as defined above), are <br />required to complete the following information: <br />Note: If this program are~ i~o eCYPPe~ct'o'n ~ Atier select g N/Anc~ontin~ e Court to theyProg2m In~omen itesele m~ ,N/A' for all of <br />the items in the drug cou p) <br />Mandatory Drug Courts - Pursuant to Texas Health and Safety Code §469.006, counties with a population of more than 200,000 are <br />required to establish a drug court. Applicants from these counties must also apply to the federal government for any funds available to pay <br />court <br />rug <br />program ineli ~ble to recePve sta e fu ds for a commun ty s'uperv s o0n a0nd~orrections departmentsaab~lig~a ts foaisubstantain abuse treatme t'S <br />the <br />9 <br />programs administered by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division. <br />https:Ucj donline. governor. state.tx.us/Proj ect/GrantPrintableSummary.aspx?PrintCode=O&... 8/22/2008 <br />