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The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (EBMGP) was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988, allocating approximately $200 million dollars to municipalities both local and state. The allocated money was used in efforts to reduce drug-crimes and support drug control, which was of national concern at the time. [1]
Agencies in Sangamon County, Macon County and Champaign County will get a combined $266,129 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program.
The Justice Department has historically given out over $250 million in funding per year to state and local law enforcement agencies through the Byrne JAG grant program.
Department of Justice. $750 million over five years for Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program crisis prevention programs This sum is allocated to states to support the creation and maintenance of crisis intervention programs for state courts, including red flag law programs and mental health court, drug court, or veterans' court programs ...
Edward Byrne (February 21, 1966 – February 26, 1988) was a police officer in the New York City Police Department who became well known in the United States after he was murdered in the line of duty. Byrne's father had also been an NYPD officer. Byrne had joined the NYPD on July 15, 1986, and was stationed in the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, Queens.
The county is to receive or applying for grant money for everything from law enforcement, to COVID-19 protection. Monroe County approves over $500,000 in grant applications Skip to main content
$3.385 billion in law enforcement grants (an increase of $107 million from FY 2020), including $513.5 million for Violence Against Women Act programs, $484 million for Byrne JAG, $386 million for the Community Oriented Policing Services Program, $244 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, $189 million for sexual assault kit ...
Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.