The Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 2022.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $59,000,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. OJP’s BJA administers SCAAP. Under SCAAP, OJP is statutorily required to make payments to “states” and “units of local government” that incur certain types of costs due to the “incarceration” of “undocumented criminal aliens” during a specific 12-month reporting period.
Under the FY 2022 program, payments will be made in connection with “undocumented criminal aliens” who had been convicted of at least one felony or two misdemeanors (typically for violations of state or local law) and who were “incarcerated” under the legal authority of the applicant government for at least 4 consecutive days during the “reporting period.”
As part of its application, each applicant government provides particular information about individuals it “incarcerated” — under its own legal authority — for at least 4 consecutive days during the “reporting period” and whom the applicant government either (1) knows were “undocumented criminal aliens” or (2) reasonably and in good faith believes were “undocumented criminal aliens.” (OJP transmits the data submitted on such individuals to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a detailed review.) As part of its application, each applicant government also must provide information pertinent to its average costs of incarceration during the “reporting period.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $59,000,000
- Period of performance duration: 12 months
Eligibility Criteria
- City or township governments
- State governments
- County governments.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.