2016/06/22 Council Agenda Packet

6 and criminal justice professionals who seek to identify and learn about JAG and other successful BJA-funded projects linked to innovation, crime reduction, and evidence-based practices. BJA strongly encourages the recipient to submit annual (or more frequent) success stories. If you have a Success Story you would like to submit, sign in to your My BJA account to access the Success Story Submission form. If you do not have a My BJA account, please register. Once you register, one of the available areas on your My BJA page will be "My Success Stories."Within this box,you will see an option to add a Success Story. Once reviewed and approved by BJA, all success stories will appear on the BJA Success Story web page. B. Federal Award Information BJA estimates that it will make up to 1,161 local awards totaling an estimated $86.4 million. Awards of at least$25,000 are four years in length, and award periods will be from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2019. Extensions beyond this period may be made on a case-by- case basis at the discretion of BJA and must be requested via GMS no less than 30 days prior to the grant end date. Awards of less than $25,000 are two years in length, and award periods will be from October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2017. Extensions of up to two years can be requested for these awards via GMS no less than 30 days prior to the grant end date, and will be automatically granted upon request. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and to any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. Eligible allocations under JAG are posted annually on BJA's JAG web page: www.bja.gov/ProgramDetails.asox?Program 1D=59. Type of Award' BJA expects that it will make any award from this solicitation in the form of a grant. JAG awards are based on a statutory formula as described below: Once each fiscal year's overall JAG Program funding level is determined, BJA partners with the Bureau of Justice Statistics(BJS)to begin a four-step grant award calculation.process which consists of: 1. Computing an initial JAG allocation for each state and territory, based on their share of violent crime and population (weighted equally). 2. Reviewing the initial JAG allocation amount to determine if the state or territory allocation is less than the minimum ("de minimus") award amount defined in the JAG legislation (0.25 percent of the total). If this is the case, the state or territory is funded at the minimum level, and the funds required for this are deducted from the overall pool of JAG See generally 31 U.S.C.§§6301-6305(defines and describes various forms of federal assistance relationships, including grants and cooperative agreements[a type of grant]). 8 BJA-2016-9020 101