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PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT <br />FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2013 <br />Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program <br />Countywide State Solicitation <br />The State of Florida, Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), anticipates an award <br />from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) for $7,071,683 in Justice <br />Assistance Grant (JAG) funds. FDLE will distribute these funds in accordance with the <br />JAG Countywide distribution provisions of Chapter 11 D-9, Florida Administrative Code. <br />This announcement is to notify eligible applicants of program requirements. Please <br />note this Program Announcement includes information from the USDOJ relating several <br />areas of national focus and its priorities to help maximize the effectiveness of the <br />Byrne/JAG funding. <br />Eligible Applicants <br />Units of local government are eligible to receive subgrants from FDLE. "Units of local <br />government" means any city, county, town, township, borough, parish, village, or other <br />general-purpose political subdivision of a State and includes Native American Tribes <br />that perform law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. <br />Program Strategy and Purposes <br />JAG blends the previous Byrne Formula and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant <br />(LLEBG) Programs to provide agencies with the flexibility to prioritize and to support a <br />broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their own local needs <br />and conditions. JAG funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical <br />assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and <br />information systems for criminal justice. Local units of government receiving JAG <br />funding have the flexibility to implement projects in any of the seven federally approved <br />purpose areas, listed below. <br />1) Law enforcement programs <br />2) Prosecution and court programs <br />3) Prevention and education programs <br />4) Corrections and community corrections programs <br />5) Drug treatment and enforcement programs <br />6) Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs <br />7) Crime victim and witness programs <br />Any law enforcement or justice initiative previously eligible for funding under Byrne or <br />LLEBG is eligible for JAG funding. <br />Coordination Efforts <br />Each county is allocated a sum of money for use by all local governments within the <br />county. This amount is determined through a funding algorithm established in the <br />administrative rule. <br />Page 1 28 <br />