The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office) seeks applications for funding under the SMART FY 2024 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program.
Donor Name: Office of Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring Apprehending Registering and Tracking (SMART)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
With this solicitation, the SMART Office seeks to assist jurisdictions with developing and enhancing programs designed to implement SORNA requirements. SORNA requires all states, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories and participating federally recognized Indian Tribes to maintain a sex offender registry; and sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the individual lives, works or goes to school.
Under the Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program, the SMART Office funds projects that assist jurisdictions in implementing SORNA. The program works to improve sex offender registry systems to support and maintain implementation of SORNA’s standards.
The goals of the Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program are to:
- facilitate, enhance, and maintain jurisdictional implementation of SORNA;
- provide training and technical assistance to jurisdictions implementing SORNA; and
- allow for easier information sharing and access to registry information among states, Tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia.
Objectives
The objective of the Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program is to provide support to states, Tribes, territories and the District of Columbia in their efforts to enhance, maintain or implement SORNA standards.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $16,500,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: up to $600,000
Project Period
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) that are eligible per 34 U.S.C. § 20929 to carry out the functions of SORNA and have elected to do so.
- Other eligible applicants are limited to jurisdictions that are defined by SORNA as states, the District of Columbia and the principal U.S. territories
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
