The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for its State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $59,000,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), the OJP of the DOJ makes payments to eligible “states” and “units of local government” that incur certain types of costs due to “incarceration” of “undocumented criminal aliens” during a particular 12-month reporting period. The reporting period for the FY 2023 program is July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (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 2023 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.” (Note: 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.”
Correctional Purposes
With respect to a “state” or “unit of local government,” use of a SCAAP payment for “correctional purposes” means:
- Use of the funds to pay any cost reasonably attributable to that government’s operation of a “correctional facility” for its own use such as:
- Salaries and wages paid to employees who work primarily and directly in the “correctional facility” regardless of whether those employees are “correctional officers.”
- Costs of employment benefits provided to (or on behalf of) employees who work directly in and for the “correctional facility.”
- The reasonably allocable portion of the salaries, wages, and benefits paid to employees who, although not primarily and directly working in and for the “correctional facility,” provide necessary services either to the correctional facility (e.g., administrative support) or the individuals “incarcerated” in the correctional facility (e.g., medical care, transportation).
- Repair, maintenance, and “overhead” (e.g., utilities) costs reasonably attributable to operation of the “correctional facility.”
- Use of the funds for payments to a “contract correctional facility” that are reasonably attributable to “incarceration” of individuals in such a facility on behalf of (pursuant to the legal authority of) the pertinent “state” or “unit of local government.”
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: 210,416,630
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: 59,000,000
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
12
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
For purposes of the FY 2023 program: “State” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
