SMART FY 15 Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program

The summary for the SMART FY 15 Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Department of Justice, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
SMART FY 15 Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program: The Support for Adam Walsh Act (AWA) Implementation Grant Program assists jurisdictions with developing and/or enhancing programs designed to implement requirements of SORNA. In summary, SORNA requires: (1) all States, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories, and participating federally recognized Indian tribes to maintain a sex offender registry; and (2) sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the offender resides, is an employee, or is a student. SORNA also sets forth requirements for sex offender registries, to include: specified required information, duration of registration, and in-person verification of sex offender identity as well as participation in the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW), and the utilization of the SORNA Exchange Portal. For more specific information about compliance with SORNA and access to the National Guidelines and Supplemental Guidelines on Sex Offender Registration and Notification, please visit www.smart.gov/sorna_tools.htm#sornaguidelines. For information and resources on SORNA, visit www.smart.gov.

Goals, Objectives, and Deliverables
The SMART Office is interested in proposals that facilitate, enhance and maintain jurisdictional implementation of SORNA.

For jurisdictions that have not yet substantially implemented SORNA, applicants must explain how the proposed project will bring the jurisdiction closer to implementation. Discussion of a jurisdiction’s planned activities should include information regarding the jurisdiction’s SORNA implementation working group. The working group plan should include a list of the working group members and their responsibility regarding SORNA implementation. It is expected that successful grantees will report on their jurisdiction’s working group meetings in their quarterly progress reports. This requirement does not apply to jurisdictions that have already been found to be substantially implementing SORNA.

For those jurisdictions that have already substantially implemented, the application must explain how the proposed project will either support continued compliance with SORNA or enhance their registration/notification program.

In developing and/or enhancing efforts or programs designed to implement or maintain compliance with SORNA, applicants may propose specific strategies and projects including, but not limited to, the following examples:

Examples of strategies and projects to develop or enhance jurisdiction-wide SORNA implementation programs or functions:

All applicants:

• Enhancing infrastructure to assist implementation of SORNA, such as for the collection, storage, submission or analysis of sex offender biometric data (finger and palm prints) and DNA. See budget information on page 6 including referenced footnote for more information.
• Developing or enhancing law enforcement and other criminal justice agency information sharing at the jurisdiction level as well as between and among jurisdiction level agencies and local level agencies.
• Implementing records management projects, such as converting documents to digital format as required by SORNA.
• Providing support for coordinated interagency efforts to enhance implementation of SORNA requirements.
• Developing and implementing training for law enforcement and other criminal justice agency personnel responsible for sex offender registration, notification, monitoring, or management,
• Enhancing address verification tactics, collaborating with other jurisdictions and agencies on absconder investigations, and expanding community education and prevention programs related to sex offender registration, notification, or management.


Tribal applicants:

• Tribes that have elected to carry out the requirements of SORNA are encouraged to apply for funding to support SORNA implementation activities carried out by a consortium of tribes that have elected to implement SORNA. Several tribes may choose to form a consortium to share resources (e.g., hardware, digital fingerprint equipment, kiosks; joint staff or shared registry office space; , share a public website; or collaborate on enforcement activities or other facilities used for registration. An application to fund such a collaborative approach or project must include supporting documentation, such as an interagency agreement, a memorandum of understanding, or a letter of cooperation, which demonstrates the collaborative endeavor from each member jurisdiction of the consortium.
• Tribes that have been found to have substantially implemented SORNA may apply for funding to create and improve sustainment strategies, including but not limited to developing community education programs on sex offender topics or collaborations with intra–tribal organizations including victim service agencies, courts, probation, schools and other entities. An application to fund such a collaborative approach or project must include supporting documentation from the included tribal organizations detailing how the collaboration will be effectuated. The application should also detail how such strategies will sustain and support the tribe’s sex offender registration and notification program.
• Tribes that have been found to have substantially implemented SORNA may apply for funding to develop or enhance their inter-jurisdictional cooperation, including but not limited to information-sharing infrastructure improvement.


States, Territories and the District of Columbia:

• According to the SORNA national guidelines, jurisdictions may carry out sex offender registration and notification functions through their political subdivisions, to include units of local government. Previous state recipients of AWA Implementation grants that have delegated sex offender registration and notification functions to political subdivisions are encouraged to include support for local units of government in their project activities.
• States may apply to support efforts of local or state units of government (including P.L. 280 tribes) to develop or enhance their sex offender registration and notification functions as they pertain to tribal nations that have been delegated to the state for the purpose of substantial implementation of SORNA.
• State jurisdictions that include P.L. 280 tribes are encouraged to design projects that address SORNA implementation as it relates to these tribes.
• State jurisdictions that have Tribal SORNA Jurisdictions within their borders may apply for funding to enhance their collaboration with SORNA tribes including but not limited to enhancing information sharing such as tribal access to data input into NCIC/NSOR . An application to fund such a collaborative approach or project must include supporting documentation, such as an interagency agreement, a memorandum of understanding, or a letter of cooperation, which demonstrates the collaborative endeavor from each member jurisdiction involved in the collaboration.

Additional Information Required
State and territory applicants that are eligible to receive Byrne/JAG reallocation funding should describe how the project complements the work that the jurisdiction plans to perform with that reallocation funding. Applicants should ensure that the project involves activities that are separate from or complement the tasks being performed with the SORNA reallocation funding, so as to avoid receiving duplicate funds for the same activity.
Federal Grant Title: SMART FY 15 Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program
Federal Agency Name: Department of Justice
Grant Categories: Law Justice and Legal Services
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: SMART-2015-4074
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 16.750
CFDA Descriptions: Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program
Current Application Deadline: Apr 16, 2015
Original Application Deadline: Apr 16, 2015
Posted Date: Jan 29, 2015
Creation Date: Jan 27, 2015
Archive Date: May 16, 2015
Total Program Funding: $13,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $400,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $10,000
Expected Number of Awards: 70
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
State governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Additional Information on Eligibility
District of Columbia and principal U.S. territories
Link to Full Grant Announcement
http://www.smart.gov/pdfs/SMARTFY15AWA.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact
Faith Baker Associate Director Phone 202-305-2586
[email protected]

Department of Justice 202-305-2586
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