SMART FY 2024 Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website

The summary for the SMART FY 2024 Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website 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 SMART, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

SMART FY 2024 Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office), is seeking an application for funding under the FY 2024 Maintenance and Operation of the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW.gov). NSOPW.gov provides the public with information about registered sex offenders and facilitates information sharing among jurisdictional registry officials. NSOPW.gov provides the public with a single U.S. government website that links the states, the District of Columbia, territory, and Tribal public sex offender registries in one national search site. The front-end operations of the NSOPW.gov website is maintained by the Office of Justice Programs. OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this funding opportunity, the SMART Office seeks to continue assisting jurisdictions in making their sex offender data available in response to searches conducted on NSOPW.gov, along with related technology tools to assist jurisdictions with registering and tracking sex offenders, sharing information about registered sex offenders with other jurisdictions, and providing community notification and information about registered sex offenders to the public. This program furthers the DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights.