Grant Details:
Application Due Date: May 2010 est

Description: 

The Bureau of Justice Assistance directs that every four years the State Administering Agency (SAA) for the Byrne Assistance grant develop a statewide strategy for drug and violent crime control programs that intend to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on drug trafficking, violent crime, and serious offenders. This strategy covers the period fiscal year 2004 to 2008. Hawaii’s SAA is the Department of the Attorney General.

A critical part of the strategy is the justification for the need of a program effort and the inadequacy of resources to deal with it. Hawaii’s Byrne strategy addresses five major crime priority areas that need resources in order to increase public safety: offender services to reduce recidivism (includes drug treatment), violent crime, cyber crimes, property crimes, and drug interdiction.

A variety of sources were used to obtain data to support selection of each priority area. This includes the Uniform Crime Report, reports and data from applicable agencies, survey of criminal justice needs, staff participation in multi-agency criminal justice and drug meetings on specific topics, researched national data, and information from national and local trainings.

Hawaii has designated programs (under the priority areas) that it plans to fund. Hawaii’s strategy includes 13 programs to address the five priority areas and a requisite criminal justice records improvement program. The 13 programs are:

Substance Abuse Treatment
Alternatives to Incarceration
Mental Health Treatment/Case Management
Sex Offender Management and Treatment
Elder Abuse
Homicides
Cyber Crimes
Property Crimes
Organized Crime/Narcotics
Marijuana Task Force
Community Prosecution
Drugs and Other Serious Crimes
Criminal Justice Record Improvement

These selected programs may change depending on the final funding decisions made by the SAA and approved by BJA. The SAA will, as required, provide BJA with annual updates if the strategy changes or programs are added or eliminated.

This multi-year Byrne strategy supports and is consistent with several of the goals of the state Drug Control Strategy and the priorities in the National Drug Control Strategy; thereby increasing resources to deal with issues related to drug treatment and interdiction.

Organization Information:
Organization: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Adrian Kwock
Contact Email: adrian.p.kwock@hawaii.gov
Contact Phone: 808-586-1150

More Information:
http://hawaii.gov/ag/cpja/main/gp/