Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (US)

Deadline: 5-Apr-23

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP). Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) seeks applications for funding under the SMART FY 2023 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program.

The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Support for Adam Walsh Act (AWA) Implementation Grant Program assists jurisdictions with developing and enhancing programs designed to implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). SORNA was enacted to provide a comprehensive set of standards for sex offender registration and notification in the United States.

Goals

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
- facilitate information sharing and access among states, tribes, territories and the District of Columbia.

Objectives

An applicant should address the objectives that are relevant to their proposed program/ project in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
For jurisdictions that have substantially implemented SORNA, the application must explain how the proposed project will support continued implementation of SORNA, enhance current registration and notification programs or address any SORNA requirements that are not fully met, as identified in the most recent SORNA substantial implementation review for the jurisdiction.
For state and territorial jurisdictions that have not yet substantially implemented SORNA, applicants must explain how the proposed project will bring the jurisdiction closer to implementing SORNA based on addressing one or more deficiencies identified in SMART’s most recent SORNA substantial implementation review for the jurisdiction. In addition, for tribal jurisdictions that have not yet substantially implemented SORNA, applicants must have received a SORNA substantial implementation review by the SMART Office, submitted a substantial implementation package for review, or requested and received a “reasonable time” extension from the SMART Office.