Deadline: 16-May-24
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office) invites applications for funding under the SMART FY 2024 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program.
This program furthers DOJ’s mission by assisting states, the District of Columbia, principal U.S. territories and certain federally recognized Indian Tribes with implementation and ongoing maintenance of requirements under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).
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 and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.
With this solicitation, the SMART Office seeks to assist jurisdictions with developing and enhancing programs designed to implement SORNA requirements. SORNA requires all states, the District of Columbia, the principal U.S. territories and participating federally recognized Indian Tribes to maintain a sex offender registry; and sex offenders to register and maintain a current registration in each jurisdiction where the individual lives, works or goes to school.
The AWA Implementation Grant Program assists jurisdictions with developing and enhancing programs designed to implement SORNA requirements.
Objectives
- The objective of the Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program is to provide support to states, Tribes, territories and the District of Columbia in their efforts to enhance, maintain or implement SORNA standards.
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;
- Allow for easier information sharing and access to registry information among states, Tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $16,500,000
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount per Award: up to $600,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 60
- Period of Performance Start Date: October 1, 2024
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 36
Eligibility Criteria
- Tribal applicants must demonstrate eligibility status by indicating that the Tribe has elected to carry out the requirements of SORNA and has not had its registration duties under SORNA delegated since that election. Tribes that have elected to carry out the requirements of SORNA should submit a tribal resolution that documents the Tribe’s election to do so.
- The SMART Office will prioritize funding to the following:
- state, Tribal and territorial applicants that have already substantially implemented SORNA;
- Tribal applicants that have submitted a SORNA substantial implementation package to the SMART Office for review, or submitted a request for additional time to implement SORNA;
- Tribal applicants that have not implemented SORNA, but whose SORNA registration activities have not been delegated to the state, if the requested funds will be used to assist the Tribe with progressing toward substantial implementation;
- state applicants that have not implemented SORNA, but whose application request is for activities that will be used to further their efforts to implement SORNA; and
- Jurisdictions that have not previously received funding under this program.
- For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, as well as the District of Columbia. “Territory” means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.