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Resolution Authorizing Grant Application and Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2017
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Department: Police
Council District: All
Public Hearing: 8/21/18
Advertising Date/By: 8/9/18
Contact 1 and Phone: Chief Wayne Scott, 373-2085
Contact 2 and Phone: Stephanie Moore, 373-2352
PURPOSE:
Collectively, the City of Greensboro, City of High Point and Guilford County have been awarded an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2017 funding of $209,245. Award notification was received June 26, 2018. On August 6, 2018, City Council was presented with a resolution calling a public hearing for August 21, 2018 to consider authorizing grant application and execution of a Memorandum of Understanding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2017. Council is now requested to adopt the attached resolution and Memorandum of Understanding.
BACKGROUND:
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program awards are formula-based, non-competitive federal criminal justice funds which do not require a match. JAG allocations are based on violent crime and population and the local unit of government award allocations are based on their proportion of the state's 3-year violent crime average. The Greensboro Police Department will serve as the lead/fiscal agency for the FY 17 JAG for the award period of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2020.
This grant is a disparate allocation between the Greensboro Police Department, High Point Police Department and Guilford County Sheriff's Department. A disparate allocation occurs when a city or municipality is allocated more funds than the county, while the county bears more than 50 percent of the costs associated with prosecution or incarceration of the municipality's Part 1 violent crimes. These agencies have agreed to reallocate $209,245 JAG funds to the Greensboro Police Department...
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