Primary Department: District Attorney
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Sean Teare, District Attorney
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Application
Project ID (if applicable):
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs/Bureau of Justice Assistance
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 5%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Rate is not 0% and is listed above.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the District Attorney for approval to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs/Bureau of Justice Assistance for grant funds in the amount of $600,000, with no required match, for the FY25 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program.
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Background and Discussion:
Office of Justice Program (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ's mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.
This notice of funding opportunity supports conviction integrity units (CIU) and wrongful conviction review (WCR) entities. CIUs enhance criminal justice system integrity. WCR entities represent and review individual cases of post-conviction claim of innocence. The goal of this program is to strengthen the capacity of CIUs and WCR entities and their criminal justice and victims' services partners to mo...
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