Program provides grants to assist states and units of local governments with developing and implementing residential substance abuse programs within state and local correctional facilities.

The National Criminal History Improvement Program was created to ensure that accurate records are available for use in law enforcement, including sex offender registry requirements, and to protect public safety and national security.

The intent of the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) program is to provide states and units of local government with funds to develop programs to promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system. As such, JAIBG funds must be used to address one or more of the 12 program purpose areas contained in the legislation which generated the JAIBG funds.

Program to provide assistance to state and local governments to construct, expand, develop, modify, operate or improve correctional facilities.

This program is designed to provide financial assistance to state and units of local government, for the purpose of increasing the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, detention, rehabilitation, eradication, and treatment of persons who violate state and local laws relating to violent crime, the production, possession and transfer of controlled substances, and to improve the criminal justice system.

Justice Assistance Grants Program

The Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program was designed to streamline justice funding and grant administration. The program blends funding for Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance (also known as ADAA) and Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) programs to provide agencies with the flexibility to prioritize and place justice funds where they are needed most.

Byrne grants supported government programs that enable the enforcement of Illinois drug laws and help decrease the likelihood of violent crime. LLEBG program funds provided local governments with funding to underwrite projects that reduce crime and improve public safety. JAG funds can be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and information systems for criminal justice for any one or more of the following purpose areas:

• Law enforcement
• Prosecution and court.
• Prevention and education.
• Corrections and community corrections.
• Drug treatment programs.
• Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement.

Illinois combined federal fiscal year 2004 Byrne Formula and LLEBG awards from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance totaled $19.6 million. Illinois federal fiscal year 2005 JAG allocation was $14.3 million, an approximate 25 percent reduction in funds. Program planning is under way for designation of the funding.