Justice Assistance Grant Program, 2016

• NCJ Number: 250157
• Author(s): Alexia D. Cooper, PhD, BJS Statistician
• Date Published: September 2016
• Publication Series: Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program
• Publication Type: Publication

Annotation

Describes the steps used in the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) formula calculation process and presents summary results of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 calculations.

Abstract

Describes the steps used in the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) formula calculation process and presents summary results of the fiscal year (FY) 2016 calculations. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 merged two grant programs to establish the JAG program. The Bureau of Justice Assistance administers the program, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics calculates the formulas. States and localities receive funds based on their resident population and violent crime data reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

Highlights

• The total allocation for the 2016 JAG funding was approximately $274.9 million, of which $268.2 million went to states and $6.7 million to U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
• The five states with the largest total allocations included California ($30.5 million), Texas ($21.4 million), Florida ($17.8 million), New York ($15.6 million), and Illinois ($10.4 million).
• A total of 1,501 local governments were eligible for awards, either directly or through a joint award with other governments within their county. The five local governments eligible to receive the largest awards were New York City ($4.3 million), Chicago ($2.1 million), Houston ($1.7 million), Philadelphia ($1.7 million), and Los Angeles ($1.4 million).
• Two states had 100 or more local governments eligible to receive award funds either directly or through a shared award, California (214) and Florida (118).