To: Board of Supervisors
From: David O. Livingston, Sheriff-Coroner
Report Title: Budget Amendment No. DBA-25-00176 ) for a U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Award (JAG).
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE Budget Amendment No. BDA-25-00176, authorizing new revenue in the amount of $897,915 from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for a U.S. Department of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Award (JAG), to fund the General Fund (100300) Sheriff County Patrol (cost center 2505), District Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, and Probation, to support various justice and law enforcement related programs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this request will result in an increase in revenues and appropriations of $897,915 in the Sheriff’s Office General Fund department and is funded 100% by Federal funds. There is no required County match and any departmental costs above the grant award amount, including those beyond the grant funding period, will be absorbed by the respective participating department and within their existing allocations. There will be no County backfill.
BACKGROUND:
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The JAG Equipment and Training Program Grant provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution, indigent defense, courts, crime prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, technology improvement, and crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.
The following departments met to discuss this one-time non-competitive grant opportunity and agreed upon a funding split of up to $200,000 for each, except for the Office of the Sheriff. The Office of the Sheriff’s allocation includes additional funding for serving as the Lead Public Agency (LPA) to serve as coordinator for all grant activities including grant management and administration, for the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Equipment and Training Program. The additional allocation will cover management and administration costs of the grant, including personnel and operational costs directly related to grant management (AL #16.738)
The participating County Departments and grant budgets are as follows:
Office of the Sheriff’s Allocation: $330,920
District Attorney’s Office Allocation: $200,000
Probation Department’s Allocation: $176,507
Public Defender’s Office Allocation: $190,488
Total grant award: $897,915
The Office of the Sheriff’s allocation will fund for and increase the Office of the Sheriff’s fleet by three (3) patrol vehicles.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the Board does not approve, the Office of the Sheriff would be unable to accept the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) Equipment and Training Program FY 2025-2026 Grant Award funds on behalf of itself, the District Attorney’s Office, the Probation Department and the Public Defender’s Office.