The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is offering a new cycle of grant to establish, enhance, and continue PowerDMS law enforcement agency accreditation platform for VLEPSC Law Enforcement Accredited Agency, or VLEPSC Law Enforcement Self-Assessment Agency.
VCSCS/Law Enforcement Grants
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of federal American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds for law enforcement efforts.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of $6.4 million in state general funds to support the use of body-worn cameras in law enforcement.
The JAG program provides sub-grants to local governments and state agencies to support critical funding necessary in a wide range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning and evaluation and technology improvements. For JAG competitive funds, DCJS will list the funding priorities in its published grant guidelines.
The purpose of this grant program is to implement state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including recovery courts, behavioral health dockets, and veterans treatment dockets to reduce violence and strengthen communities. Priority will be given to localities that do not have any existing specialty dockets.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is making federal Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Grant (CESF) funds available to assist eligible applicants in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the coronavirus. The CESF Program is authorized by Division B of H.R. 748, Pub. L. No. 116- 136 (Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations) 28 U.S.C. 530C. This is a competitive solicitation.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of federal American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds for law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime and gun violence, which has disproportionately increased in due to the pandemic and impacted communities.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of $1,500,000 in state general funds for localities to combat hate crimes. DCJS is soliciting applications to make competitive grants to localities within the Commonwealth that have established a partnership program with institutions and/or nonprofit organizations that have been targets or are at risk of being targets of hate crimes.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) will provide education loan repayment benefits to prosecutors and public defenders in Virginia, using federal funds available through the John R. Justice (JRJ) Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to encourage qualified attorneys to choose careers as prosecutors and public defenders and continue in that service.
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (“DCJS”) is pleased to announce the availability of funds through the Local Law Enforcement Block (“LOLE”) Grant Program. The Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program (“JAG”) makes federal funds available to localities to help support their efforts to support public safety or crime prevention efforts. DCJS has been designated to administer a portion of the JAG funds reserved for Virginia and to make those funds available to local units of government. DCJS has designated this program the Local Law Enforcement Block, LOLE, Grant Program.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds to support law enforcement agencies in implementing Marcus Alert and co-response initiatives.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) Office of First Responder Wellness is offering funding to support first responder wellness for current and retired first responders.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is soliciting grant applications from nonprofit organizations to provide post-critical incident seminars and peer-supported critical incident stress management programs to law enforcement agencies and their staffs.
The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in partnership with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce the availability of $535,653 in federal Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds.
Offers funding for relevant school safety personnel within the relevant school division or law-enforcement agency and expenses related to the equipment necessary for relevant school safety personnel and the enhancement of the school-law enforcement partnership through training and programming.
Provides funding to localities to place either a School Resource Officer or School Security Officer in elementary and secondary schools where none currently exist.
The Code of Virginia (§ 9.1-165, et seq.) provides for financial assistance to localities with police departments through the "599" program. Currently, 40 cities, 9 counties, and 126 towns receive "599" funds. The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) administers the program.
The Virginia Substantial Risk Order was initially introduced during the 2015 session of the Virginia General Assembly. The proposed legislation was updated several times since its initial introduction. These updates were influenced by lessons learned from other states, as well as input from a variety of stakeholders, including law enforcement, current and former commonwealth’s attorneys, the Office of the Executive Secretary, legislative legal staff, researchers, public health experts and treatment providers. The current Substantial Risk Order Law was introduced in the 2020 session of the Virginia General Assembly, where it was passed and signed into law. The law became effective on July 1, 2020.
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is now accepting applications for the Virginia Gun Violence Intervention Program (GVIP).