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Maria Carolina Rozas 202-616-1728

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DELIVERS MORE THAN $5 BILLION

TO ASSIST STATES LAST YEAR

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? States and localities received more than $5.47 billion from the Justice Department in Fiscal Year 2002 to assist with criminal justice activities, according to a report released by the Department today.? The largest category of funding was for law enforcement at $2.51 billion. The next largest category was for addressing substance abuse at $985.2 million.? Subsequent funding categories included juvenile justice at $656 million, nearly $647 million for counterterrorism, almost $541 for victims and $129.38 million in the community-based category.

?We are committed to making federal funding information available to federal, state and local officials so they can make informed decisions about allocating resources to their programs,? said Attorney General John Ashcroft.? ?By partnering with state and local policymakers, we can invest our funds wisely to ensure public safety.?

The Justice Department awarded states and territories $249.77 million more in Fiscal Year 2002 than in Fiscal Year 2001.? The majority of states received increased funding.? Because many of the larger grants are awarded to states based on population, heavily populated states received more funding than less populated states.? The funding report also includes discretionary grants that are awarded competitively to communities or nonprofit agencies including faith-based organizations.

Law Enforcement

Almost 46 percent, or $2.51 billion, of the total amount was awarded for initiatives such as hiring and training police officers, training emergency first responders and purchasing equipment. Funds awarded by the COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) Office are included in this category as are the Bulletproof Vest Program grants, which are new to the report this year.? The COPS Office provides grant funding to advance community policing in jurisdictions across the country.

Substance Abuse

$985.2 million was targeted at substance abuse.? Funds were awarded for interdiction and enforcement efforts and prevention and drug treatment programs, including drug courts.

Juvenile Justice and Counterterrorism

Juvenile justice activities received $656 million and nearly $647 million was dedicated to counterterrorism efforts, a new functional area added to the report this year.? The counterterrorism category includes money for training emergency first responders and purchasing equipment, as well as research and development of counterterrorism technology.? Juvenile justice funds include money for delinquency prevention programs such as mentoring and reducing gang violence.?

Support for Victims

The majority of funding in the victims category (almost $541 million) went directly to states to provide compensation and assistance for crime victims and to combat domestic violence and sexual assault.? This figure included money that was awarded to several states to compensate victims in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Community Assistance Through Weed and Seed

A large portion of the community-based category funding, $129.38 million last year, is provided through the Weed and Seed program.? Weed and Seed is a strategy that aims to prevent, control and reduce violent crime, drug abuse and gang activity in targeted high-crime neighborhoods.

For the second consecutive year, the Justice Department is providing an annual report detailing all funding the Department?s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office have awarded to each state and territory.? The report is available online at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fy2002grants and www.cops.usdoj.gov

The Justice Department report lists specific grantees in each state alphabetically by city within six functional areas and summary information for each city.? There is also a separate listing of all grants to the state alphabetically by city.?

A list of the total grant amounts awarded to each state is attached.? State points of contact can be found at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/state.htm? Information about the COPS Office and its programs can be found at www.cops.usdoj.gov? The state funding reports are available only on the OJP and COPS Office Web sites at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fy2002grants and www.cops.usdoj.gov, respectively.

The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership in developing the nation?s capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims.? OJP is headed by an Assistant Attorney General and comprises 5 component bureaus and 2 offices: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and the Office for Victims of Crime, as well as the Executive Office for Weed and Seed, and the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education.? Information about OJP programs, publications, and conferences is available on the OJP Web site, www.ojp.usdoj.gov

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND

OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

FY 2002 AWARDS BY STATE

STATE	AWARD AMOUNT
Alabama	$70,810,865
Alaska	$44,925,163
Arizona	$111,940,556
Arkansas	$47,251,719
California	$649,026,833
Colorado	$73,102,022
Connecticut	$98,676,509
Delaware	$19,186,300
District of Columbia	$73,239,889
Florida	$254,214,418
Georgia	$169,800,576
Hawaii	$23,364,467
Idaho	$30,322,224
Illinois	$177,798,657
Indiana	$70,538,312
Iowa	$44,594,080
Kansas	$45,848,576
Kentucky	$69,838,511
Louisiana	$77,858,217
Maine	$28,113,529
Maryland	$153,100,204
Massachusetts	$110,312,028
Michigan	$115,489,574
Minnesota	$68,200,019
Mississippi	$72,039,328
Missouri	$87,533,002
Montana	$34,546,836
Nebraska	$33,857,202
Nevada	$52,713,832
New Hampshire	$73,363,335
New Jersey	$157,538,435
New Mexico	$63,311,968
New York	$496,338,422
North Carolina	$97,377,019
North Dakota	$21,065,025
Ohio	$118,285,341
Oklahoma	$72,874,090
Oregon	$67,916,871
Pennsylvania	$141,272,544
Rhode Island	$27,491,844
South Carolina	$74,655,374
South Dakota	$57,807,980
Tennessee	$89,508,346
Texas	$316,189,964
Utah	$59,486,370
Vermont	$25,968,803
Virginia	$257,546,471
Washington	$105,154,822
West Virginia	$49,910,896
Wisconsin	$78,287,669
Wyoming	$19,294,366
American Samoa	$5,569,629
Guam	$8,602,736
Northern Mariana Islands	$3,657,838
Puerto Rico	$54,586,959
Virgin Islands	$18,247,010
TOTAL	$5,469,553,574

April 2003