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State Administering Agencies

Tennessee SAA

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
[email protected] (email)
https://www.tn.gov/finance/office-of-criminal-justice-programs.html (website)

Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
[email protected] (email)

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
[email protected] (email)

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program

Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration
Office of Criminal Justice Programs
[email protected] (email)
Office of Criminal Justice Programs (tn.gov) (website)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Juvenile Justice Specialist

Zanira Whitfield
Juvenile Justice Specialist
502 Deaderick St., 9th FL 
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
615-532-1582 (telephone)
615-741-5956 (fax)
[email protected]

State Planning Agency

Richard Kennedy
Executive Director
502 Deaderick St., 9th FL
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
615-532-1570 (telephone)
[email protected]

State Advisory Group (SAG)

Charmaine Kromer
State Advisory Group Chair
3310 Perimeter Dr.
Franklin, TN 37064
615-250-7200 (telephone)
[email protected]

Compliance Monitor

Zanira Whitfield
Juvenile Justice Specialist
502 Deaderick St., 9th FL
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
615-532-1582 (telephone)
615-741-5956 (fax)
[email protected]

RED Coordinator

Linda Copeland
Director of Youth Justice
502 Deaderick St., 9th FL
Nashville, TN 37243-0800
615-532-1588 (telephone)
[email protected]

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

OVC Victim Assistance for Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration
615-770-3986 (telephone)
https://www.tn.gov/finance/office-of-criminal-justice-programs/ocjp/ocjp-grants-manual/redirect-fund-source-chapters/fund-source-chapters/voca.html

OVC Victim Compensation for Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Treasury
Criminal Injuries Compensation
615-741-2734 (telephone)
https://treasury.tn.gov/Services/Claims-and-Risk-Management/Criminal-Injuries-Compensation

Date Created: January 2, 2020