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The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice sharing initiatives. JAG-funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures. Established to streamline justice funding and grant administration, the JAG Program allows states to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on their specific needs and conditions. The purpose of these programs are to provide state agencies with the critical funding necessary to support a wide range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and courts, prevention & education programs, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment, planning, evaluation, & technology improvement, and crime victim-witness tools as well as to develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in state and local correctional and detention facilities and to create and maintain community-based aftercare services for offenders. Due to the limited amount of RSAT funding available and the restrictions on the funding, the application process for RSAT is combined with this Byrne JAG program. Funds may be used for state and local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, and criminal justice information systems for criminal justice that will improve or enhance such areas as: (1) Byrne JAG: (a) Law enforcement programs; (b) Prosecution and court programs; (c) Prevention and education programs; (d) Corrections and community corrections programs; (e) Drug treatment and enforcement programs; (f) Planning. Evaluation and technology improvement programs; (g) Crime victim and witness program tools (other than compensation); and (2) RSAT: (a) Correctional substance abuse treatment programs. Proposed projects that will develop and implement substance abuse treatment programs in state correctional and detention facilities and to create and maintain community-based aftercare services for offenders may be used to implement three types of programs: residential, jail-based, and aftercare. Proposed projects that will improve or enhance law enforcement efforts are encouraged to consider programs that are evidence-based and data-driven, and that have been proven effective. This allows the State of Georgia to maximize resources and more efficiently target emerging and chronic crime problems, thus preventing crimes before they occur and ultimately lessening the burden on the justice system overall. All proposed projects are required to address one or more of the following statewide goals: (1) Promote safe communities and stable families where children can thrive; (2) Provide a safe environment where Georgians live, work, and play; (3) Provide a safe, secure state by effectively managing and rehabilitating offenders; (4) Promote homeland security and emergency preparedness for natural and man-made disasters or acts of terrorism; (5) Reduce loss of life and injury on Georgia’s roads. In addition to these goals and strategies, the State of Georgia is committed to keeping violent crime at the lowest levels possible and encourages planning between agencies to ensure the proposed projects are comprehensively aligned with both the state strategic plan and your state agency strategic plan. This will, no doubt, ensure coordination and a more effective criminal justice system.