Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety
Overview The Law Enforcement area of the division administers grants to help police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and state troopers better serve and protect Alabama residents. It also serves to provide funding for improving forensic science services and prevention/treatment initiatives for inmates and troubled youth. Some grant funding helps law enforcement agencies obtain new or updated […]
Overview The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program (Byrne JAG) is the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. The program 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 […]
Domestic Violence Trust Fund is a state funded grant that provides funds to assist certified DV Shelters in Alabama. This program is funded through the Marriage Licenses fees that are collected throughout the State of Alabama. In order to receive these funds, the agency must be certified through the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The […]
Established in 2009, the Sexual Assault Services Grant Program is the first federal funding stream solely dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and assistance for victims of sexual assault by supporting rape crisis centers and other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. The purpose of SASP is to provide core services, direct intervention, advocacy, accompaniment (i.e., accompanying […]
Established by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, this grant program seeks to develop and implement law enforcement and prosecution strategies to effectively decrease violent crimes against women. Also, these grants help to develop and enhance services provided to the victims of violent crimes. Eligible applicants include state agencies, public or private nonprofit organizations, units of local governments, Indian tribal governments, nonprofit and […]
The Victim Assistance program, established by the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, administers grant funding to eligible crime victim assistance programs that provide direct victim assistance to crime victims. The Victim Assistance program gives priority to programs that assist victims of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and to victims who have been identified […]
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) grant program assists the state in efforts to prevent incidents of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence: provide immediate shelter and supportive services to victims of family violence and access to community-based programs for victims of family violence, domestic violence, or dating violence and their dependents; provide […]
The Human Services Unit of the ADECA’s Law Enforcement and Traffic Safety Division administers grants for victim programs. These awards help fund services for many nonprofit organizations that help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse, as well as populations that are identified as previously underserved. Many of these organizations operate emergency shelters, […]
Traffic Safety Records Improvement Program Highway Traffic Safety will continue funding for the development of several projects such as a data entry system for EMS data for use in the field called RESCUE, continuing work on the EMS analysis portal, the SAFETY portal and other analysis portals, completing and deploying MapClick which is the new […]
Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Training Program The grant enables the state Office of Prosecution Services to provide local prosecutors and law enforcement with the proper training and technical assistance to obtain convictions in traffic stops and crash-related cases involving impaired drivers. In addition to providing training and expertise for the state’s 42 elected district attorneys, […]
