Item Title: | SO - FY21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) Grant Award (2022-0456) |
Submitted By: | Sheriff Richard D. Wiles, El Paso County Sheriff's Office (915) 538-2217 |
Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to accept the FY21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grant award in the amount of $280,075 awarded to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. The grant is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). No County match is required. (Contract No. 2022-0456) |
Background: | Under SCAAP, the Office of Justice Programs makes retroactive payments to units of local government who incur certain types of costs due to incarceration of undocumented criminal persons from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. Payments will be made in connection with “undocumented” persons who had been convicted of at least one (1) felony or two (2) misdemeanors and who were incarcerated under the legal authority of the applicant government for at least four (4) consecutive days during the reporting period. |
Fiscal Impact: | Grant Award - $280,075
Match - None
An account will be set up by the Auditors once the grant award has
been accepted by County Commissioners.
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Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to accept the FY21 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) grant award in the amount of $280,075 awarded to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. The grant is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). No County match is required. (Contract No. 2022-0456) |
Prior Action: | 2020-0356 Grant Award $223,012; 5/18/2020 Item 4-N |
Strategic Plan: | .. |
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