TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that more than $2.3 million will be awarded to 28 Kansas agencies to improve the criminal justice system and enhance support services for crime victims.
“These investments into our criminal justice system and crime victims service programs will make our communities safer,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “These grants provide the funding necessary to strengthen crime prevention and crime victims services, address equipment and technology needs, and support mental health services.”
This funding comes from the 2024 Federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.
The Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (KCJCC) oversees the criminal justice federal funding made available to Kansas through the U.S. Department of Justice. The KCJCC membership is representative of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Corrections, the Superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.
A total of $2,344,580 was awarded.
2024 Justice Assistance Grant Awards
County
Organization Name
Grant Award
Bourbon
Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office
$18,250
Cherokee
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
$29,751
Coffey
Coffey County Sheriff’s Office
$60,400
Douglas
The Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center
$33,611
Ellis
Northwest Kansas Community Corrections
$99,045
Jackson
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
$124,736
Johnson
Johnson County Crime Lab
$100,000
Johnson
Merriam Police Department
$102,172
Johnson
One Heart Project
$74,221
Leavenworth
Basehor Police Department
$37,500
Leavenworth
Brothers In Blue Reentry
$96,620
Logan
Oakley Police Department
$73,000
Lyon
5th Judicial District Community Corrections
$36,730
Marshall
Marysville Police Department
$43,008
Meade
Meade County Sheriff’s Office
$39,128
Miami
Miami County Sheriff’s Office
$224,361
Montgomery
Coffeyville Police Department
$45,487
Morris
Council Grove Police Department
$9,319
Ottawa
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office
$30,027
Riley
Sunflower Children’s Collective
$12,863
Saline
28th Judicial District Community Corrections
$26,775
Saline
Kansas Wesleyan University
$89,521
Shawnee
Kansas Department of Corrections
$136,004
Shawnee
Kansas Judicial Branch
$219,842
Sumner
Wellington Police Department
$143,933
Wyandotte
Avenue of Life
$74,119
Wyandotte
Unified Gov’t. of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
$170,432
Wyandotte
Village Initiative
$193,725
TOTAL
$2,344,580