Authority: Title 9, Chapter 27, Code of Virginia.

A. This appropriation includes an estimated $12,000,000 the first year and an estimated $12,000,000 the second year in federal funds pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968, as amended. Of these amounts, nine percent is available for administration, and 70 percent of the remainder is available for grants to state agencies. The remaining federal funds are to be passed through as grants to localities, with a required 25 percent local match. Also included in this appropriation is $2,158,388 the first year and $2,158,388 the second year from the general fund for the required matching funds for state agencies.

B. The Department of Criminal Justice Services is authorized to make grants and provide technical assistance out of this appropriation to state agencies, local governments, regional and nonprofit organizations for the establishment and operation of programs for the following purposes and up to the amounts specified:

1. Regional training academies for criminal justice training, $1,188,970 the first year and $1,188,970 the second year from the general fund and an estimated $1,114,562 in the first year and an estimated $1,114,562 the second year from nongeneral funds. The Criminal Justice Services Board shall adopt such rules as may reasonably be required for the distribution of funds and for the establishment, operation and service boundaries of state-supported regional criminal justice training academies.

2. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness fund $3,600,000 the first year and $3,600,000 the second year from dedicated special revenue.

3. Court Appointed Special Advocate programs, $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the second year from the general fund.

4. Pre-release and post-incarceration services, $1,991,369 the first year and $1,991,369 the second year.

C.1. Out of this appropriation, $16,495,828 the first year and $16,495,828 the second year from the general fund is authorized to make discretionary grants and to provide technical assistance to cities, counties or combinations thereof to develop, implement, operate and evaluate programs, services and facilities established pursuant to the Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local-Responsible Offenders (§ 53.1-182.1, Code of Virginia) and the Pretrial Services Act (§ 19.2-152.4, Code of Virginia). Funding for local-responsible offenders shall be limited to programs, services and facilities targeting those offenders specified in § 19.2-303.3, Code of Virginia. Funds for pretrial programs or other alternatives to incarceration programs shall be limited to those established or expanded pursuant to paragraph E 2 of Item 64.

2. The Department of Criminal Justice Services, in conjunction with the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court and the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission, shall conduct information and training sessions for judges and other judicial officials on the programs, services and facilities available through the Pretrial Services Act and the Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local-Responsible Offenders.

3. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall provide an annual report on its progress in implementing the Pretrial Services Act and the Comprehensive Community Corrections Act for Local-Responsible Offenders to the Chairmen of the House Courts of Justice, Health, Welfare and Institutions, and Appropriations Committees and the Senate Courts of Justice, Rehabilitation and Social Services, and Finance Committees.

D. In the event the federal government should make available additional funds pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act, the Department shall set aside 33 percent of such funds for competitive grants to programs providing services to domestic violence and sexual assault victims.

E. The Department, from such federal funds as may be available, shall provide a grant of up to $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the second year to the Department of Corrections to contract for residential substance abuse treatment services for probationers and parolees. Services to be provided through such grant request shall be linked to existing institutional and community-based substance abuse treatment programs in the Department of Corrections.

F. Subject to the conditions stated in this Item and with the prior written approval of the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, there is hereby reappropriated the unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations made in the Financial Assistance for Administration of Justice Services program on June 30, 2000, June 30, 2001, and June 30, 2002. These reappropriations shall be used only for the purposes of the original appropriation for grants made by the Criminal Justice Services Board. This provision shall apply to funds obligated to and in the possession of state agency subgrantees and the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

G. Out of this appropriation, $2,450,000 the first year from the general fund is authorized to assist localities with the 25 percent matching requirement for federal grant funds awarded by the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. Within the limits of funds appropriated, funds provided will assist localities by providing (i) the actual cash match requirement (25%) for one year for such federal grants which may be awarded prior to July 1, 2000, and (ii) one-half of the actual cash match requirement for one additional year. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall annually report to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees on this program.

H. From such federal funds as may be available, the Department shall provide a grant of up to $500,000 each year to the Department of Juvenile Justice for regional and statewide training and technical assistance to localities in the development and evaluation of programs established under the Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act.

I. The Department shall provide a grant of up to $1,300,000 each year from federal funds to the Department of Corrections, to establish a structured treatment program for youthful offenders at St. Brides Correctional Center and to expand intensive substance abuse treatment services in correctional facilities.

J. Out of this appropriation, $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the second year from the general fund shall be deposited to the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund established pursuant to § 9-171.1, Code of Virginia. Grants may be provided (i) to localities to supplant a portion of the local costs of school resource officers currently funded entirely with local funds or (ii) at a matching rate different from the composite index if the purpose is to continue, for a specified period of time, school resource officers currently funded with federal funds.

K. From such federal funds as are available, the Department shall provide grants to the Department of Juvenile Justice for up to $600,000 the first year and $600,000 the second year for additional juvenile probation officers for screening and assessment of certain juvenile offenders for substance abuse.

L. Out of this appropriation, $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the second year from the general fund is authorized to make discretionary grants to localities to develop Youth Gang Prevention plans. The funds will be used to train community teams on violence prevention, conduct needs assessments and assist in program development, and may also be used to fund local community grants to private non-profit organizations providing gang prevention programming for at risk youth. The department will work in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General to develop the grant program.

M. Included within this appropriation is $1,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the second year from the general fund to provide substance abuse treatment services, in local community-based corrections programs, as part of the Governor’s Substance Abuse Reduction Effort (SABRE) program.