Authority: Title 9.1, Chapter 1, Code of Virginia.

A.1. This appropriation includes an estimated $4,800,000 the first year and an estimated $4,800,000 the second year from federal funds pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1968, as amended. Of these amounts, ten percent is available for administration, and the remainder is available for grants to state agencies and local units of government. 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 $452,128 the first year and $452,128 the second year from the general fund for the required matching funds for state agencies.

2. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall provide a summary report on federal anti-crime and related grants which will require state general funds for matching purposes during FY 2013 and beyond. The report shall include a list of each grant and grantee, the purpose of the grant, and the amount of federal and state funds recommended, organized by topical area and fiscal period. The report shall indicate whether each grant represents a new program or a renewal of an existing grant. Copies of this report shall be provided to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees and the Director, Department of Planning and Budget by January 1 of each year.

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.a. Regional training academies for criminal justice training, $1,001,074 the first year and $1,001,074 the second year from the general fund and an estimated $1,649,315 the first year and an estimated $1,649,315 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.

b. The Board of Criminal Justice Services, consistent with § 9.1-102, Code of Virginia, and § 6VAC-20-20-61 of the Administrative Code, shall not approve or provide funding for the establishment of any new criminal justice training academy from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022.

c. Notwithstanding subsection B.1.b. of this item, the Board of Criminal Justice Services may approve a new regional criminal justice academy serving the Counties of Clarke, Frederick, and Warren; the City of Winchester; the Towns of Berryville, Front Royal, Middletown, Stephens City and Strasburg; the Northwestern Adult Detention Center; and, the Frederick County Emergency Communications Center, to be established and operated consistent with a written agreement, provided to the Board, between the local governing bodies, chief executive officers, and chief law enforcement officers of the aforementioned localities, and the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy. The new academy shall be eligible to receive state funding in a manner consistent with the currently existing regional criminal justice training academies. However, no current existing regional criminal justice training academy other than the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice
Academy will receive less funding as a result of the creation of the new regional academy.

2. Virginia Crime Victim-Witness Fund, $5,692,738 the first year and $5,692,738 the second year from dedicated special revenue, and $943,700 the first year and $943,700 the second year from the general fund. The Department of Criminal Justice Services shall provide a report on the current and projected status of federal, state and local funding for victim-witness programs supported by the Fund. Copies of the report shall be provided annually to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Department of Planning and Budget, and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by October 16 of each year.

3.a. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs, $1,615,000 the first year and $1,615,000 the second year from the general fund.

b. In the event that the federal government reduces or removes support for the CASA programs, the Governor is authorized to provide offsetting funding for those impacted programs out of the unappropriated balances in this Act.

4. Domestic Violence Fund, $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 the second year from the dedicated special revenue fund to provide grants to local programs and prosecutors that provide services to victims of domestic violence.

5. Pre and Post-Incarceration Services (PAPIS), $2,786,144 the first year and $3,286,144 the second year from general fund to support pre and post incarceration professional services and guidance that increase the opportunity for, and the likelihood of, successful reintegration into the community by adult offenders upon release from prisons and jails.

6. To the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services for the following activities and programs: (i) a partnership program between a local community services board and the district probation and parole office for a jail diversion program; (ii) forensic discharge planners; (iii) advanced training on veterans' issues to local crisis intervention teams; and (iv) cross systems mapping targeting juvenile justice and behavioral health.

7. To the Department of Corrections for the following activities and programs: (i) community residential re-entry programs for female offenders; (ii) establishment of a pilot day reporting center; and (iii) establishment of a pilot program whereby non-violent state offenders would be housed in a local or regional jail, rather than a prison or other state correctional facility, with rehabilitative services provided by the jail.

8. To Drive to Work, $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second year from the general fund and $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second year from such federal funds as may be available to provide assistance to low income and previously incarcerated persons to restore their driving privileges so they can drive to work and keep a job.

9. For model addiction recovery programs administered in local or regional jails, $153,600 the first year and $153,600 the second year from the general fund. The Department of Criminal Justice Services, consistent with the provisions of Chapter 758, 2017 Acts of Assembly, shall award grants not to exceed $38,400 to four pilot programs selected in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.

C.1. Out of this appropriation, $26,540,378 the first year and $27,690,378 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 (§§ 9.1-173 through 9.1-183 Code of Virginia) and the Pretrial Services Act (§§ 19.2-152.2 through 19.2-152.7, Code of Virginia). Out of these amounts, the Director, Department of Criminal Justice Services, is authorized to expend no more than five percent per year for state administration of these programs.

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.

D.1. Out of this appropriation, $225,000 the first year and $225,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for Comprehensive Community Corrections and Pretrial Services Programs for localities that belong to the Central Virginia Regional Jail Authority. These amounts are seventy-five percent of the costs projected in the community-based corrections plan submitted by the Authority. The localities shall provide the remaining twenty-five percent as a condition of receiving these funds.

2. Out of this appropriation, $600,000 the first year and $600,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for Comprehensive Community Corrections and Pretrial Services Programs for localities that belong to the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority. These amounts are seventy-five percent of the costs projected in the community-based corrections plan submitted by the Authority. The localities shall provide the remaining twenty-five percent as a condition of receiving these funds.

E. 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.

F.1. Out of this appropriation, $4,700,000 the first year and $4,700,000 the second year from the general fund and $1,710,000 the first year and $1,710,000 the second year from such federal funds as are available shall be deposited to the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund established pursuant to § 9.1-110, Code of Virginia.

2.a. The Director, Department of Criminal Justice Services, is authorized to expend $410,877 the first year and $410,877 the second year from the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund to operate the Virginia Center for School Safety, pursuant to § 9.1-110, Code of Virginia.

b. The Center for School Safety shall provide a grant of $100,000 in the first year and $100,000 in the second year to the York County-Poquoson Sheriff's Office for the statewide administration of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program.

3. Subject to the development of criteria for the distribution of grants from the fund, including procedures for the application process and the determination of the actual amount of any grant issued by the department, the department shall award grants to either local law-enforcement agencies, where such local law-enforcement agencies and local school boards have established a collaborative agreement for the employment of school resource officers, as such positions are defined in § 9.1-101, Code of Virginia, for the employment of school resource officers, or to local school divisions for the employment of school security officers, as such positions are defined in § 9.1-101, Code of Virginia, for the employment of school security officers in any public school. The application process shall provide for the selection of either school resource officers, school security officers, or both by localities. The department shall give priority to localities requesting school resource officers, school security officers, or both where no such personnel are currently in place. Localities shall match these funds based on the composite index of local ability-to-pay.

4. Included in this appropriation is $202,300 the first year and $202,300 the second year from the general fund for the implementation of a model critical incident response training program for public school personnel and others providing services to public schools, and the maintenance of a model policy for the establishment of threat assessment teams for each public school, including procedures for the assessment of and intervention with students whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of public school staff or other students.

5. Included in the amounts appropriated for this item is $132,254 the first year and $132,254 the second year from the general fund for the purposes of collection and analysis of data related to school resource officers, pursuant to House Bill 271 of the 2020 Session of the General Assembly.

G. Included in the amounts appropriated in this Item is $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the second year from the general fund for grants to local sexual assault crisis centers (SACCs) and domestic violence programs to provide core and comprehensive services to victims of sexual and domestic violence, including ensuring such services are available and accessible to victims of sexual assault and dating violence committed against college students on- and off-campus.

H.1. Out of the amounts appropriated for this Item, $2,658,420 the first year and $2,658,420 the second year from nongeneral funds is provided, to be distributed as follows: for the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, $1,450,000 the first year and $1,450,000 the second year; and, for the creation of a grant program to law enforcement agencies for the prevention of internet crimes against children, $1,208,420 the first year and $1,208,420 the second year.

2. The Southern Virginia and Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces shall each provide an annual report, in a format specified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, on their actual expenditures and performance results. Copies of these reports shall be provided to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees, and Director, Department of Planning and Budget prior to the distribution of these funds each year.

3. Subject to compliance with the reports and distribution thereof as required in paragraph 2 above, the Governor shall allocate all additional funding, not to exceed actual collections, for the prevention of Internet Crimes Against Children, pursuant to § 17.1-275.12, Code of Virginia.

I. Out of the amounts appropriated for this item, $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second year from the general fund is provided for training to local law enforcement to aid in their identifying and interacting with individuals suffering from Alzheimer's and/or dementia.

J.1. Included in the appropriation for this item is $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the second year from the general fund to continue the pilot programs authorized in Item 398, Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly. The number of pilot sites shall not be expanded beyond those participating in the pilot program the first year.

2. The funding provided to each pilot site shall supplement, not supplant, existing local spending on these services. Distribution of grant amounts shall be made quarterly pursuant to the conditions of paragraph J.3. of this item.

3. The Department shall collect on a quarterly basis qualitative and quantitative data of pilot site performance, to include: (i) mental health screenings and assessments provided to inmates, (ii) mental health treatment plans and services provided to inmates, (iii) jail safety incidents involving inmates and jail staff, (iv) the provision of appropriate services after release, (v) the number of inmates re-arrested or re-incarcerated within 90 days after release following a positive identification for mental health disorders in jail or the receipt of mental health treatment within the facility. The Department shall provide a report on its findings to the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than October 15th each year.

4. The department is authorized to expend up to $125,000 per year out of the amounts allocated in Paragraph J.1. of this item for costs related to the administration of the jail mental health pilot program.

K. Included in the appropriations for this Item is $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the second year from the general fund for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to make competitive grants to nonprofit organizations to support services for law enforcement, including post critical incident seminars and peer-supported critical incident stress management programs to promote officer safety and wellness, under guidelines to be established by the Department. The Department shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program and report on its findings to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by July 1, 2022.

L. Included in the appropriation for this item is $916,066 in the first year and $916,066 in the second year from the general fund for the Virginia Beach Correctional Center for the Jail and Re-entry Service Coordination Pathway, which is a joint operation between the Virginia Beach Department of Human Services and the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office. The program consists of diversion, screening, assessment, treatment, and re-entry services for all incarcerated individuals with an active mental illness or substance use disorder diagnosis.

M. Included in this appropriation for this item, $2,645,244 the first year and $193,658 the second year from the general fund and two positions for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to make competitive grants to five localities to support evidence-based gun violence intervention and prevention initiatives. The Department shall evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the programs in each locality that received the award, and provide a report that details the amount awarded, its findings and recommendations to the Governor, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, Director of the Department of Planning and Budget, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and the Senate Finance Committees by November 1, 2021. The funding provided to each locality shall supplement, not supplant, existing local spending on these services.

N. Out of the appropriation in this item, $1,500,000 the second year from the general fund is allocated for the Department of Criminal Justices Services to make competitive grants to localities to combat hate crimes, including but not limited to target hardening activities, contractual security services, critical technology infrastructure, cybersecurity resilience activates, monitoring, inspection and screening systems; security-related training for employed or volunteer security staff; and terrorism awareness training for employees. The funds appropriated in this item shall be distributed to localities that have established a partnership program with institutions or nonprofit organizations that have been targets of or are at risk of being targeted for hate crimes. The Department shall establish grant guidelines to implement these provisions and shall provide a biennial or annual request for funding from localities, based on the guidelines. For each grant requested, the application shall document the need for the grant, goals, and budget expenditure of these funds and any other sources that may be committed by localities, institutions or nonprofit organizations. Funding provided in this item shall not be used to supplant the funding provided by localities to combat hate crimes.

P. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for the Department of Criminal Justice Services to award grants to localities for training related to enforcement of the removal of firearms based on substantial risk protective orders.

R. Out of this appropriation, $150,000 the first year from the general fund is provided for community assessments for youth and gang violence prevention initiatives in Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, and Petersburg.

S.1. Included within the appropriation for this item is $6,402,200 in the first year from the general fund for the Department to make one-time grants to law enforcement agencies located in the Commonwealth employing law enforcement officers with primary law enforcement duties, including but not limited to state agencies, local agencies, and colleges and universities, for the purpose of purchasing, operating, and maintaining body-worn camera systems. Qualified uses for grant funds shall include one-time costs associated with such body-worn camera systems, to include equipment, data storage, and technology costs, and other one-time costs associated with the purchase, operation, and maintenance of body-worn camera systems, as determined to be eligible by the Department.

2. The funding in this paragraph also includes $56,895 in the first year and $113,790 in the second year from the general fund for a coordinator position to manage the Body Worn Camera Grant.

3. Any distributions made to a local law enforcement agency under this paragraph shall require a 50 percent match from local fund sources.

4. The Department shall report on the distributions made under the Grant to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by September 30, 2021. The report shall include information on distributions made by agency, description and amount of equipment purchased per agency, and any balances remaining from this funding.

T. Included in the appropriation for this item is $250,000 the second year from the general fund as a one-time appropriation for the Big H.O.M.I.E.S. program.