Thursday, October 01, 2015

Justice Department Announces $17 Million to Support Sex Offender Registration, Assessment, Intervention



The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs announced more than $17 million in Fiscal Year 2015 grant assistance for states, territories and tribal governments to use in implementing and enhancing sex offender programming throughout the United States. The funding will be used to develop or enhance sex offender registration programs; improve law enforcement and other justice agency information sharing as it relates to sex offender registration and notification; and implement other efforts that further the objectives of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), Title I of the Adam Walsh Act. For more information, go to http://ojp.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2015/ojp09242015_2.pdf.

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