The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) administers the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), in conjunction with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. SCAAP provides federal payments to states and localities that incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens with at least one felony or two misdemeanor convictions for violations of state or local law, and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period. The reporting period for the FFY 2018 program is from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.
There is no local match requirement for the program. Any grant funds that will be awarded will be passed onto the Rappahannock Regional Jail to offset their correctional officer salaries as directed in the grant. Applications must be submitted by a government official of the state or locality with the legal authority to apply on behalf of the governmental entity. The Rappahannock Regional Jail is not eligible to apply on its own behalf. Instead, the County must apply and submit its own data for use of the facility. The attached resolution will enable several County staff members to apply for the FFY 2018 SCAAP funds. FFY 2018 SCAAP applications are due by October 29, 2018. |