M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, ICMA-CM, CFM, Town Manager
Date: December 12, 2018
Re: FY 2018 Edward Byrne Memorial JAG Program (Direct)
Cutler Bay radKIDS Project
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A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING A FISCAL YEAR 2018 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT (JAG) ALLOCATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000; PROVIDING FOR AUTHORIZATION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Funding Source: FY18 Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Direct)
Project Title: Cutler Bay radKIDS Project
Amount Awarded: $10,000 Match Required: $0
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)) is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to State and Local jurisdictions. The JAG Program provides states and units of local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and court programs, prevention and education programs, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, crime victim and witness initiatives, and planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs.
On August 1, 2018, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement notified the Town that JAG funding in the amount of $10,000 was allocated to the Town of Cutler Bay (Attachment A). On November 19, 2018, the Town submitted the required grant application requesting funding on behalf of the Cutler Bay Policing Unit to implement the radKIDS Program.
radKIDS is the national leader in children's safety education, and offers an empowering skill-based curriculum that will teach children to protect themselves. Activities funded through this project include;
* Train Officers to properly implement the curriculum;
* Purchase necessary workbooks and eq...
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