CFDA#

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Funder Type

State Government
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IT Classification

B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority

Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ)
Summary

The purpose of the Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program (LEAGP) is for law enforcement agencies to apply for grants up to the amount of money that the agency can establish that it would have received except for Section 16-13-306.5 or 16-13-504.5 C.R.S.
Broadly, grant money is to be used for operations and investigations, training and education, equipment and supplies, joint community-based programs, or support of community-based programs.
History of Funding

None is available.
Additional Information

For a more comprehensive list of permissible uses of funds under the federal equitable sharing guidelines, please see the Guide to Equitable Sharing for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies: https://www.justice.gov/criminal-afmls/file/794696/download
Further, grant money can be used only to supplement and not supplant money received by the applicant agency from other sources.
Eligibility Details

Seizing law enforcement agencies are eligible.
Only one application per law enforcement agency, per funding year, will be permitted - except for law enforcement agencies serving as the fiscal agent for Multi-Jurisdictional Task Forces (MJTF) seeking reimbursement as individual agencies and then also as a fiscal agent of a MJTF.
Deadline Details

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Award Details

Approximately $1,000,000 is available for grants each year. Individual award amounts vary.
Applicants can apply for reimbursement for the amount of funding the applicant would have received of the aggregate net equity value of the property and currency seized in a federal case which is fifty thousand dollars or less, where a forfeiture proceeding was commenced by the federal government, was related to a filed criminal case, and the declination of funds from the federal government occurred after August 9, 2017 due to Section 16-13-306.5 or 16-13-504.5 C.R.S.
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