Introduction

For 25 years, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has provided federal leadership in developing the nation’s capacity to prevent and control crime by improving the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increasing knowledge about crime and related issues, and assisting crime victims. This OJP Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Program Plan describes the grants OJP intends to support, pending the Congressional appropriation of funds. As of November 30, 2009, OJP is operating under a continuing resolution and all funding referenced in this plan will be finalized once the FY 2010 appropriations have been approved.

The Congressional appropriation that supports OJP’s programs and operations reflects the priorities of the President, the Attorney General, and Congress. OJP’s Assistant Attorney General (AAG), Laurie O. Robinson, ensures that OJP policies and programs reflect these priorities. OJP’s component bureaus and offices that administer the programs are described at www.ojp.gov/about/about.htm. An organizational chart can be found in Appendix A.

OJP’s objective is to be the premier resource for the justice community by—

• Providing and coordinating information, research and development, statistics, training, and support to help the justice community meet its public safety goals.
• Embracing local decision making through national policy leadership.

In FY 2009, OJP made 8,229 grant awards to state and local law enforcement and community organizations, totaling more than $5 billion. Of these awards, 3,883 were American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) grants totaling more than $2.7 billion. In accordance with the Obama Administration’s efforts to increase federal government transparency, OJP posted a list of all 8,000-plus awards at www.ojp.gov/funding/09grantawards.htm.