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State Administering Agencies

Minnesota SAA

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
888-622-8799 (phone)
[email protected] (email)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/grants/Pages/default.aspx (website)

Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
888-622-8799 (phone)
[email protected] (email)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/grants/Pages/default.aspx (website)

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
888-622-8799 (phone)
[email protected] (email)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/grants/Pages/default.aspx (website)

Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
888-622-8799 (phone)
[email protected] (email)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/grants/Pages/default.aspx (website)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Juvenile Justice Specialist

Callie Hargett
Director
Youth Services Office
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-509-6546 (telephone)
[email protected]

State Planning Agency

Kathryn Weeks
Assistant Commissioner, Economic Opportunity and Youth Services
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
444 Lafayette Road N
St. Paul, MN 55155
[email protected]

State Advisory Group (SAG)

Trahern Pollard
Executive Director
We Push for Peace
6040 Earle Brown Drive, Suite 460
Brooklyn Center, MN 55429
612-290-6917
[email protected]

Compliance Monitor

Precious Lowery
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
444 Lafayette Road N
St. Paul, MN 55155
[email protected]

R/ED Coordinator

Qiana Edwards-Mazique 
Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families
444 Lafayette Road N
St. Paul, MN 55155
[email protected]

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

OVC-Funded Victim Assistance for Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Office of Justice Programs
800-247-0390 (telephone)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/help-for-crime-victims/Pages/default.aspx

OVC-Funded Victim Compensation for Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Public Safety
Office of Justice Programs
Minnesota Crime Victims Reparations Board
651-201-7300 (telephone)
https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/for-crime-victims/crime-victim-resources/financial-help/mn-crime-victims-reimbursement-program

Date Created: January 2, 2020