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State Administering Agencies

Puerto Rico SAA

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Agency Head

The Honorable Wanda Vazquez-Garced
Secretary
Department of Justice, Calle Lindberg Number 6
Miramar
P.O. Box 9020082
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0082
787-721-7700 (telephone)
[email protected]

Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Contact

Ms. Christie Machin
External Resource Division
Miramar
P.O. Box 9020082
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0082
787-721-2900 x2850 (telephone)
787-722-4670 (FAX)
[email protected]

Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program

The Honorable Luis Sanchez Betances
Secretary
Department of Justice
Calle Lindberg Number 6
Miramar
P.O. Box 9020192
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902-0082
787-721-7700 (telephone)
[email protected]

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

OJJDP State Program Manager

Didier Moncion
State Program Manager
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
202-598-9590
[email protected]

Compliance Monitor

Roselyn Cruz
Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development
#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR 00920
787-977-7060
[email protected]

Enrique Rivera
Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development
#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR 00920
787-977-7060 (telephone)
[email protected]

Juvenile Justice Specialist

Natalia I. Ríos De Jesús Esq.
Program Director
Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development
#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR 00920
787-977-7060 (telephone)
[email protected]

State Planning Agency

Jesús A. Vargas
Executive Director
Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development
#1208 Ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt
San Juan, PR 00920
787-977-7060 (telephone)
[email protected]

State Advisory Group (SAG) Chair

Jose G. Ojeda, Esq.
[email protected]

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

OVC Victim Assistance for Puerto Rico

787-729-2900 (telephone)
http://www.justicia.pr.gov/home/secretarias-y-oficinas/servicios-a-las-victimas-y-testigos-de-delitos/

OVC Victim Compensation for Puerto Rico

787-722-7500 (telephone)
787-641-7477 (FAX)
http://www.justicia.pr.gov/home/secretarias-y-oficinas/servicios-a-las-victimas-y-testigos-de-delitos/

Date Created: January 2, 2020