Funder: Kansas Governor's Grants Program
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Monthly reimbursement of reported project expenditures, contingent on compliance and federal fund availability
Summary: Supports Kansas criminal justice and crime-prevention activities addressing state and local needs across nine eligible purpose areas.
Key Information: Subgrantees must obtain an independent CPA financial statement audit for fiscal periods receiving or expending grant funds.
Description
The Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program supports activities to prevent and control crime based on state and local needs. The Kansas Governor’s Grants Program (KGGP) administers the program, with oversight from the Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (KCJCC). Federal funding comes from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
JAG supports law enforcement, courts, prevention, corrections, treatment, technology, victim services, and related mental health and crisis-intervention work. Kansas’s 2024–2028 strategic plan identifies three overarching priorities: comprehensive responses to mental health, comprehensive responses to substance use disorders, and intimate partner violence and crimes against children. Funding decisions emphasize evidence-based approaches, collaboration, sustainability, and measurable results, with successful projects expected to produce practices that can be replicated statewide.
