[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36723-36724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14530]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Assistance
[OJP (BJA)--1278]
Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program for FY2000
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) funding for
FY2000.
DATES: Applications for payments may be made through a new Internet-
based system beginning Thursday, June 1, 2000 and continuing until
Monday, July 17, 2000.
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ADDRESSES: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 810 Seventh Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program guidance and technical
assistance, please log on to the Office of Justice Programs Home Page
at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov and select ``Funding Opportunities'' and
then ``SCAAP,'' or call the Office of Justice Programs Grants
Management System Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. For general information
about on-line application procedures for solicitations, please call the
U.S. Department of Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, Sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23
(1994).
Background
SCAAP provides Federal assistance to states and units of local
government for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented
criminal aliens who are convicted of felony or misdemeanor offenses.
Potential applicants no longer may submit hard copy application forms
and diskettes. For FY2000, state and local governments apply for
payment via a paperless, electronic, end-to-end distributive, Internet-
based web-site. BJA anticipates providing over 390 payments of varying
amounts from a FY2000 funding total of $585,000,000.
Potential applicants with questions should call the U.S. Department
of Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770 or the Office of Justice
Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. For access
to program guidance and the on-line application, connect to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov and select ``Funding Opportunities'' and then
``SCAAP.''
Nancy E. Gist,
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-14530 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]
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