Criminal Justice Statistics

Justice Assistance Grant Program

The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC) is the Commonwealth of Kentucky's state administering agency of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Federal JAG funds are awarded to states using a formula based on population and crime rates. Eligible applicants are units of state and local government, such as courts and law enforcment agencies, and nonprofit entities.

JAG funds may be used in one or more of the following program areas:

Law enforcement
Prosecution and courts
Prevention and education
Corrections and community corrections, including reentry drug treatment and enforcement
Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement
Crime victim and witness initiatives
Mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams
Implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veterans' courts, and extreme risk protection order programs

Annual JAG Application

After careful consideration on how to minimize the impact of any federal fund reductions or potential delays in the availability of federal funds, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet is limiting 2025 Kentucky JAG funding applications to only those agencies currently receiving JAG subawards. We believe this approach is the most fair and reasonable response to uncertainties in federal JAG funding and represents a commitment to our partnership with public safety agencies.

Please continue to monitor the website for additional information regarding future opportunities.

DCRA

The Death in Custody Reporting Act requires states that receive funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program to report information regarding "the death of any person who is detained, under arrest, or is in the process of being arrested, is en route to be incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State prison, State-run boot camp prison, boot camp prison that is contracted out by the State, or any State or local contract facility, or other local or State correctional facility (including any juvenile facility).

As the SAA for Kentucky's JAG program, CJSAC is responsible for collecting data on a quarterly basis and compiling and aggregating the data for submission to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).

DCRA State Implementation Plan