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IV. Agency Budget Summaries

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS


  1. RESOURCE SUMMARY

  2. METHODOLOGY

    • The Office of Justice Programs uses a combination of two methodologies to determine the available resources for its annual anti-drug program: (1) a percent of total costs for selected programs based on a review of drug-related workload data and (2) direct costs related to drug specific projects.

  3. PROGRAM SUMMARY

    • The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), established by the Justice Assistance Act of 1984, supports cooperation of law enforcement at all levels in building networks that allow the criminal justice system to function more effectively. OJP accomplishes this effort by dedicating resources to aid in the fight against drugs, which in turn, supports four goals of the National Drug Control Strategy.

  4. BUDGET SUMMARY

    1998 Program

    • OJP's FY 1998 program estimate totals $984 million and 241 FTEs. Following is a breakdown of OJP's resources by Strategy goal.

    Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.

    • OJP's FY 1998 program includes $62.6 million for programs that support Goal 1 activities. In FY 1998, OJP's funding includes resources for the following activities: providing information to promote effective prevention efforts to parents, schools and community groups; and providing assistance to state and local law enforcement.

    Goal 2: Increase the safety of America's citizens by substantially reducing drug-related crime and violence.

    • The FY 1998 program includes $753.1 million for programs that support Goal 2 activities. Program funding includes support to state and local law enforcement entities or activities whose primary purpose is to assist state and local law enforcement efforts to investigate, arrest, prosecute, incarcerate drug offenders, or otherwise reduce the supply of illegal drugs; and activities associated with the incarceration and/or monitoring of drug offenders.

    Goal 3: Reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drug use.

    • The FY 1998 resources targeted for Goal 3 activities totals $134.8 million. These resources will focus on encouraging/assisting regular users of controlled substances to become drug-free through such means as counseling services, in-patient and out-patient care, research into effective treatment modalities, etc.

    Goal 5: Break foreign and domestic drug sources of supply.

    • OJP's Goal 5 resources will total $33.5 million in FY 1998. Program activities to be funded in FY 1998 include: investigative activities designed to immobilize illegal drug trafficking organizations by arresting their leaders and seizing their drugs and assets; prosecution activities designed to immobilize drug trafficking and money laundering organizations by prosecuting their members, forfeiting their assets, divesting them of power, and, as appropriate, extraditing, deporting and excluding their members; and R&D activities intended to improve the capacity, efficiency, or quality of drug law enforcement activities.

    1999 Request

    • The total FY 1999 drug control budget request is $886.2 million and 221 FTEs, which is a decrease of $97.9 million below the FY 1998 level. The following narrative provides a breakdown of the FY 1999 request by Strategy goal.

    Goal 1: Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as the use of alcohol and tobacco.

    • The total FY 1999 drug control request for Goal 1 is $76.9 million, a net increase of $14.2 million over the FY 1998 level. The net increase consists of program increases of $19.9 million offset by program decreases of $5.7 million. Program changes are summarized below:

      • $1.8 million increase for the Office of Juvenile Crime Control and Prevention's (OJCCP's) Safe Start Program,

      • $5 million increase associated with a redistribution of OJCCP's drug-related base funding and administrative funds,

      • $11.5 million increase to support the At-Risk Children's Initiative,

      • $1.6 million increase for the Executive Office of Weed and Seed, and

      • $5.7 million decrease associated with a 1998 Congressional earmark ($5 million) for OJCCP's Juvenile Anti-Drug Demonstration program and redistribution of Byrne Formula and Discretionary Funds ($0.7 million).

    Goal 2: Increase the safety of America's citizens by substantially reducing drug-related crime and violence.

    • The total FY 1999 drug control request for Goal 2 is $585 million, a net decrease of $168.1 million from FY 1998 level. The net decrease consists of program increases of $88 million offset by program decreases of $256.1 million. Program changes are summarized below:

      • $85 million increase for the Drug Intervention program, of which $42.5 million is related to Goal 2 activities. The Drug Intervention program is a new program that will help break the cycle of illegal drug abuse by assisting state and local units of government, state and local courts, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement comprehensive systems for drug testing, drug treatment and graduated sanctions for offenders. This program will provide the guidance and resources to help eligible jurisdictions institute polices that focus on "treating" individuals under the supervision of the criminal justice system. (It should also be noted that the drug treatment resources for this program appear under Goal 3.)

      • $3.3 million increase for the Indian Tribal Court Initiative. This new program will provide financial and technical assistance to tribal courts and court-related entities and activities for the further development and implementation of programs. Program initiatives include the development of juvenile drug courts and alternative as well as traditional approaches to justice.

      • $16.5 million enhancement including the following activities: Juvenile Drug Demonstration program, VAWA Law Enforcement and Prosecution Grant program, State Corrections Grant program and Executive Office for Weed and Seed.

      • $25.7 million increase associated with resource redistributions, including $23.5 million to realign Drug Courts resources from Goal 3 to Goal 2. This alignment for Drug Courts more accurately depicts how funds are used.

      • $168.1 million decrease for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program.

      • $61.9 million decrease associated with 1998 congressional earmarks ($36.9 million for the Juvenile Justice Incentive Block Grant program and $25 million for the Alcohol to Minors Prevention Initiative).

      • $26.1 million decrease for the following activities: Byrne Formula and Discretionary programs, VAWA Grants to Encourage Arrest Polices program, and administration funds.

    Goal 3: Reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drug use.

    • The total drug control request for Goal 3 is $193.1 million, a net increase of $58.4 million from the FY 1998 level. The net increase consists of program increases of $83.3 million offset by program decreases of $24.9 million. Program changes are summarized below:

      • $85 million increase for the Drug Intervention program, of which $42.5 million is related to Goal 3 activities including drug treatment,

      • $19.6 million increase for the Violent Youth Court program,

      • $8.7 million increase for the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program,

      • $11.6 million increase for the At-Risk Children's Initiative,

      • $0.9 million increase in administrative funds, and

      • $24.9 million decrease associated with program redistributions, including realigning the Drug Courts program from Goal 3 to Goal 2 and the Byrne Formula and Discretionary Grant program.

    Goal 5: Break foreign and domestic drug sources of supply.

    • The total drug control request for Goal 5 is $31.1 million, a net decrease of $2.4 million from the FY 1998 level. This decrease consists of the following program changes:

      • $1 million increase in administrative funds, and

      • $3.4 million decrease in research and development activities.

  5. PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    • In 1997, the Drug Courts Program Office (DCPO) awarded over $30 million to 180 jurisdictions for planning, implementation, or enhancement of drug courts. DCPO funding allowed 51 new drug courts to be implemented in 1997. Since 1995, DCPO has awarded over $45 million to more than 200 jurisdictions involved with planning, implementation or enhancement of a drug court.

    • In 1997, the National Institute of Justice announced a major revision and expansion of the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) Program and renamed it the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM). New program features to be introduced the next three years include: improved data collection methods to allow for better generalizability of results within sites; outreach to communicate outside of the major urban centers; and support for local control over program direction and dissemination of findings.