The Edward Byrne Memorial Fund is allocated to individual States by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for drug control and systems improvement. Strategies developed in North Carolina address violent crime, providing training, manpower and equipment in a variety of programs, most notably community-oriented policing. The report also describes North Carolina's activities with regard to juvenile and children's justice, actions under the Victims of Crime Act, and the Violence Against Women Act. The State worked to improve the criminal justice information systems by developing and sharing technology; developed scenarios of how State courts might function in the future and considered strategies to implement the overall plan; and implemented programs to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Appendixes