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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. I II ~A Bureau of J~ustice Assistance i J.~ .]kOffice-ofJustice Programs, U.S. Departmentof Justice I Nancy E. Gist, Director April 1998 I I |~pact ~;tate~ents an~i I Research and Evaluation Reports I I I I I I I 99~ State Annua~ R~por~s Edward Byme Memoria| State and ~-or I ~L Law Enforcement Assistance Program $~a~e EvaCuation Deve~opmen~ Program I Bureau of Justice Assistance Office of Justice Programs I ~o$o Departmen~ of Justice I I I U.So Department of Justice g Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh Street, NW ,g Washington, DC 20531 Janet Reno g Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice | Raymond C. Fisher Associate Attorney General | Laurie Robinson Assistant Attorney General | Nancy E. Gist Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance | | U.S. Department of Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770 I Bureau of Justice Assistance Clearinghouse 1-800-688-4252 II g Bureau of Justice Assistance World Wide Web Home Page http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA II This document was prepared by the Justice Research and Statistics Association, under cooperative g agreement number 95-DD-BX-K011, provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies 6 of the U.S. Department of Justice. | The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also | includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. | I i I I I , I ~[mpact Statements and I Research and Eva~uation Reports I fro~ the ~997 State A~uan Report5 I Edward Byrne Memorfia~ $ta~e and Local Law Enforcement Assfistance Program I Aprfi~ ~1998 I I , ! Prepared by the ~ustice ]Research and Statistics Association I 777 North Capitol Street, N.E. Suite 80~ ! Washington, DC 20002 (202) 842-9330 I I I I g. Acknowledgments g This document resulted from a cooperative effort by the states and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) as part of the State Evaluation Development Program, which is coordinated by the Justice Research and Statistics II Association (JRSA). The Impact Statements and Research and Evaluation Reports presented in this document were obtained from the 1997 State Annual Reports (SARs) submitted to BJA. The SARs document each state's drug control and criminal justice system improvement activities under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and | Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The Justice Research and Statistics Association prepared this document under the direction of Joan C. Weiss, l Executive Director. The following JRSA staff compiled and edited the information for this document under the supervision of Deputy Director, Kellie J. Dressier: Laura Parisi, Program Assistant, Nancy Michel, Publications Manager, Kate Wagner, Program Intern, and Ruth Cardella, Consultant. IB I I 1 g il a il a g g g g Table of Con~en~s Introduction ................................................................. l ]Impact Statements ............................................................ 3 Alabama ............................................................... 3 Alaska ................................................................ 5 American Samoa ........................................................ 7 Arizona ............................................................... 10 Arkansas .............................................................. 12 California ............................................................. 15 Colorado .............................................................. 17 Connecticut ........................................................... 19 Delaware ............................................................. 21 District of Columbia .................................................... 25 Florida ............................................................... 29 Georgia ............................................................... 33 Guam ................................................................ 35 Hawaii ............................................................... 37 Idaho ................................................................ 40 Illinois ............................................................... 43 Indiana ............................................................... 44 Iowa ................................................................. 46 Kansas ............................................................... 48 Kentucky ............................................................. 51 Louisiana ............................................................. 53 Maine ................................................................ 57 Maryland ............................................................. 60 Massachusetts ......................................................... 61 Michigan ............................................................. 66 Minnesota ............................................................. 68 Mississippi ............................................................ 70 Missouri .............................................................. 72 Montana .............................................................. 74 Nebraska ............................................................. 76 Nevada ............................................................... 79 New Hampshire ........................................................ 81 New Jersey ............................................................ 83 New Mexico ........................................................... 86 New York ............................................................. 88 North Carolina ......................................................... 91 I g North Dakota .......................................................... 93 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands .............................. 95 g Ohio ................................................................. 97 Oklahoma ............................................................. 98 Oregon ............................................................... 99 g Pennsylvania ......................................................... 101 Rhode Island ......................................................... 103 South Carolina ........................................................ 106 II South Dakota ......................................................... 109 Tennessee ............................................................ 111 g Texas ............................................................... 114 Utah ................................................................ 116 Vermont ............................................................. 119 g Virginia ............................................................. 121 Washington .......................................................... 123 g West Virginia ......................................................... 125 Wisconsin ............................................................ 126 Wyoming ............................................................ 128 ,0 Research and Evaluation Reports ............................................. 131 g 0 | | g a ,! a | g ~ntroductfion Sec. 522 (a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. 3711, et_.~__q., requires that the states annually submit to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) a report concerning the activities carried out under i the Formula Grant Program. The State Annual Reports (SARs) report on and provide information on programs funded under the Formula Grant Program and evaluation activities and results. These performance reports provide the basis i for the annual report from BJA to the President and the Congress as required by Sec. 522 (b) of the Act. The Impact Statements section of this publication is a compilation of the executive summaries from the 1997 SARs submitted to BJA. The Impact Statements present a synopsis of the information contained in each report, and provide I an overview of programs as they link to program priorities and objectives outlined in each state's drug control and violent crime strategy. This section also describes how and to what extent each state's programs have contributed to the goals of the Formula Grant Program. All grant programs that were active during the report period are included in the summary of programs. Reports on successful, innovative, or promising programs and practices are highlighted I in the Research and Evaluation Reports section. The reports listed in this section range from program descriptions to trend analyses to assessments and evaluations. I I I I I ! l I i 1 I I 1 lImpae $ a emen s Anabama Alabama is pleased to present our report of the programs and activities funded under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant Program during the time period July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997. The report is organized in four sections: (1) Introduction, (2) Summary of Programs, (3) Summary of Evaluation Activities and Results, (4) Exhibits. Alabama's anti-drug program activities funded under the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grant are administered through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Law Enforcement and Traffic