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DOJ To Give States $4M Grant For Adam Walsh Act Compliance

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has announced a nearly $4.3 million grant to assist states in creating and/or enhancing their sex offender registry and notification programs.  The grants will help states implement provisions of the federal Adam Walsh Act.  From the press release: These grants, administered by OJP's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART), will help state, local and tribal governments implement provisions of the Adam Walsh Act. "This funding will enhance crime prevention efforts and help create a system where there is no corner of our country in which convicted sex offenders can hide without the local community being aware of their presence," said Laura L...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 02, 2008 (boomark / email).