Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Applies on Behalf of the County for 2026 Federal Justice Assistance Grant Funds: 20 Eligible Jurisdictions, County as Fiscal Agent
Riverside County, California - The Riverside County Sheriff's Office has announced that, on behalf of the County of Riverside, it is applying for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds available through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
The office said the JAG program allows states, tribes and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime based on the jurisdiction's identified needs and conditions, and that JAG awards are made using a formula incorporating population information and Part I violent crime data reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The office said 2026 marks the thirteenth year the county has received the designation as a disparate area. The 20 eligible jurisdictions include Riverside County and the cities of Banning, Beaumont, Cathedral City, Coachella, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indio, Jurupa Valley, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Moreno Valley, Murrieta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Riverside, San Jacinto and Temecula.
The office said all eligible jurisdictions have agreed, under an inter-local agreement, to reallocate 10 percent of their JAG formula allocations to the county to act as the fiscal agent. JAG provides supplemental funding for law enforcement activities in addition to prosecution and court programs, corrections and community corrections programs not currently available with local funding, and eligible purchases include equipment and supplies, retention of previously grant-funded key personnel and overtime pay.
(Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office)
Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office
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