Amata Welcomes Two New Justice Grants Totaling $432,000

Aumua Amata has been sent congressional notification of the following grants totaling $432,000:

Congresswoman Amata and Director Faiai

An initial, discretionary $200,000 grant for CJPA from the DOJ's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Justice Statistics for the ongoing effort to standup a Records Management System for the collection, maintaining, sharing, and reporting of criminal records, restoring the ability to transmit necessary information with the State of Hawaii. The Records Management System will encompass all activities from incident and crash reports, citations, arrests, warrants, case management, field contacts and provide access to external data sources such as motor vehicles, driver, and criminal history.

Another initial, discretionary grant of $232,000 for CJPA covering three years, also from the OJP through the DOJ's SMART office (Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking), is for implementation of the Adam Walsh Act (AWA), a child protection and safety program, to include sex offender registration and support official training, travel, and supplies. This DOJ office was created by Congress in 2006 legislation.

"I want to send out continuing congratulations to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency and Director Mariana Timu-Faiai, for their work on these efforts, especially regarding these initial, discretionary grants, which are new funding in American Samoa," said Congresswoman Amata. "Thank you to the DOJ for supporting modernized programs in American Samoa."