The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office is applying for funds through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The source of the funding is authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) (the “Recovery Act”) and by 42 U.S.C. 3751(a).

Our office is joining with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, Tulare County Probation and the cities of Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Lindsay, Exeter, Dinuba, Farmersville, and Woodlake. Each of the eleven entities agreed on the allocation and use of funds, as outlined in the grant application. The total JAG grant award for Tulare County, and the cities within it, is $1,170,879, of which $330,835 will be allocated to the County. The Tulare County District Attorney’s Office will serve as the applicant/fiscal agent for the joint funds.

The proposed plan will address two of the purposes of the Recovery Act:

1. To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery, and

2. To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.

An opportunity to comment is being provided to citizens and community organizations during the Tulare County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 7, 2009. The Tulare County Board of Supervisors meets weekly on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. Additional comments may be sent to the Board or to the District Attorney’s Office below:

Barbara J. Greaver, Supervising Attorney and Project Director
221 South Mooney Blvd., Room 224, Visalia, CA 93291
or via e-mail addressed to BGreaver@co.tulare.ca.us

For more information, you can download the Agenda Item with the application: Click Here