Please describe how your agency is structured: 

Created in 1983, the Utah Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice is the coordinating body for Utah's criminal and juvenile justice policy. We are staffed by various experts in their respective fields who assist the Commission in fulfilling its statutory duties and obligations set forth by the governor and legislature. We are housed under the Executive Branch, Governor’s Office.

Within the Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice, our agency oversees numerous commissions and boards that touch all aspects of the criminal and juvenile justice system. These include:

                                          i.        Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice

                                         ii.        Utah Sentencing Commission

                                        iii.        Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee

                                        iv.        Utah Board of Juvenile Justice

                                         v.        Racial and Ethnic Disparities Collaborative

                                        vi.        Utah Victim Services Commission

                                       vii.        Utah Office of Victims for Crime

                                      viii.        Sex Offense Management Advisory Committee

                                        ix.        Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Board

                                         x.        Indigent Defense Commission

                                        xi.        Judicial Nominating Commissions

                                       xii.        Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

Please list the federal and state grants your agency administers.

State Grants

• UPSS - Pretrial Services and Supervision

• WPSS - Pretrial Services and Supervision 

• SAFG - State Asset Forfeiture

• CJAG

• SAFG - State Asset Forfeiture

• HRT - Hospital Response Team

• STFG - State Task Force Grant

• DVSG

• LESA

• CJCC

• State IDC  

• State Sexual Assault Services Funds

• State Victim Services Funds     

Federal Grants

• OJJDP Title II Juvenile Justice Grants

• JAG -LLEBG

• JAG- Justice Assistance Grant

• Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program

• Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP)

• VOCA- Victims of Crime Act

• STOP VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)

• SCIP- Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program

Please list your top three current priority or focus areas:

1. Criminal Justice Database Development and Data Collection. 

2. Using geospatial technology to identify hot spots and targeted areas to direct funding resources. Spatial analysis can assist in identifying rural neighborhoods that may have less access and investment to better help the communities, agencies, and local governments.  

3. Grant Funding Priority Areas Development and Planning Survey to Stakeholders

   
   

What is the main thing you would like other NCJA members to know about your agency?

CCJJ and the divisions housed within our commission all have distinct missions that are unique from the state's criminal justice agencies. CCJJ is the only policy coordination body for Utah’s criminal justice stakeholders and the primary granting agency for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and other state-funded criminal justice grants. Additionally, CCJJ is a leader in the field of criminal justice in Utah and serves as the only agency that provides indigent defense and crime victims services at the state level.