Please describe how your agency is structured 

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is an agency in the Executive Branch of Virginia government. The agency is in the public safety secretariat along with other public safety agencies including the Virginia State Police, Virginia Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Emergency Management. DCJS is the SAA for Virginia for federal criminal justice grant funding. The agency is divided into 5 divisions: Administration, Law Enforcement, Licensure and Regulation, Programs and Services, and Public Safety Training and School and Campus Safety. Almost all grant funding directed to public safety in Virginia is managed by DCJS. DCJS is also the agency where criminal justice programs and initiatives go that don’t fit neatly into other public safety agencies. 

Please list the federal and state grants your agency administers.

DCJS administers a wide range of federal and state criminal justice grant funding and programming. We award approximately 1,500 sub-grants annually, totaling approximately $400 million. 

Federal Grants

• Byrne JAG

• VOCA

• VSTOP

• SASP

• RSAT

• JJDP Title II

• Coverdell

• JR Justice

• Byrne SCIP

• SAC

• PSN

• ICJR

State Grants

• Community Corrections

• SRO/SSO

• Firearm Violence Intervention

• Ceasefire 

• Safer Communities

• Hate Crimes

• Officer Wellness

• LE Training Academies

• Jail Mental Health

• Jail Based Substance Abuse Treatment

• Internet Crime Against Children

• Critical Incident Stress Management

Please list your top three current priority or focus areas.

• Gun Violence Reduction programming and grant funding – Ceasefire 

• ALERT and CRASE training 

• Officer Wellness training and grant funding

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

DCJS provides training and grant funding opportunities to virtually all parts of the criminal justice system in Virginia. We even license towers.