Total Request for this Item FY 2013 Net FY 2014 Net Total Annualization Annualization Personnel Pos FTE Personnel ($000) (Change from (Change from 2013) ($000) ($000) 2012) ($000) ($000) Current Services $50,000 $50,000 Decreases -$50,000 -$50,000 Grand Total $0 $0 6. Offset Requests by Item Item Name: Weed and Seed Program Budget Appropriation: Weed and Seed Program Fund Strategic Goals & Objectives: DOJ Strategic Goal 2, Objective 2.1 OJP Strategic Goal 1, Objective 1.1 Organizational Program: Community Capacity and Development Office Ranking: 38 of 63 Program Offset: Positions 0 FTE 0 Dollars -$20,000,000 Description of Item The FY 2012 Budget does not request funding for the Weed and Seed program, a President’s decrease of $20.0 million from the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution level. However, the Budget requests $30.0 million for the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program, President’s which is designed as the of the Weed and Seed Program, building on its “next generation” principles and “lessons learned”. Justification Building on concepts employed in the Weed and Seed Program, this new program will support the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (for more information, go to ) by Administration’s providing demonstration grants in selected communities to support innovative, place-based, evidence-based approaches to fighting crime and improving public safety. The program will be coordinated with the Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, among other agencies, in support of the continued support for cost-effective, Administration’s policy solutions.
Total Request for this Item Pos FTE Personnel ($000) ($000) Total ($000) FY 2013 Net Annualization (Change from 2012) ($000) FY 2014 Net Annualization (Change from 2013) ($000) Current Services $50,000 $50,000 Decreases -$50,000 -$50,000 Grand Total $0 $0 6. Offset Requests by Item Item Name: Weed and Seed Program Budget Appropriation: Weed and Seed Program Fund Strategic Goals & Objectives: DOJ Strategic Goal 2, Objective 2.1 OJP Strategic Goal 1, Objective 1.1 Organizational Program: Community Capacity and Development Office Ranking: 38 of 63 Program Offset: Positions 0 FTE 0 Dollars -$20,000,000 Description of Item The FY 2012 President’s Budget does not request funding for the Weed and Seed program, a decrease of $20.0 million from the FY 2011 Continuing Resolution level. However, the President’s Budget requests $30.0 million for the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program, which is designed as the “next generation” of the Weed and Seed Program, building on its principles and “lessons learned”. Justification Building on concepts employed in the Weed and Seed Program, this new program will support the Administration’s Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (for more information, go to ) by providing demonstration grants in selected communities to support innovative, place-based, evidence-based approaches to fighting crime and improving public safety. The program will be coordinated with the Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, among other agencies, in support of the Administration’s continued support for cost-effective, policy solutions. Personnel
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