John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act

Program goal(s) name: Recruit and retain prosecutors and public defenders.
Program goal(s) description: Improve the recruitment and retention of local, state, and federal public defenders and local and state prosecutors.
Program objective(s) name: Attract and retain qualified prosecutors and defenders.
Program objective(s) description: Offer incentives to allow jurisdictions to attract and retain qualified prosecutors and public defenders who commit to continued employment.

All final award decisions will be made by the Assistant Attorney General, unless a statute explicitly authorizes award decisions by another official or there is written delegation of authority to another official. For successful applicants, JustGrants will send a system-generated email to the Application Submitter, Authorized Representative, and Entity Administrator with information on accessing their official award package in JustGrants. The award package will include key information (such as funding amount and period of performance) as well as award conditions that must be followed. The Authorized Representative for the entity should accept or decline the award within 45 days of the notification.

The review procedure for applications is specified in the notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and generally includes eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic, budget, and risk reviews.