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Overview of Activities Funded by tie Law Enforcemgnt Assistance
Administrdtion. GGD-78-21. November 29, 1977. 82 pp. + 7
appendices (68 pp.).
Staff study the Congress; by Victor L. Lowe, Director, General
Government Div.
Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Preventicn (500).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget. Function: Law Enforcement and Justice: Law Enforcement
Assistance (754) .
Organization Concerned: Department of Justice; Law ftforcement
Assistance Administration.
Congressional Relevance: Congress.
Authority: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.
Safe St-eets Act, as amended. Crime Control Act of 1973.
Crime Control Act of 1976.
The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
was established to assist State and local governments in
reducing crime and to increase the effectiveness, fairness, and
coordination ot law enforcement and criminal justice systems at
all levels of government. LEAA funds are made available to
States for planning or for block action grants; the remaining
funds, known as discretionary funds, are nsed by LEAA to provide
direction, place emphasis in specific program areas, and test
innovations. Legislation in 1974 extended the LEAA's
responsibilities to include coordiration of Federal Juvenile
delinquency prevention efforts, research on and implementation
of Juvenile delinquency prevention programs, and authorization
of grants to combat delinquency and assist runaway youth. The
Safe Streets Act provides for: technical assistance to State and
local governments, public and private groups, and international
agencies in matters relating to law enforcement and criminal
justice; establishment of a program to provide financial
assistance for higher education of these areas; research efforts
under the Naticnal Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal
Justize; and a data service to provide assistance to States and
to collect and disseminate statistical information. It is
difficult to determine the administrative costs #f Federal
programs because of the lack of reporting systems to provide
information on financial and staff resources used in
administering individual assistance programs. (HTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacjfy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)