Rev.
April 26
,
20 22
U.S. D
EPARTMENT OF
J
USTICE
O
FFICE OF
J
USTICE
P
ROGRAMS
Edward Byrne Justice
Assistance Grant Program FY
2022
Local
Solicitation
Certifications and Assurances
by the Chief
Executive of the Applicant Government
On behalf of the applicant
unit of local government
named below, in support of that
locality’s
application for an award
under the FY
2022
Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (“JAG”) Program, and further to 34 U.S.C. §
10153
(a), I
certify to the Office of
Justice Programs (“OJP”), U.S. Department of Justice (“USDOJ”), that all of the following are true and correct:
1. I am the chief executive of the applicant
unit of local government
named below, and I have the authority to make
the following representations
on
my
own behalf
as chief executive
and on behalf of the applicant
unit of local
government
. I understand that these representations will be relied upon as material in any OJP decision to make an award, under the application described above, to the applicant
unit of local government
.
2. I certify that no federal funds made available by the award (if any) that OJP makes based on the application described above will be used to supplant local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds
th
at
would,
in
the
absence
of
federal
funds,
be
made
available
for
law
enforcement
activities.
3. I assure that the application described above (and any amendment to that application) was submitted for review to the governing body of the
unit of local governmen
t
(
e.g.
,
city council or county commission
), or to an
organization designated by that governing body, not less than 30 days before the date of this
certification.
4. I
assure
that,
before
the
date
of
this
certification
—
(a)
the
application
described
above
(and
any
amendment
to
that application) was made public; and (b) an opportunity to comment on that application (or amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community
-
based organizations, to the extent applicable law or
established p
rocedure made such an opportunity
available.
5. I assure that, for each fiscal year of the award (if any) that OJP makes based on the application described above, the applicant
unit of local government
will maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial), as OJP may
reasonably
require.
6. I
have
carefully
reviewed
34 U.S.C.
§
10153(a)(5), and, with respect to the programs to be funded by the award (if any),
I
hereby
make the certification required
by
section 10153(a)(5), as to each of the items specified
therein
.
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Signature of Chief Executive of the
Applicant
Unit of
Date of
Certification
Local Government
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Printed Name of
Chief
Executive
Title of Chief
Executive
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Name of Applicant
Unit of Local Government
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