Legislative Services

FY24 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to make payments under the statutorily required State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) to eligible states and units of local government that incur certain types of costs due to incarceration of “undocumented criminal aliens” during the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, reporting period. Payments are made in connection with “undocumented criminal aliens” convicted of at least one felony or two misdemeanors for violations of state or local law and incarcerated for at least 4 consecutive days during the reporting period. Payments are calculated based on the daily salary cost of housing an inmate and do not cover 100% of costs. For the FY 2023 program, payments made to applicant governments provided only 25.5% of each applicant’s total eligible costs.