On Going Maintenance of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation SMART FY 18 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program-Enhancement

The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (AWA) authorizes the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) to administer grants to assist states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and tribal jurisdictions in developing and/or enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs that support substantial implementation of Title I of the AWA, the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and offenders against children by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration of those offenders.

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation will use AWA funding to enhance interjudicial cooperation with Kansas to ensure a timely notification system is implemented; the nation will focus on supporting coordinated interagency efforts to continue the SORNA program in the tribal community. ca/ncf