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C OU NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
News Release
For Immediate Release: October 27, 2017
JUSTIN KOLLAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tel (808) 241-1888
Fax (808) 241-1758
OPA awarded funds for Drug Nuisance Abatement, Sex Assault Prosecution
LĪHU‘E – Nearly $250,000 in federal grant funds were awarded to the Office of the Prosecuting
Attorney (OPA) to continue funding its Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit (DNAU) and Sex Assault
Prosecution Unit (SAPU).
“We are very grateful to our federal and state partners, especially Attorney General Doug Chin
and his team, for supporting our efforts to fight sexual abuse and close down drug houses on Kaua‘i,”
stated Prosecuting Attorney Justin F. Kollar. “I am personally thankful for the hard work of our Grant
Coordinator Jamie Olivas, for writing thorough grant applications and for developing a strong
relationship of trust with our funding entities.”
The awards were made from Hawai‘i’s Fiscal Year 2016 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistant Grant Program. Each year, the U.S. Department of Justice allots a pool of funds to various
states for their criminal justice programs. The grants are awarded via a competitive process after
applications are evaluated by the Department of the Attorney General’s Crime Prevention and Justice
Assistance Division, and the governor’s Committee on Crime.
This year, there were more than $2.2 million in applications for the approximately $776,000
available statewide. The DNAU grant is for $113,240 and it will continue to fund an investigator
position and associated program costs. The SAPU grant is for $135,285 and it will continue to fund a
Deputy Prosecutor position and other associated program costs.
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