Department of Criminal Justice Services [140]
Secretarial Area: Public Safety and Homeland Security
formerly under: Public Safety
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $265,801,659 $104,402,746 $370,204,405
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly $253,093,783 $108,402,746 $361,496,529
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $312,335,652 $108,578,894 $420,914,546
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly $357,301,164 $108,578,894 $465,880,058
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $374,301,557 $112,036,730 $486,338,287
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly $381,182,899 $109,286,730 $490,469,629
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $386,379,502 $116,864,844 $503,244,346
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget $381,182,899 $109,286,730 $490,469,629
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments ($1,347,115) $378,114 ($969,001)
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments $6,543,718 $7,200,000 $13,743,718
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I $386,087,306 $109,664,844 $495,752,150
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget $381,182,899 $109,286,730 $490,469,629
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments ($3,747,115) $378,114 ($3,369,001)
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments $8,651,522 $0 $8,651,522
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2020-2022 2021 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 74.50 74.50 149.00
2020-2022 2022 Chapter 1, 2022 Acts of Assembly 81.50 81.50 163.00
2022-2024 2023 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 99.50 83.50 183.00
2022-2024 2024 Chapter1, 2024 Acts of Assembly 105.50 81.50 187.00
2024-2026 2025 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 99.50 81.50 181.00
2024-2026 2026 Chapter 7, 2026 Acts of Assembly 100.50 81.50 182.00
2026-2028 2027 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 104.50 81.50 186.00
2026-2028 2027 Base Budget 100.50 81.50 182.00
2026-2028 2027 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2027 General Assembly Adjustments 4.00 0.00 4.00
2026-2028 2028 Chapter 1. 2026 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I 105.50 81.50 187.00
2026-2028 2028 Base Budget 100.50 81.50 182.00
2026-2028 2028 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2026-2028 2028 General Assembly Adjustments 5.00 0.00 5.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Remove funding for vetoed Safer Communities program increase Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes funding associated with a Safer Communities program increase to reflect the Governor's veto of Paragraph N of Item 394, Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($5,500,000) ($5,500,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded salary increase for state-supported local employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increase for state-supported local employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 S. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $1,452,134 $1,452,134
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded salary increases for state employees Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the salary increases for state employees budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 R. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $581,689 $581,689
Nongeneral Fund $348,422 $348,422
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to state health insurance premiums Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for the employer’s share of health insurance premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $175,360 $175,360
Nongeneral Fund $105,037 $105,037
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency information technology costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to information technology and telecommunications usage budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 C. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $178,194 $178,194
Nongeneral Fund $1,093 $1,093
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Remove one-time funding provided to develop statewide best practices for security at nonprofit institutions Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes one-time funding provided to hire subject matter experts to analyze various religious traditions and create appropriate security measures, pursuant to House Bill 2594.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($150,000) ($150,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded retirement rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to contribution rates for state employee retirement plans budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($55,734) ($55,734)
Nongeneral Fund ($33,384) ($33,384)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency rental costs Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to agency rental costs at the seat of government budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 D. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $85,635 $85,635
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Financials System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Financials System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 E. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($54,355) ($54,355)
Nongeneral Fund ($25,595) ($25,595)
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Remove one-time funding provided to develop a course on human trafficking Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes one-time funding provided to support the development of a course on human trafficking for retail ABC licensees and their employees, pursuant to House Bill 2033.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($50,000) ($50,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded other post-employment benefit rate changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to state employee other post-employment benefit rates budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($20,007) ($20,007)
Nongeneral Fund ($11,983) ($11,983)
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Remove funding for vetoed Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program increase Base Budget Adjustment
  Removes funding associated with a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program increase to reflect the Governor's veto of Paragraph F of Item 394, Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($30,000) ($30,000)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Cardinal Human Capital Management System internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 F. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $8,246 $8,246
Nongeneral Fund ($1,866) ($1,866)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded workers’ compensation premium changes Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for workers’ compensation premiums budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 469 O. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,666) ($2,666)
Nongeneral Fund ($3,193) ($3,193)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to Performance Budgeting system charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for changes to Performance Budgeting system internal service fund charges budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 G. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,741 $2,741
Nongeneral Fund ($134) ($134)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded liability insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for liability insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 J. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,737 $2,737
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded changes to agency vehicle fleet charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for reduced fleet vehicle operational rate charges billed by the Department of General Services budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 H. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($1,776) ($1,776)
Nongeneral Fund ($283) ($283)
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Adjust appropriation for centrally funded property insurance premium charges Base Budget Adjustment
  Adjusts appropriation for property insurance premiums billed by the Department of the Treasury’s Division of Risk Management budgeted in Central Appropriations, Item 470 M. of Chapter 725, 2025 Acts of Assembly.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $687 $687
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Fund Temporary Custody Order (TDO) and Emergency Custody Order (ECO) transportation Decision Package
  Provides one-time funding to reimburse local law enforcement agencies for time spent transporting individuals under TDOs and ECOs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,000,000 $0
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Adjust ongoing pilot program funding Decision Package
  Provides an additional year of funding for the Safe Harbor Domestic Minor Sex Trafficked Youth pilot program that began in 2025.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($400,000)
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Increase funding for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program Decision Package
  Provides additional funding for the statewide administration of the DARE program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $30,000 $30,000
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Expand Safer Communities and Streamline Community Violence Reduction Programs (394 #10c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases support for the Safer Communities Program by $8.0 million each year from the general fund, and expands the list of eligible localities to include the cities of Danville, Hampton, Hopewell, Newport News, and Petersburg. The minimum grant award is either $500,000 each year or $2.5 million each year based on the locality's population. This amendment also increases support for the Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund by $7.0 million each year from the general fund, including $1.0 million the first year for the cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach and the remainder to be provided to localities and nonprofit organizations engaged in group violence intervention efforts. In addition, this amendment remove language authorizing the Operation Ceasefire Grant Fund and associated appropriations of $10.0 million each year from the general fund, with language that ensure that current grantees will be able to complete their current grant cycle.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $5,000,000 $5,000,000
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Adjust School Resource Officer Grants to Reflect Utilization (394 #7c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the annual appropriation for the School Resource Officer Incentive Grant Fund from $20.4 million each year to $15.9 million each year from the general fund to better reflect utilization trends. Based on current projections, the adjusted appropriation remains sufficient to cover all existing grant award obligations and to provide more than $4.0 million in new four-year grants each year of the biennium.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($4,500,000) ($4,500,000)
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Digital Mapping for Public Higher Education Institutions (394 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment designates $6.2 million the first year from unutilized nongeneral fund cash balances in the School Resource Officer Incentive Grants Fund to expand the state's digital mapping program to include public universities and community colleges, in addition to local school divisions. The program may award grants for technology that improves emergency response coordination. If additional nongeneral fund cash balances are available, language also authorizes the Department to provide one-time fifth-year continuation grants to localities with a low local composite index.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $6,200,000 $0
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Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Survivor Services (394 #6c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides an additional $3.0 million each year from the general fund to distribute as grants to local sexual assault and domestic violence victims services programs to help address increasing unmet shelter requests and other survivor needs.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $3,000,000 $3,000,000
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Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Funding Increase (394 #5c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2.4 million each year from the general fund to increase the total appropriation for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs to $4.0 million each year. CASA provides judges with trained volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,385,000 $2,385,000
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Increase Targeted Community Violence Reduction Grants (394 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $2.1 million each year from the general fund to increase targeted grants to reduce commuity-based violence, including an additional $1.0 million each year for the Big Heroes of Minority in Every Society (Big H.O.M.I.E.S. program), $1.0 million each year for Cleaning Up the Streets Youth Employment Program (C.U.T.S), and $50,000 each year for the Help Me Help You program.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $2,050,000 $2,050,000
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Adjust Law-Enforcement Civil Commitment Transportation Funding (394 #8c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment redirects $2.0 million the first year from the general fund that was proposed to continue a one-time reimbursement grant program for emergency custody order and temporary detention order transportation services provided by local law enforcement agencies.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($2,000,000) $0
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Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund (394 #9c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $1.0 million NGF the first year from the Commonwealth Opioid Abatement and Remediation Fund for the Jail-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Transition Fund. The Fund was previously provided a one-time appropriation of $2.0 million NGF in FY 2024. This is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $1,000,000 $0
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Cannabis Enforcement Training (391 #3c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $453,594 each year from the general fund and three positions to support implementation of Chapter 1016 (Senate Bill 543), which relates to enforcement of marijuana laws in the Commonwealth.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $453,594 $453,594
Positions 3.00 3.00
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Model Policy Law-Enforcement Use of Unmanned Aircraft (391 #2c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $125,124 each year from the general fund and one position pursuant to Chapter 270 (House Bill 1219) and Chapter 271 (Senate Bill 647).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $125,124 $125,124
Positions 1.00 1.00
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Substantial Risk Order Training Program (391 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $137,804 the second year from the general fund and one position to support the Substantial Risk Order Training Program, pursuant to Chapter 696 (House Bill 896).
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $137,804
Positions 0.00 1.00
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One-Time Workgroup Costs (392 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment provides $30,000 the first year from the general fund pursuant to Chapter 858 (House Bill 1464) and Chapter 859 (Senate Bill 812), which require the Department of Criminal Justice Services to convene a work group to submit recommendations related to the reimbursement process for forensic medical examinations.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $30,000 $0
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Combatting Hate Crimes Grant Program (394 #4c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment makes changes to administration of the existing Combating Hate Crimes Grant program administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
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Expand Jail Mental Health Pilot Program (394 #1c) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment discontinues the model addiction recovery program and transfers the $153,600 GF each year for the model addiction recovery program to the Jail Mental Health Pilot Program. Language also directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to identify additional grantees in consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Combining these two program is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
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Facial Coverings, Law Enforcement (Exec Amend #7) General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment clarifies the use of facial coverings by law-enforcement officers.


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