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Attachment A Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant GMS Application No. 2005-DJ-BX-1623 PROGRAM NARRATIVE General Description of Program Activities: The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funds will be utilized to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime within the County of Orange. The County of Orange has been certified disparate; therefore this joint application includes twenty units of local government for which the applicant and fiscal agent is the County of Orange. The JAG funds will be utilized for the purpose areas outlined in the grant solicitation. The twenty units of local government in the jurisdiction will utilize the funds for local initiatives, technical assistance, training, personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support and information systems for criminal justice within the following purpose areas: law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment, and planning, evaluation and technology improvement. The expenditure details of the funds for each city are outlined in the following narrative. Multi-Agency Funding: In a collaborative effort to benefit the County of Orange, the twenty units of local government involved in this grant application have agreed to utilize $359,487.87 (42.3%) of the total funding to supplement the Orange County Pro-Active Methamphetamine Laboratory Investigative Team, hereafter referred to as PROACT. Problem Statement: Methamphetamine is now widely recognized throughout the United States as one of the most destructive illegal drugs ever known. The impact of manufacturing, trafficking, and use of methamphetamine has been devastating to many cities and rural counties throughout the country. The state of California is plagued with hundreds of clandestine laboratories that manufacture methamphetamine. As a result of its close proximity to Mexico, California remains the primary source for methamphetamine production. Orange County is one of the primary distribution hubs utilized by Mexican drug trafficking organizations to ship methamphetamine to other parts of the United States. A bi-product of these organized methamphetamine laboratory manufacturers and distributors are the small-scale "stove-top" methamphetamine laboratories being operated within Southern California, and specifically in the urban areas of Orange County. The growing nUIllber of methamphetamine clandestine laboratories within the urban areas of Orange County is having a 2005-DJ-BX-1623 Page 1 of 22