Idaho Grant Review Council

Executive Order No. 2011-11                 

 

The Idaho Grant Review Council (Council) is charged with the responsibility to disburse grant funding appropriated under provisions of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and other such federal grant programs as may come within the purview of Planning, Grants, and Research of the Idaho State Police with the overall mission of enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Idaho. 

The Council consists of the following thirteen (13) members of the Idaho Criminal Justice Commission (Commission) for the purpose of assisting the Idaho State Police in its distribution of grant funds:

The Attorney General of the State of Idaho

Deputy Attorney General Paul Panther

The Administrative Director of the Courts

Sara B. Thomas, Idaho Supreme Court

The Director of the Idaho Department of Correction

Director Joah Tewalt

The Director of the Idaho State Police

Colonel Kedrick Wills, Director

The Director of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections

Director Monty Prow

The Administrator of the Office of Drug Policy

Director Melinda Smyser

One (1) representative of the Office of the Idaho State Appellate Public Defender

State Appellate Public Defender Eric Fredericksen

One (1) representative of the Idaho Prosecuting Attorney’s Association

Prosecutor Grant Loebs, Twin Falls County Prosecutor’s Office

The Executive Director of the Idaho Association of Counties

Seth Grigg

Two (2) citizens at large

Lisa Bostaph, Boise and Vacant

One (1) representative of the Idaho Sheriff’s Association

Sheriff Paul Wilde, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office

One (1) representative of the Idaho Chiefs of Police Association

Chief Dan Hall, Jerome Police Department

In addition, The Council consists of the following seven (7) members appointed by the Chair of the Commission upon recommendation by the Commission:

One (1) representative of the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence

Executive Director Nicole Fitzgerald

One (1) representative of a statewide advocacy agency

Executive Director Kelly Miller, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

One (1) Prosecuting Attorney

Vacant

One (1) representative of the juvenile justice system

Darin Burrell, Fremont County Juvenile Probation

One (1) representative from the misdemeanor probation system

Vacant

One (1) Chief of Police

Chief Bill Bones, Boise Police Department

One (1) Sheriff

Sheriff Chris Goetz, Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office