How has the payment formula changed?
FY 2002 SCAAP payment amounts will be determined by fixed formula using a data set that has been refined from previous years based on BJA and other DOJ agencies’ experience with the program. FY 2002 is both streamlined with regard to the application/payment systems, and payment amounts are determined using actual empirical data without any “data averaging” or “one-day sampling” techniques. Salary costs, excluding benefits, for all correctional officers (part-time and full-time) in a facility used to incarcerate the illegal aliens must be reported in the application. This cost factor changed beginning with the fiscal year 2000 SCAAP process. Aggregate salary costs for correctional officers are common to all applicants and this data element tends to account for the majority of costs that were considered in the past.
