The Toledo/Lucas County CJCC is a special purpose unit of local government formed under Chapters 167 and 181 of the Ohio Revised Code and by resolution of the City of Toledo and Lucas County.  The CJCC is made up of a 13-member board composed of criminal justice professionals, elected officials, citizen representatives and an operational staff that focus on the board’s mission. That mission is to promote and foster cooperation, coordination, and cost- savings between governmental units and agencies, and to improve the criminal justice system through planning, analysis, technical assistance, training information management and other services requested by the governmental units represented, technical assistance, training information management and other services requested by the governmental units represented. The Toledo/Lucas County CJCC is also a regional planning unit on behalf of the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS), the State Administering Agency in Ohio.  They distribute over $1 million per year of Byrne Justice Assistance Grant, Violence Against Women Act, and Juvenile Justice funding to support local criminal justice programming on behalf of OCJS.