Cooperative Agreement 15PBJA20GK00035NCRJ

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $250,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 - Delinquency Prevention Program). The award will support NICJR's efforts to strengthen and expand the Neighborhood Opportunity and Accountability Board (NOAB) model, which diverts at-risk youth from formal justice system involvement at the point of arrest...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) to the Community Resources For Justice, Inc. (CRJ), a non-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. The funding will support CRJ in providing technical assistance to two states over a 4-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028. The goal is to help states improve their criminal justice systems through...

The Community Resources for Justice, Inc. (CRJ) was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812). The award will support CRJ's implementation of evidence-based and innovative community supervision policies, practices, and programs in selected jurisdictions through September 2025. CRJ will provide targeted, customized...

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA #16.753). NICJR will subgrant funds to Youth Alive! and Community & Youth Outreach to implement evidence-based community violence response models and expand organizational capacities to prevent violent crime and provide victim...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,500,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will support the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827). The project team will assist current OJJDP juvenile justice system reform grantees in developing and implementing innovative, research-based policies and practices to reduce youth contact with the justice system and improve outcomes. Key activities include engaging stakeholders, analyzing...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded a $1,095,972 project grant under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program to the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a non-profit research organization. The 4-year "Pathways to Resilience" study aims to examine the impact of Oklahoma's juvenile justice policy reforms that shifted the system towards community-based alternatives to youth...

The National Institute of Justice awarded a $692,889 Project Grant (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) to Montclair State University (MSU) to examine variations in resentencing and second look sentencing models for youth and emerging adults serving lengthy sentences nationwide. The project aims to better understand the resentencing decision-making process, the role of various stakeholders, and the factors impacting these decisions....

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) will receive $2.4 million under a Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice to advance the National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program through December 2025. Funded under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560), NCJFCJ will maintain the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $1,572,019 three-year Cooperative Agreement to Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, in partnership with the Coalition for Juvenile Justice and the Center for Children's Law and Policy, to establish and operate the Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice. The Center's objectives are to: 1) strengthen state and territorial compliance with the...

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) has been awarded a $2,800,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). Through this 3-year project, NICJR will serve as an intermediary organization to manage a competitive national RFP process, select up to 5 grassroots community-based organizations (CBOs), and provide them with funding and tailored...