Cooperative Agreement 15PBJA21GK04009MUMU

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) provides $800,847 to RTI International, in collaboration with Duke University's Wilson Center for Science and Justice, to implement and evaluate a new model called the Plea Assessment for Practice Improvement Model (PAPIM). PAPIM involves systematically tracking plea bargaining processes by prosecutors, providing analyzed data...

This $180,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) will fund the implementation and evaluation of an intergroup communication intervention (the VOICES model) to improve police-community relationships, particularly for marginalized communities disparately impacted by the criminal justice system. The goal is to reduce negative attitudes and perceptions (e.g. prejudice, intergroup...

This $1,396,558 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) aims to enhance understanding and engagement with community violence intervention (CVI) strategies among law enforcement agencies nationwide. The project, led by the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), will create and disseminate educational resources, tools, and training to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to NW3C, Inc. under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will be used to create a community awareness toolkit with training curricula, videos, handouts, and other resources for law enforcement to educate the public on topics including gender-based violence technology-facilitated abuse, sex and labor...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded Justice Innovation Inc. $997,351 under the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.123) cooperative agreement effective May 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The award will support the South Bronx Youth Opportunity Initiative to reduce youth gun and gang violence in Bronx Community District 3, New York. Key deliverables include establishing a cross-sector collaborative working group, implementing outreach and...

The District Attorneys Office 22Nd Judicial Circuit was awarded a $319,999.09 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative (CFDA 16.825) program. The four-year award running from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022 will support the FY 18 INNOVATIVE PROSECUTION PROGRAM. The purpose of this program is to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with resources to reduce crime and increase public...

This federal Project Grant award from the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), under the OVW Research and Evaluation Program (CFDA 16.026), provides $500,000 to Justice Innovation Inc. to conduct an exploratory study on the extent to which Community Violence Intervention (CVI) programs address the intersection of community gun violence and intimate partner violence (IPV). The key products and services to be delivered under this 2.5-year grant, which runs from January 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027,...

The City of Oakland, California, through its Police Department (OPD), has been awarded a $646,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to implement the Procedural Justice/Community Police Trust Project. The 2-year grant, effective from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025, will support OPD's efforts to enhance police-community relations and trust through a series of reconciliation workshops. The project aims to repair historical tensions and foster...

This $972,083 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560) supports a comprehensive research plan to examine the impact of police executives on accountability mechanisms and outcomes within law enforcement. The University of Utah is the prime recipient and is partnering with Purdue University and the University of South Carolina as sub-recipients. The key products and services to be delivered include: Building a comprehensive dataset on U.S. police executives from...

The National Institute of Justice awarded The Pennsylvania State University a $1,392,265 cooperative agreement under the Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. The university will partner with the Tampa Police Department, United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida, and Safe & Sound Hillsborough to conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of focused...