Cooperative Agreement 15PBJA23GK01578NCRJ
- The Orange County Diversion Program was awarded a $433,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to establish a statewide initiative in Vermont increasing racial justice, equity, and inclusion in restorative justice efforts from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The initiative will collaborate with Vermont's 24 restorative justice agencies to develop consistent statewide...
- This Project Grant award, valued at $349,864 and funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, will support research that leverages recently linked criminal justice data from the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) to study how involvement in the justice system shapes the lives of individuals, families, and communities in the U.S. The research aims to answer questions about: 1) changes in the risk of criminal...
- The Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) was awarded a $975,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The purpose of this 3-year project is to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system in Vermont by enhancing community-based restorative justice alternatives and supporting justice reform initiatives. Key project activities include providing clinical legal services focused on...
- 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....
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) will provide $1,500,000 from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to support OJJDP's juvenile justice system reform and reinvestment initiative. The project team, led by the non-profit organization Community Resources For Justice, Inc. (CRJ), will assist current OJJDP grantees in developing and implementing...
- This $422,100 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, will fund a 3-year evidence-to-action demonstration project focused on improving court-based strategies for mitigating the collateral consequences of criminal records. The project, led by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), will meaningfully engage court leaders in identifying and adopting...
- This $979,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) supports the Community Restorative Practices Project implemented by Interaction, Inc. (doing business as Youth Services) in Brattleboro, Vermont. The project aims to enhance restorative interventions, minimize reliance on the criminal justice system, and provide free and voluntary programs focused on community conflict...
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, to implement the Youth Justice Initiative at South Brooklyn Community High School and John Jay School for Law. Over the 3-year grant period from October 2023 to September 2026, the Youth Justice Initiative aims to prevent violence and improve school climate by replacing punitive disciplinary...
- The Urban Institute, in partnership with the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), is conducting a $365,675 study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The 3-year project aims to advance the evidence-implementation capacity of two types of criminal justice agencies that interact with the community: probation/parole agencies and victim service...
- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $7,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Community Resources For Justice, Inc. (CRJ) under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (CFDA 16.827) to provide technical assistance to two states for developing data-driven criminal justice policies and programs. The grant aims to support the Justice Reinvestment Initiative's goals of improving public safety, making smarter use of resources, and investing in strategies to...
THROUGH THIS PROJECT, NATIONAL CENTER ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE - EXPANSION, VERMONT LAW AND GRADUATE SCHOOL SEEKS TO SUBSTANTIALLY EXPAND THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL CENTER ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE (NCORJ) IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EDUCATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS THROUGH OFFERING COMPETITIVE SUBAWARDS. THE NCORJ WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2020 THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN VERMONT LAW AND GRADUATE SCHOOL (VLGS), THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT (UVM), AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO (USD). THESE CORE PARTNERS OF THE NCORJ ARE JOINED IN THIS APPLICATION BY THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION (FORMERLY THE CENTER FOR COURT INNOVATION), WHICH WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN PROVIDING INTENSIVE TTA FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND SUPPORTING THE SUBAWARD RECIPIENTS TO ESTABLISH NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS. THIS PROJECT INCLUDES FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES. THE FIRST OBJECTIVE IS TO EDUCATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, THE IMPACT, AND APPLICABILITY TO THEIR ROLE WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR ONLINE MODULES TAILORED TO DIFFERENT SYSTEM ACTOR GROUPS AS WELL AS THROUGH PROVIDING INTENSIVE TTA TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES IN THE FORM OF A THREE-DAY IN-PERSON TRAINING. THE SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO BUILD ON THE NCORJS WORK ADVANCING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO TRANSLATE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CURRICULUM TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH HOSTING SUMMER GATHERINGS TO ADVANCE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE EDUCATION IN TRIBAL COLLEGES AND HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS), AND THROUGH DEVELOPING AN UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND IMPLEMENTING IT AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE THIRD OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE SUBAWARDS AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT TO ESTABLISH NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH DEVELOPING A COMPETITIVE SUBAWARD PROCESS AND MAKING AWARDS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES TO ESTABLISH NEW RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS. THE SUBAWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED WITH INTENSIVE TTA PROVIDED BY THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION. THE FOURTH OBJECTIVE IS TO LEAD RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING PROMINENT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPLICATIONS BEING USED IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TODAY AND APPROACHES TO MEASURING EFFICACY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH AND EXPANSION OF THE NCORJS EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW AND CORE ELEMENTS PROJECTS, WITH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES PROVIDED TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSIBLE DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS TO A WIDER PUBLIC.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.6m | 11/15/24 | ||
| Not listed | $3.0m | 9/8/23 |
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