Cooperative Agreement 2015R2CXK029

The Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) has been awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The 3-year project, titled "Willful Flight: Shifting Policy and Culture", aims to assess the impact of a "willful flight" standard for bail decision-making as an alternative to the broader "failure to...

The Dekalb County Department of Finance received a $231,436 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on October 1, 2022 to implement the DKSO PREA Safety: Knowledge for All Program through September 30, 2024. The program will provide PREA educational content and reporting tools to incarcerated individuals in Dekalb County via secure tablets. Programmed PREA content will educate inmates on PREA standards and the importance of...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has awarded a $949,851 Cooperative Agreement to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and implement a web-based survey to collect 2024 Census of Jails (COJ) data from approximately 2,900 local jails. This project, funded under the Special Data Collections and Statistical Studies (CFDA 16.734) program, aims to gather critical criminal justice data from local jails and...

The Salt Lake County (SLCO) Enhancing Access for Reentry Success (EARS) Pilot Project is a $825,000 federal grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The goal of the project is to reduce recidivism, increase positive behavior changes, and eliminate barriers to successful reentry for incarcerated adults in SLCO with behavioral health disorders who are housing insecure. Key project activities include: 1) case planning,...

The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention (King County DAJD) received a $842,851 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to improve correctional education and employment outcomes. Through this award, King County DAJD will invest in technology platforms and services to increase the capacity for educational and vocational programming across its...

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The Saint Paul Police Department (SPPD) received a $1.5 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to support its Law Enforcement Career Path Academy (LECPA) program through March 2024. LECPA aims to increase diversity within SPPD by providing career training and educational opportunities to underrepresented and low-income individuals from the Twin Cities area interested in law enforcement careers. The program utilizes an...

The Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services will partner with Justice Works Youth Care to implement the Clark County Youth Reintegration Program. Funded by a $400,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the program will utilize evidence-based methodologies to reduce recidivism among youth exiting the Spring Mountain Youth Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Running from October 1, 2022 to...

The City of Alameda, along with the Alameda Police Department (APD), will use a $224,497 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to support a two-year self-assessment period to achieve law enforcement accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The grant funds will be used to hire a Police Auditor who will work with internal subject matter experts to...

The Lake County Government was awarded a $495,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) on March 15, 2022 to improve access to community-based services for justice-involved individuals in Leadville, Colorado through March 31, 2025. Key deliverables include finalizing a community justice action plan through coordinated stakeholder planning, building capacity for...