The purpose of this cooperative agreement (CA or agreement) is to reduce impaired driving recidivism by conducting a demonstration program evaluating the efficacy of a probation and parole liaison…

The purpose of this cooperative agreement (CA or agreement) is to reduce impaired driving recidivism by conducting a demonstration program evaluating the efficacy of a probation and parole liaison program. These community supervision professionals, one in each of up to 3 nhtsa regions, will be dedicated to training, information sharing, and network development within their respective region¿s professional community supervision network. The project¿s objective is to assess the effectiveness of their work by evaluating the following activities: ¿conduct an analysis to determine specific community supervision training and education needs that will reduce impaired driving recidivism; ¿identify and share equitable and evidence-based DWI supervision practices to meet the needs identified during the training and education GAP analysis; ¿disseminate community supervision best practices for managing DWI and other related traffic offenders to appropriate professionals, organizations and agencies in the region(s); ¿develop empirically supported tools and materials aimed at improving assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, integration and reduction of recidivism of DWI offenders; and ¿improve the collection and analysis of alcohol and drug impaired driving recidivism data.