Cooperative Agreement SINLEC23CA0442

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), totaling $444,826, is focused on adapting and testing an innovative, trauma-informed intervention to reduce overdose risk among women re-entering the community from prison. The key activities include: 1) Adapting the Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) approach by engaging stakeholders to align it with the unique needs of justice-involved women,...

The New York County Defender Services (NYCDS) was awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to implement the "Filling the Gaps: Reducing Recidivism through Personalized Reentry Advocacy Project." The project aims to create a data-driven, continuous reentry support model that maximizes efficiency, increases client engagement, and reduces recidivism among NYCDS's low-income, primarily non-white...

This $744,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) will support the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project (SF Pretrial) in strengthening the jail reentry process in San Francisco, CA. The project will provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed case management and supervision for high-need, moderate- to high-risk individuals released pretrial to SF Pretrial's intensive...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $125,000 to the City of Charleston, West Virginia to expand its existing pre-trial diversion program. The funding will support the hiring of a full-time Pre-Trial Diversion Coordinator to work with the municipal and magistrate courts, law enforcement, social service providers, and the community to refer and place qualifying defendants facing...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Community Resources For Justice, Inc. a $1 million cooperative agreement under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to create an innovative program to reduce failures to appear in Tarrant County, Texas's pretrial justice system. Working with subrecipients the Crime and Justice Institute, Tarrant County Criminal Court, and the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, Community...

This Project Grant award of $395,656 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Research and Evaluation (R&E) Program (CFDA 16.026) supports a study to identify promising practices for addressing sexual violence in carceral settings. The Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization, will conduct a secondary analysis of existing data sources, including perspectives from over 600 people and 11 data sources representing victim service...

This $900,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.828 - Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program) supports the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) in developing and implementing innovative Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) supervision strategies for emerging adult clients on probation for violent crimes and weapons charges. The goal is to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for this population. Key activities include...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement under the OVW Training and Technical Assistance (TA) Initiative (CFDA 16.526) to Justice Innovation, Inc. doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation (the Center). This new 2-year award will enable the Center to provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, court staff, and victim service providers on pre-trial release criteria and...

The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.827 - Justice Reinvestment Initiative) to build on efforts to end the use of secure detention for youth by 2025 and implement innovative recidivism-reduction policies, practices, and programming. The key goals and activities of the grant include: (1) developing the infrastructure and...

This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) provides $400,000 in funding to the Center for Health Justice, Inc., a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization. The project, titled "Project RENEW," aims to expand trauma-informed substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery, and reentry services for 18-35...