Formula Grant 15PBJA21GG03897SMTP

This $174,778 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.550 - State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers) will fund two core-capacity building projects and one special-emphasis project conducted by the Washington State Office of Financial Management (WSOFM). The projects aim to evaluate racial and ethnic disparities within the criminal justice system in Washington, including assessments of potential...

The City of Tacoma, Washington, was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to support the city's newly developed Therapeutic Court Program. The grant will fund three key activities: 1) Research support to partner with the University of Washington Tacoma to evaluate the court's data collection practices and validate a risk and needs assessment tool, 2) Team training to...

The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (KCPAO) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program (CFDA 16.036). The grant funding will be used to implement the KCPAO Cold Case Prosecutor Program, which aims to designate a dedicated prosecutor to work exclusively on unsolved homicide cases where a suspect DNA profile has been developed. Key program activities include creating...

The Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) was awarded a $810,765 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738). The goal of this 3-year project, known as the "Assuring Quality and Understanding of Actions (AQUA)" initiative, is to develop and implement a comprehensive quality assurance (QA) manual and quality improvement (QI) process to support...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.550 - State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers) provides $175,017 to the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC), the State Administering Agency for Oregon, to conduct two projects through its Statistical Analysis Center (SAC): "Oregon Misdemeanor Conviction Trends" - Analyze and report on long-range misdemeanor conviction trends in Oregon, to be completed by...

The Washington State Office of Financial Management (WSOFM) received a $220,180 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the State Justice Statistics (SJS) Program for Statistical Analysis Centers. The funding will support two core capacity building projects: (1) research using incident-based crime data compatible with the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and (2) increasing access to statistical data; as...

This $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.590 - Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program) awarded to the County of Washington, OR supports a comprehensive initiative to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in Washington County. Key activities under this 3-year grant project include: 1) creating an evidence-based risk...

This $185,209.20 Project Grant from the Executive Office of the President Office of National Drug Control Policy will fund services delivered through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program. The Program aims to reduce drug trafficking and production in the United States by facilitating cooperation among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. It will enhance information sharing and coordinated enforcement activities. The County of Thurston Sheriff Office will...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), under the CFDA 16.560 NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, provides $800,847 to RTI International, in collaboration with Duke University's Wilson Center for Science and Justice, to implement and evaluate a mixed-methods project entitled "Data-Driven Prosecution Practices: Exploring the Implementation and Impact of Plea Tracking." The project aims to introduce a new model, the Plea...

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...