Project Grant 2010DJBX0374

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...

The Community Resources for Justice, Inc. (CRJ) was awarded a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative program (CFDA 16.812). The award will support CRJ's implementation of evidence-based and innovative community supervision policies, practices, and programs in selected jurisdictions through September 2025. CRJ will provide targeted, customized...

This federal Project Grant award of $286,542, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program, supports the establishment of a Conviction Review Unit within the Civil Rights Division of the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The goal of this project is to review hundreds of past criminal cases that may have involved wrongful convictions, including re-analyzing forensic...

The Jefferson County Regional Crime Laboratory (JCRCL) in Colorado has been awarded a $331,592 Formula Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) to enhance its forensic biology operations. The grant funds will allow the JCRCL to reduce its DNA case backlog, decrease turnaround times for DNA analysis, provide continuing education for DNA analysts, and enable two staff members to attend a mandatory forensic...

The Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians will use a $399,994 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to continue and enhance sex offender registration, monitoring, and community education efforts on the Red Lake Reservation from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, the tribe will identify, register, and conduct at least 108 contacts...

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 Superior Court of San Mateo, located in Redwood City, California, was awarded a $1,599,185 three-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund the creation of a Unified Diagnostic and Screening Calendar to address the significant delay in placement of defendants with substance use disorders into treatment programs, as well as the worsening...

The Delaware Criminal Justice Council will receive $600,000 under a four-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will support enhancements to the Wilmington Community Court (WCC) through September 30, 2026. Key activities include narrowing the WCC's geographic focus to better serve the historically underserved community in Wilmington, Delaware;...

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 $900,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) will expand the Contra Costa County District Attorney's successful pre-charge adult diversion Neighborhood Restorative Partnerships (NRP) program. The funding will establish new NRP panels and participants in the Greater Richmond area and Antioch-Pittsburgh area, historically disadvantaged communities facing high crime rates. Key...