Project Grant 2014YXBX0004

The Urban Institute, in partnership with the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), is conducting a $365,675 study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The study aims to advance the evidence-implementation capacity of probation/parole agencies and victim service providers that directly interact with people in the community. Through a cluster...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a Project Grant in the amount of $800,847 to RTI International, in collaboration with Duke University's Wilson Center for Science and Justice, to conduct a 36-month evaluation of the Plea Assessment for Practice Improvement Model (PAPIM). The PAPIM model involves systematically tracking plea bargaining practices in three diverse prosecutors' offices, analyzing the data, and facilitating a process to translate the findings into improved office...

This $2.32 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement will support Innovations For Poverty Action to establish an embedded evidence lab in Nigeria from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The evidence lab will equip the Nigerian government to develop and deliver more effective, evidence-based policies and programs to combat sex trafficking under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019)....

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and WestEd have received a $983,482 Project Grant from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to develop and test a Violence Intervention and Prevention Intercept Model (VIPIM) for evaluating ecosystem approaches to preventing violence in Boston. Over 4 years, the project will produce the VIPIM tool to identify entry points, outcomes, and coordination dynamics...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism awarded a $1,479,832.69 Cooperative Agreement to the Organization of International Criminal Police (Interpol) on September 30, 2024. The award is part of the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701) and aims to extend access to the analytical platform developed in previous phases to selected Interpol member countries, beyond the Interpol General Secretariat analysts. The award will be active through September 30, 2026. As an...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,973,359.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism (CFDA 19.701 - Global Counterterrorism Programs) aims to continue promoting efforts to mitigate the flow of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) in key countries. The funding supports ensuring law enforcement in these countries receive and share actionable information in a timely and effective manner. The award recipient, the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), will...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838), provides $8,911,329 in funding to the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of this project is to support new or existing local nonprofit drug prevention programs (in collaboration with law enforcement and community coalitions) in...

The HER CTIP Project, funded through a $1.9 million cooperative agreement awarded by the United States Agency for International Development Barbados on April 13, 2022 and set to be completed by April 12, 2024, will build capacity among civil society organizations and agencies in Trinidad and Tobago to facilitate improved access to support services for potential, presumed, and confirmed victims of human trafficking, particularly women and girls. The International Organization for Migration will...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $649,895 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) to conduct a national, mixed-methods study on the intersection of human trafficking and drug trafficking. The key objectives of this 3-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, are to: 1) conduct a landscape scan to develop the current state of knowledge on the issue;...

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543) to the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (AIP), a non-profit organization based in Boston, MA. The grant aims to reduce the gap in access to evidence-based treatment for problematic sexual behavior among 13- to 17-year-old youth in Suffolk County, MA. The project will expand AIP's treatment team to provide Problematic Sexual...