The County of Waukesha, Wisconsin received a $340,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 16.825). The funding supports the Innovative Technology Prosecutorial Team project from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The goal of the Smart Prosecution Initiative program is to provide resources to state, local, and tribal prosecutors to reduce crime and increase...
The County of Boulder District Attorney's Office Data, Policy, and Reform Unit (DPRU) received a $340,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative federal grant program (CFDA #16.825). The two-year award, which runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023, will support the DPRU's efforts to reduce crime and increase public safety through innovative prosecution solutions. As the goal of the...
The County of Erie, New York received a $335,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 16.825). The two-year award, issued October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023, will support the Erie County Forensic Evidence Bureau in providing forensic evidence services to reduce crime and increase public safety. The Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combating...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) provides $800,847 to RTI International, in collaboration with Duke University's Wilson Center for Science and Justice, to implement and evaluate a new model called the Plea Assessment for Practice Improvement Model (PAPIM). The PAPIM model involves systematically tracking plea bargaining processes by prosecutors, providing analyzed...
The Office of the District Attorney, Bronx County, in partnership with Empower, Assist, Care Network and others, has been awarded a $650,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program). This three-year grant funds the Justice Innovation for Bronx Youth Program, an alternative-to-incarceration pilot program serving youth aged 16-17 who were charged...
The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded Justice Innovation Inc. a $500,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to develop and administer a Tribal Youth Fellowship Program from May 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. In partnership with the Institute of Indigenous American Legacy, Justice Innovation Inc. will recruit, train, and support two cohorts of Tribal Youth Fellows from diverse Tribal and regional backgrounds. Tribal Youth...
The San Joaquin County Family Justice Center Foundation received a $337,700 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative (CFDA 16.825) federal grant program. The goal of this program is to provide state and local prosecutors with resources to reduce crime and increase public safety through innovative prosecution solutions. Funding will support the County of San Joaquin District Attorney's...
This $825,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Children Exposed to Violence (CFDA 16.818) program supports the implementation of the Brooklyn Youth Healing Initiative (BYHI) by Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation. The project aims to provide a holistic, community-driven strategy to build the capacity of the Central Brooklyn, New York community to...
The Burlington County Prosecutor's Office was awarded a $340,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative (CFDA #16.825) program. The two-year grant running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023 will support the Smart Prosecution Project, which aims to reduce crime and increase public safety through innovative prosecution solutions as encouraged by the federal program. Specifically, grant...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) will support the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ), in partnership with Coordinadora Paz Para Las Mujeres (CPM), to enhance the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases throughout Puerto Rico. Key activities...