Project Grant 2018YXBX0001

The District Attorneys Office 22Nd Judicial Circuit was awarded a $319,999.09 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative (CFDA 16.825) program. The four-year award running from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2022 will support the FY 18 INNOVATIVE PROSECUTION PROGRAM. The purpose of this program is to provide state, local, and tribal prosecutors with resources to reduce crime and increase public...

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 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...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $599,791 Project Grant under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) to the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) and the Boston College Innocence Program (BCIP) to support their collaborative efforts in exonerating dozens of wrongfully convicted individuals. The funding will be used to: 1) Expand staffing and contracting at CPCS and BCIP; 2) Develop and implement research-based improvements to outreach and case screening...

The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office received a $374,986 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.752 - Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention) to strengthen intellectual property (IP) enforcement and address counterfeit goods in Oregon. The grant funds a comprehensive project with three key objectives: 1) Aggressive investigation and enforcement of IP theft, focusing on public health and safety concerns like...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the CFDA 16.560 National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program, supports a $612,685 study on the impact of body-worn camera (BWC) evidence processing on prosecutors' workload and case management. The two-year study aims to: 1) document the volume of BWC evidence processed by prosecutors' offices and its utility; 2) quantify the time,...

The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice received a $564,123 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to support the implementation of the eProsecutor cloud-based case management system. Specifically, the funding will be used to: 1) purchase the renewal lease of 300 eProsecutor user licenses, 2) cover data storage fees, and 3) support a portion of the salary and benefits for the IT Director and...

This Project Grant award of $286,542 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program supports the Civil Rights Division (CRD) of the Orleans Parish District Attorney's (OPDA) Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. The grant funding will establish an experienced Conviction Review Unit within the CRD to review hundreds of cases, primarily focused on addressing potential wrongful convictions stemming from historical...

The Crime Strategies Unit of Tulsa County, Oklahoma received a $339,998 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 award period is from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. As a Formula Grant, the funding will support the Unit's efforts to reduce crime and increase public safety in Tulsa County through innovative prosecution solutions endorsed by the...