The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded $692,580.28 to Justice Information Resource Network Inc. under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) for the period of January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021. The award supports the project "WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCCESS? EVALUATING LEGAL SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME" to develop new knowledge on evaluating legal services...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $365,675 Project Grant to The Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center to conduct a rigorous, evidence-to-action demonstration project under CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants. The project aims to advance the evidence-implementation capacity of two types of criminal justice system agencies that directly interact with people in the community: 1) probation and parole agencies that...
This $999,345 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice will fund research and evaluation services delivered through the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). Mdrc will partner with Dr. Margie Balfour of the University of Arizona to conduct a quasi-experimental impact evaluation and benefit-cost analysis of Tucson, Arizona's integration of crisis line staff into its 911...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has awarded a $1,192,220 Project Grant under the "National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants" program (CFDA 16.560) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to develop and administer the "National Survey on Support for Violent Extremism". The goal of this 4-year project is to provide valid and reliable estimates on the prevalence, magnitude, and geographic clustering of support for...
The Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $33,329 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice to advance visual analytics and computational science to combat human trafficking. The award period was from January 1, 2020 to February 28, 2022 under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The goal of this project was to foster the development of new knowledge...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,126,264 Project Grant to Advocates For Human Potential Inc. under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant will fund research and evaluation on domestic terrorism prevention from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Advocates For Human Potential Inc. will conduct this work in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The goal of the...
This $650,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582), will fund an implementation and outcome evaluation of the VictimConnect resource center. VictimConnect, which receives funding from the Office for Victims of Crime, is a national referral helpline for crime victims accessible through softphone, chat, text, and website resources. The Urban Institute...
The University of Illinois was awarded a $600,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to develop a culturally and trauma-informed teen dating violence algorithm. The grant, awarded January 1, 2022 and set to be completed by December 31, 2026, will fund the continuation of the VIP study to further a new knowledge and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.582 - Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants) provides $575,200.00 to the University of Utah to conduct a formative evaluation study on the delivery of intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations by forensic nursing teams across three sites. The study aims to advance knowledge and understanding of this program model, including qualitative data collection from key stakeholders and survivors, as well as a...
This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $1,445,599, was provided by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, supports a rigorous demonstration project that tests the degree to which an evidence-based framework, the Evidence-Based System for Innovation Support (EBSIS), improves the implementation and reach of risk-need-responsivity (RNR)-informed...