This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice funded formative evaluation of a technology-based behavioral health program for victims of crime. With $436,339.35 awarded on January 1, 2019 and completing on September 30, 2021, the grant supported evaluation under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). Research Triangle Institute conducted evaluation to develop new...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The grant will support the operations of NAS's Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ) to provide NIJ with independent, expert analysis and advice on criminal justice policies, programs, and practices. Specifically, the funding will enable CLAJ to anticipate and respond to...
This $1,642,305 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The purpose of this multi-year project is to collaboratively develop and apply an ecologically-informed evaluation framework for community-based violence intervention (CVI) programs. Key activities include: Adapting the Integrated PRISM/RE-AIM framework for CVI practitioners, with direct engagement...
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 National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded a $1,095,972 project grant under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program to the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a non-profit research organization. The 4-year "Pathways to Resilience" study aims to examine the impact of Oklahoma's juvenile justice policy reforms that shifted the system towards community-based alternatives to youth...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,221,556 Project Grant to the University of Illinois under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560). The grant aims to evaluate the efficacy of the SAFER approach to improving legal responses to intimate partner violence through a randomized controlled trial. The University of Illinois will develop and demonstrate programs and...
This $575,200 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) will fund a two-year formative evaluation study on the delivery of intimate partner violence medical forensic examinations by forensic nursing teams across three distinct sites. The study aims to advance knowledge and understanding of this critical service for survivors of intimate partner violence, with a focus on improving...
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 Urban Institute was awarded a $648,715 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). The grant will fund a multi-method study from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 to evaluate outcomes for human trafficking survivors using the Outcomes for Human Trafficking Survivors tool, and conduct an inter-rater reliability...
This $422,100 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ) Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) will fund an "Evidence-to-Action Demonstration Project" to help court systems implement strategies to mitigate the collateral consequences of criminal records. The project aims to engage court leaders in identifying and adopting theory-based records relief strategies using implementation frameworks. Over a 3-year period, the...