Project Grant N629091912000

This federal Project Grant award of $599,097, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CFDA 16.746) program, supports the Northern California Innocence Project (NCIP) at Santa Clara University. The NCIP proposes to identify and review cases where convictions may have been based on unreliable expert testimony related to Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma diagnoses or faulty eyewitness identification practices....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program) provides $1,283,165 to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to enhance the completeness, accuracy, and automation of criminal justice records reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key goals are to ensure the state's message switch is converted to the NIEM/XML format to be compatible with the FBI CJIS Division,...

The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI) was awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will support the continued delivery of the Crisis Intervention Teams Adaptive System of Supports for Implementation and Specialized Training (CIT ASSIST) program. CIT ASSIST is a national initiative...

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) received a $419,752 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813). The award will fund three overtime projects with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP): 1) Entering mental health records into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) to increase record availability; 2) Converting a backlog of paper Record of Sale...

The Indiana Office of Court Technology received a $1,996,055 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to develop a new protection order registry. The registry is used by over 30,000 stakeholders, including judges, court clerks, law enforcement, and domestic violence advocates. The current registry uses outdated technology that is difficult to modify, resulting in incomplete and inaccurate records sent to the...

The Quinault Indian Nation (Nation) received a $688,141 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP), CFDA 16.813. The 24-month project will allow the Nation to continue operations and staffing to screen court records and report qualifying convictions and protection orders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database. This work aligns with NARIP's goal of making...

The Kentucky State Police will use $2,580,000 in National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) cooperative agreement funds awarded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to rewrite the Kentucky Open Portal Solution (KYOPS) application. KYOPS is a critical system used by all law enforcement agencies in Kentucky to create reports that provide vital information for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The legacy KYOPS system will be updated to modern web-based...

The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) received a $1,375,326 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to enhance the completeness, automation, and transmittal of criminal justice records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Continuing the NICS Record Improvement Program, which funds a program manager and two...

The Department of Public Safety Executive Office of Public Safety Division in Massachusetts received a $2,777,995 Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) to update the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) platform to the NCIC 3rd Generation (N3G) architecture. The primary goals are to improve communication, enhance data management, and meet FBI standards for effective and secure information...

This Project Grant award of $750,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The grant will support Justice Innovation Inc., doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation, in implementing the B-READY: The Brownsville Reentry Program in Brownsville, Brooklyn. The program aims to serve 100 youth ages 12-18 who are assessed as moderate risk and are returning...