Project Grant USIP170317406

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $999,428 Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) to Mediators Beyond Borders, International, on behalf of the Trust Network. The project aims to help communities understand, address, and heal from hate speech and hate crimes. The key products and services to be delivered include: Identifying 10 dispute resolution centers in high-risk "corridors of hate" in...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the federal Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), will fund research to determine the impact of modeling verbal mediation on shifting task performance in school-aged children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The $192,289 award to the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Inc. aims to elucidate the complex relationship between...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) provides $853,000 to support Resolution Virginia's Police-Referred Mediation Pilot Project. The project aims to improve community safety and access to justice by connecting Virginians experiencing conflicts with trained community mediators, conciliators, and restorative justice practitioners. The grant will fund outreach, case...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $180,000 Project Grant under the NIJ Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to implement and evaluate an intergroup communication intervention (the VOICES model) to improve police-community relationships. The goal of this 3-year project is to reduce negative attitudes and perceptions (e.g., prejudice and intergroup anxiety) and increase positive attitudes...

The Orange County Diversion Program was awarded a $433,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to establish a statewide initiative in Vermont increasing racial justice, equity, and inclusion in restorative justice efforts from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The initiative will collaborate with Vermont's 24 restorative justice agencies to develop consistent statewide...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585), provides $410,614 to the Judicial Council of California (JCC) to create practical tools to identify and address equity and inclusion issues in California's collaborative courts. The key deliverables include: A California-specific assessment tool to investigate outcomes by race in treatment courts A data collection and analysis plan for the necessary data...

The American Institutes for Research (AIR), in partnership with Think College and a co-PI, has been awarded a three-year, $200,000 Project Grant by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under CFDA 93.433. The grant will fund the development of a new intervention called "MY ROAD" to empower inclusive postsecondary education (IPSE) programs to evaluate and expand dignity of risk (DOR) for students with intellectual and/or...

The Department of State Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations awarded Conflict Dynamics International Inc. a $1,975,000 cooperative agreement to provide political dialogue process facilitators with expertise to successfully facilitate the process in Sudan. This award falls under the Conflict and Stabilization Operations federal grant program (CFDA 19.121), which aims to strengthen U.S. national security by breaking cycles of violent conflict and supporting stabilization of strategic...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) IUSE: Engaged Student Learning Level 2 project grant, awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to improve access and inclusion in undergraduate physics education. With a total funding of $490,152, the award will support the development of professional development experiences for both physics faculty and disabled STEM students. The key products and services to be delivered include: Professional development for physics faculty to promote...

Through a $3,495,212 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program), Rulo Strategies LLC will provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to address substance use disorders among justice-involved individuals. This includes developing approaches for treating substance use disorders prior to an individual's release from incarceration, as well as continuing treatment...