Pretrial Technical Assistance for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems

Post Date

July 5th 2012

Application Due Date

July 20th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

12CS10

CFDA Number(s)

16.603

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Pretrial Technical Assistance for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

An eligible applicant is any public or private agency, educational institution, organization, individual, or team with expertise in the described areas.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $125000

Grant Description

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Community Services Division is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement with NIC for up to 12 months beginning in September 2012. Work under this cooperative agreement is part of a larger NIC initiative, Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) in Local Criminal Justice Systems. Work under this cooperative agreement will be coordinated with recipients of other cooperative agreements providing services under Phase III of this initiative. Specifically, under this cooperative agreement, the awardee will provide technical assistance to seven Phase III sites that have already been identified. During Phase II of the EBDM planning, each of seven sites identified change strategies based on their individual system planning activities. These change strategies are critical to meeting their systemуs harm reduction goals. The technical assistance from this award will be targeted toward expanding the knowledge and use of legal and evidence-based pretrial risk assessment and release practices among criminal justice stakeholders.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Justice

• Office:

  Federal Bureau of Prisons

• Agency Contact:

  Pamela Davison
  Administrative Assistant
  Phone 202-353-0484

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Technical Assistance Only

• Agency Email Address:

  pdavison@bop.gov

• Location:

  National Institute of Corrections

• More Information:

  full announcement on NIC website