OpportunityTitle: Dosage Probation White Paper
CategoryExplanation: The goal of this cooperative agreement will be to highlight the Dosage Probation Model and to take the lessons learned, successes and challenges from the dosage test pilot sites with the field, and to develop and share an implementation model for jurisdictions.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Recipients, including for-profit organizations, must agree to waive any profit or fee for services.
Description: The concept of Dosage Probation was first conceptualized under the National Institute of Correction&#8217;s Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems (EBDM) Initiative. It is a new model of supervision which incentivizes offenders&#8217; engagement in risk-reducing activities by providing the opportunity for early termination from supervision when probationers reach their dosage target. The proposed &#8220;dosage&#8221; model of probation suggests that the length of supervision should be determined by the number of hours of intervention necessary to reduce risk, rather than an arbitrarily (or customarily) established amount of time (e.g., 3 years, 5 years). For many justice-involved individuals, the research shows that correctional intervention is analogous to treating a patient: too little intervention and the patient receives little or no benefit; too much, and the treatment is ineffective or even harmful. Given this, we postulate that the length of supervision should depend on how long it takes an individual under supervision to achieve the dosage target&#8212;the type and amount of intervention that research tells us he or she needs in order to maximize the potential for behavior change and that is necessary in order to minimize risk to the public&#8212;rather than a fixed term of supervision.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Application or Form Questions
GrantorContactText: Cameron Coblentz &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-514-0053