OpportunityTitle: Pretrial Technical Assistance for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems
CategoryExplanation: Pretrial Technical Assistance for Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Criminal Justice Systems
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: An eligible applicant is any public or private agency, educational institution, organization, individual, or team with expertise in the described areas.
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 system&#146;s 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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Technical Assistance Only
GrantorContactText: Pamela Davison &lt;br/&gt;Administrative Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-353-0484