Pretrial justice

    National Legal Aid and Defender Association

    Founded in 1911, NLADA is America’s oldest and largest nonprofit association devoted
    to excellence in the delivery of legal services to those who cannot afford counsel. NLADA has a
    long history of providing technical assistance, including seminal systems evaluations,
    training, and toolkits to promote excellence in state and local public defense delivery systems.
    NLADA team devoted to this project bring extensive technical assistance and evaluation
    experience, as well as a wealth of field experience in public defense delivery. NLADA is a

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • NLADA's Effort to Provide Access to Justice for All: TTA on the Right to Counsel

    National White Collar Crime Center

    For over 40 years, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) has provided comprehensive training programs to help law enforcement professionals master the principles, concepts, and skills needed to fight cyber and economic crime.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA FY24 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program: NW3C, Inc.
    • Northern and Middle States Rural Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Program

    Urban Institute

    The Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center staff members conduct research and evaluations and provide technical assistance to improve justice policy and practice at the national, state, and local levels. Urban researchers examine the development, implementation, and impact of policing, crime prevention, and gang disruption initiatives. The work includes a large breadth of topics ranging from risk assessment, community corrections and reentry, human trafficking, forensic science, courts and sentencing, to gun violence.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Increasing Correctional Agencies Capacity to Protect Vulnerable Populations During Incarceration
    • Improving Safety for Institutional Corrections

    Council of State Governments

    THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

    Founded in 1933, The Council of State Governments (CSG) is the nation’s only organization serving all three branches of state government. CSG is a region-based forum that fosters the exchange of insights and ideas to help state officials shape public policy. This offers unparalleled international, national, and regional opportunities to network, develop leaders, collaborate, and create problem-solving partnerships. CSG's national headquarters is in Lexington, Kentucky.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • CSG Justice Center to Lead National Demonstration of Integrated Treatment for People with Co-occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System
    • Council of State Government Justice Center applying to provide training and technical assistance to states under the Justice Reinvestment Initiative FY24
    • Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Category 1: National Reentry Resource Center
    • Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Category 3: Heath and Housing
    • Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance: Education and Employment
    • CSGJC helping communities nationally to adopt and scale evidence-based and data-driven approaches to ensure successful reentry for people with substance use disorders and other complex needs
    • CSGJC assisting law enforcement and behavioral health partners to design, develop & implement model response programs: Connect and Protect grantees and field
    • CSGJC providing TTA to supervision and reentry agencies to improve evidence-based service and support provision, track outcomes, and use data and technology to improve reentry and supervision outcomes
    • CSGJC providing training and technical assistance to JMHCP grantees to facilitate cross-system collaboration to increase access to mental health treatment, recovery supports, and needed services
    • CSGJC providing TTA to enhance law enforcement services and response to people with mental health disorders and substance use disorders, supporting state and local capacity for jurisdictions and field
    • CSGJC to continue to build Justice Counts infrastructure and momentum and to support implementation for grantee states
    • CSGJC setting standards for, and improving of, corrections departments’ analytical capacity to enable more informed planning and decision making to improve prison operations
    • Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level Training and Technical Assistance - Assisting Two States
    • Supporting Health, Home, and Family for Comprehensive Reentry
    • FY 19 Data-Led Governing
    • Enhancing Reentry Efforts in Tribal Communities
    • Innovations in Supervision Initiative - JC

    Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc.

    The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Inc. (APA) is incorporated in the commonwealth of Virginia and headquartered in Washington, D.C. The association is a nonprofit charitable organization that is supported by member contributions as well as government grants and funding from both foundations and the private sector. Prosecutors direct the organization through a volunteer board of directors led by the Chair of the Board, Jackson County, Missouri Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker and Vice Chairman, Multnomah County, Oregon District Attorney Rod Underhill.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • FY 2022 National Training and Technical Assistance: Capital Case Litigation Initiative for Prosecutors

    Center for Court Innovation

    The Center for Court Innovation seeks to help create a more effective and humane justice system by designing and implementing operating programs, performing original research, and providing reformers around the world with the tools they need to launch new strategies.

    Operating Programs

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Center for Court Innovation State-Based Adult Drug Court TTA