Specialty courts

    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

    All Rise

    The National Association of Drug Court Professionals is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1994 by pioneers from the first 12 drug courts in the nation.

    This extraordinary group of innovative judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and clinical professionals created a common sense approach to improving the justice system by using a combination of judicial monitoring and effective treatment to compel drug-using offenders to change their lives.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • VETERANS TREATMENT COURT TRAINING AND TECHNICALASSISTANCE
    • Adult Treatment Court Foundational Training
    • ADULT DRUG COURT SITE BASED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
    • Adult Treatment Court Training Initiative
    • Veterans Treatment Court TTA Initiative

    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

    Advocates for Human Potential Inc

    For more than 30 years, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., (AHP) has worked passionately to improve health systems and business operations through research and evaluation, training and technical assistance (TTA), and professional consulting, with the goal of helping organizations and individuals reach their full potential. Learn more at www.ahpnet.com.  

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • COAP Category 2 National TTA Provider

    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