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):

    • 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 setting standards for, and improving of, corrections departments’ analytical capacity to enable more informed planning and decision making to improve prison operations
    • CSGJC to continue to build Justice Counts infrastructure and momentum and to support implementation for grantee states
    • 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 assisting law enforcement and behavioral health partners to design, develop & implement model response programs: Connect and Protect grantees and field
    • 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 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
    • 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
    • JMHCP CBP TTA Center
    • FY19 JMHCP TTA
    • JRI: Training and Technical Assistance to Four States
    • Enhancing Reentry Efforts in Tribal Communities
    • Innovations in Supervision Initiative - JC

    Fox Valley Technical College

    The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College (NCJTC) is a leading national training organization in the field of criminal justice.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • BJA FY2021 Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Training and Technical Assistance Program-Category 2
    • Internet of Things
    • Alcohol and Substance Abuse Related Crime TTA
    • Comprehensive Strategic Planning
    • BJA FY18 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance

    Center for Effective Public Policy

    The Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP) is a nonprofit organization first incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1981 with its main office in Kensington, MD, and satellite offices in San Francisco, CA; Melbourne Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Minneapolis, MN; Newark, NJ; Lebanon, PA; Columbia, SC; and Edgerton, WI.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA FY 22 Community Supervision Resource Center

    International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training

    The mission of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) is to research, develop, and share information, ideas, and innovations which assist states in establishing effective and defensible standards for employment and training of law enforcement officers, and, in those states where dual responsibility exists, correctional personnel.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA National Initiatives: Academies and Constitutional Policing
    • Maintain and expand the National Decertification Index (NDI) database

    Community Resources for Justice

    The Crime and Justice Institute (CJI) bridges the gap between research and practice with data-driven solutions that drive bold, transformative improvements in criminal and juvenile justice systems. CJI works with local, state, tribal, and national criminal justice organizations, providing nonpartisan policy analysis, implementation consulting, capacity building assistance, and research services to advance evidence-based practices and create systems-level change.

    Some of CJI’s major projects include:

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Restrictive Housing Reform Implementation Assistance Program
    • BJA FY 21 Justice Reinvestment Initiative: State-level Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Justice Reinvestment Initiative: National Training and Technical Assistance

    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: National Community Court Initiative
    • Center for Court Innovation State-Based Adult Drug Court TTA
    • Tribal Risk/Need Assessment Tool
    • Center for Court Innovation State-Based Adult Drug Court Technical Assistance Program

    NCJA Webinar New Victim Notification Established through Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System (ICOTS)

    Staying the course has produced results to ensure that crime victims whose offenders request to transfer under the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS) will be notified and have an opportunity to be heard.

    NCJA Webinar Tribal-State Corrections Collaboration Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Native Inmates

    Many Native inmates are housed in state-run facilities or under supervision of state-supported community corrections programs. To increase the possibility of positive outcomes for these individuals, state correctional agencies are working with Tribal justice leaders to develop and implement programs that provide culturally-sensitive services to tribal members in state correctional programs.

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