Juvenile Justice

    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):

    • Improving Safety for Institutional Corrections

    Tribal Law and Policy Institute

    The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is a 100% Native American operated non-profit corporation organized to design and deliver education, research, training, and technical assistance programs which promote the enhancement of justice in Indian country and the health, well-being, and culture of Native peoples.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Enhancing and Promoting Tribal Courts, Tribal Justice Systems, and Intergovernmental Collaboration
    • Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts
    • Enhancing Tribal-Federal-State-Local Collaborations
    • Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Training and Technical Assistance Program

    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
    • Adult Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Initiative
    • Adult Drug Court Training Initiative
    • Veterans Treatment Court TTA Initiative
    • Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative

    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 2023 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance ProgramCategory 1: Tribal Justice System Strategic Planning (TJSPP)
    • BJA FY 2023 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program Category 3: Addressing Illicit Substance Use and Related Crime (IASA)
    • 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

    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

    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):

    • Sixth Amendment Strategic Planning: A Research-to-Practice Approach
    • Center for Court Innovation: National Community Court Initiative
    • Center for Court Innovation State-Based Adult Drug Court TTA
    • Tribal Risk/Need Assessment Tool
    • Sixth Amendment Strategic Planning: A Research-to-Practice Approach
    • Center for Court Innovation State-Based Adult Drug Court Technical Assistance Program

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