United States Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

National Institute of Corrections

Evidence Based Decision Making for Local Criminal Justice Systems

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups or individuals who would like to enter into a cooperative agreement with NIC for the eighteen month development phase of a new initiative, "Evidence Based Decision Making for Local Criminal Justice Systems" (justice systems).The overall goal of the initiative is to establish and test articulated linkages (information tools and protocols) between local criminal justice decisions and the application of human and organizational change principles (evidence based practices) to achieve measurable reduction of pretrial misconduct and post-conviction risk of re-offending. The unique focus of the initiative is locally developed strategies of criminal justice officials (defined in the full announcement) that guide practice within existing sentencing statutes and rules.

Closing date for applications: April 4^th, 2008

Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement

Expected Number of Awards: 1

Award Ceiling: $450,000

For more information, please visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=40719