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22CS09: Building the Capacity to Support Legal and Evidence-Based Pretrial Decisions at the State and Local Level

Closed Closed March 14, 2022 Opportunity 22CS09 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

NIC invites applications from nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community, and tribal organizations), for-profit organizations (including tribal for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). Recipients, including for-profit organizations, must agree to waive any profit or fee for services. Foreign governments, international organizations, and non-governmental international organizations/institutions are not eligible to apply. Proof of 501(c) (3) status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service or an authorizing tribal resolution is required.NIC welcomes applications that involve two or more entities; however, one eligible entity must be the applicant and the others must be proposed as subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity with primary responsibility for administering the funding and managing

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Nationally, about 65% of jails are filled with pretrial defendants who are charged with but not convicted of a crime. Many of these pretrial detainees, if released, have a high probability to appear at all of their scheduled court hearings and have a low probability of being re-arrested during the pretrial phase of their case. However, our current system also allows defendants who have a high probability of flight or of being re-arrested to be released from custody, thus compromising public safety and confidence of the criminal justice system. The National Institute of Corrections recognizes the necessity for state and local criminal justice systems to develop pretrial justice systems and agencies with established structures based on the law and evidence-based practices that help practitioners make consistent pretrial release and detention decisions. The pretrial release or detention decision is critical and is known to affect future criminal justice decisions and outcomes for a defendant. Because of the potential of this decision has to influence future criminal justices outcomes, NIC has made significant investments in the development of sound and fundamental information and tools that will support fair, just, and consistent pretrial release and detention decisions that increase public safety and court appearance during the pretrial phase of a case. NIC’s strategy to meet its mission and goals is to provide the the pretrial services field with a series of responsive trainings, individualized onsite pretrial system and agency assessments, and publications. Individually and collectively these interventions are intended to build the capacity of pretrial decision makers to make legal and evidence-based decisions supported by effective pretrial justice system and agency practices. The result should be the overarching goals of maximizing public safety, maximizing court appearance, and maximizing release.

Category: Other.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 16.601 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

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