# Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE (16.828)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE is run by Department of Justice. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $18.7 million in 24 grants, about $780,673 per award.

## Objectives

Program goal(s) name: Reduce recidivism
Program goal(s) description: Improve community supervision agencies’ operational capacity to reduce recidivism and violent crime.
Program objective(s) name: Community supervision improvement
Program objective(s) description: Improve effective supervision strategies, such as by implementing best practices that incorporate key swift, certain, and/or fair principles, and focus resources on individuals at high risk of recidivating and at higher risk of committing violence.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $3.2 million | 5 |
| 2022 | $8.5 million | 11 |
| 2023 | $2.7 million | 4 |
| 2024 | $3.9 million | 5 |
| 2025 | $474,997 | 1 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York | $2.5 million |
| Dekalb County Government | Illinois | $1.5 million |
| Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Parole Firstnet | Alabama | $1.5 million |
| County of Hamilton, Ohio | Ohio | $900,000 |
| Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts | Illinois | $900,000 |
| City of New York - Mayors Office of Criminal Justice | New York | $899,995 |
| El Paso, County of | Texas | $800,000 |
| Department of Probation Parole & Pardon South Carolina | South Carolina | $792,701 |
| County of Summit | Ohio | $792,177 |
| City of Las Vegas | Nevada | $790,681 |
| City of New Orleans | Louisiana | $788,875 |
| County of Muskegon | Michigan | $750,000 |
| Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court | Ohio | $750,000 |
| Lafourche Sheriffs Office | Louisiana | $749,022 |
| Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Department | Texas | $740,895 |
| Monroe County | New York | $700,000 |
| Iowa Department of Corrections | Iowa | $700,000 |
| Van Buren County Offices | Michigan | $700,000 |
| County of Logan | Ohio | $635,000 |
| Judiciary Courts of Commonwealth of Kentucky | Kentucky | $627,878 |