Opportunity Information: Apply for 18CS25
The Department of Justice, through the National Institute of Corrections, offered a discretionary cooperative agreement grant opportunity titled "Evidence Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems: Implementation Strategy for Sustainability and Scaling Up" (Funding Opportunity Number 18CS25; CFDA 16.601). Posted on July 3, 2018, with an application deadline of September 1, 2018, this solicitation anticipated making a single award with a maximum (ceiling) amount of $190,000.
The core purpose of the opportunity was to strengthen and expand the Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) initiative, which aims to help local criminal justice systems make better decisions by tying day-to-day case decisions to proven principles of human and organizational change. In practical terms, the initiative focuses on creating and testing clear linkages, such as shared information tools and decision-making protocols, that connect what local actors decide (for example, detention vs. release decisions, sentencing and supervision choices, and related case processing steps) with evidence-based practices designed to reduce two key outcomes: pretrial misconduct (such as failing to appear or new criminal activity while awaiting trial) and post-conviction risk of reoffending.
A defining feature of the EBDM approach emphasized in this opportunity is that it is built around strategies developed locally and implemented within existing statutes and court rules, rather than requiring jurisdictions to rewrite laws as a starting point. The grant’s emphasis was on examining and refining those locally developed strategies so that they are more consistent, better informed, and more effective, while still operating inside the legal and procedural frameworks already governing the jurisdiction.
The solicitation highlighted two main, connected objectives. First, it sought to improve the quality of information used in individual case decisions across the local system. This typically means ensuring stakeholders have timely, relevant, and consistent information when making decisions that affect liberty, supervision, and public safety outcomes. Second, it aimed to engage local criminal justice systems not just as separate agencies, but as collective policymaking bodies that can jointly improve the effectiveness and capacity of their decision making, particularly around pretrial release and sentencing options. In other words, the opportunity was designed to help jurisdictions align practices across agencies so that decisions are more coordinated, transparent, and grounded in evidence rather than habit, siloed policy, or incomplete data.
The grant description also makes clear that EBDM is inherently collaborative and multi-stakeholder. It targets the decision points where multiple actors influence outcomes, and it expects engagement from a wide set of local leaders and practitioners, including judges, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement, human service providers, county executives, and administrators from jail, probation, and pretrial services. By bringing these roles together, the initiative is intended to improve both individual decision quality and systemwide policy coherence, supporting sustainability and the ability to scale improvements beyond a pilot effort.Apply for 18CS25
- The Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Evidence Based Decision Making in State and Local Criminal Justice Systems: Implementation Strategy for Sustainability and Scaling Up" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.601.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 03, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 01, 2018. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $190,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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