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                            Funding & Awards
 NIJ Evaluation of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program
Award Information
Awardee
              Trustees of Indiana University
Award #
              2016-BJ-BX-K069
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Bloomington, IN
Awardee County
              Monroe
Congressional District
              9
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2016
Total funding (to date)
              $789,552
Original Solicitation
              Evaluation of the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $789,552)
The Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) initiative is a comprehensive strategy developed to help neighborhoods address crime and improve community safety. Given the breadth and scale of the BCJI
program, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) are seeking comprehensive information on the programs place-based and community-oriented efforts to reduce crime and advance neighborhood revitalization.

We propose a multi-method study to address two critical overall research goals: to understand successful implementation of BCJI, and to identify sites for a possible follow-up impact evaluation. There are four
objectives to support the overall goals, including (1) reviewing all the BJCI grant sites from 2012 to 2015 using existing data and an existing web-based assessment tool, creating a typology based on context, planning, and implementation measures, and understanding which features are associated with successful implementation; (2) conducting in-depth process evaluations at 15 sites (chosen in consultation with NIJ and BJA) to understand how the BCJI grant program was implemented in the field, and measure how closely it followed both the BCJI model and the sites original BJA applications; (3) conducting an evaluability assessment of the chosen 15 sites to determine if conducting an outcome and impact evaluation of any of the sites likely would result in a positive return on investment in research funds; and (4) understanding how the BCJI TTA system was used to support the BCJI program goals and
measuring its effectiveness.

This project will provide a wealth of information to BJA and NIJas well as to researchers and practitioners in the fieldabout the BCJI program, helping to inform funding priorities and mechanisms. It will inform BCJIs place-based and community-oriented efforts to reduce crime as part of a comprehensive strategy that includes neighborhood revitalization. Detailed evaluability information will inform future decision makers regarding the appropriateness and design of more formal site evaluations should BJA and NIJ desire them.

We will disseminate our findings through several channels. In addition to the NIJ site visit reports, draft manuscripts will be submitted to academic and professional conferences on community crime prevention.
Furthermore, in keeping with our focus on informing public policy, completed papers will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals. An additional step in the dissemination process is to archive the data for secondary analysis purposes at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data at the University of Michigans Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR).  ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Evaluation of the Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Program: Executive Summary and Final Report
                  Estimating the Impact of Research Practitioner Partnerships on Evidence-based Program Implementation
                  What Does Success Look Like? Lessons From the Innovations in Community-Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Program

  
Date Created: September 25, 2016
    
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