$75,001 - $100,000

This conference provides technical assistance and support to chief public defenders and new public defenders. The Institute is the foundation of the Gideon's Promise model. It is the catalyst to improving public defense.

1 Introduction
This provides background and details on a methodology developed at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
(NRL). This methodology has shown applicability to modeling criminal events and will be demonstrated to
the Detroit Police Department (DPD) using their crime events to evaluate the technology. Finally, the technology
will be tested in an operational use case.
2 Background
The NRL has developed an advanced geospatial methodology to characterize a set of events by combining geospatial

The National Forensic Academy (NFA) is an intensive 10-week training program funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, designed to meet the needs of law enforcement agencies in evidence identification, collection, and preservation. The NFA is offered in-residence, utilizing curriculum developed by leading forensic practitioners from across the United States. Participants will be challenged in the various disciplines through classroom instruction, lab activities, and field practicums in the specialized courses.

DOCCS is requesting technical support to help create and implement a unique recidivism reduction effort. This new model will reshape the way that community supervision is being conducted in the state of New York. Significant agency resources will be used to implement the model as a pilot in three geographically diverse locations throughout New York.

Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) requests TA for the implementation of a probation model of community supervision that employs “swift-and-certain” sanctions as established by law in 2012. This assistance will allow the DOC to develop outcome and fidelity measures that inform an evidence-based response to violations of probation. It will also assist the DOC in its efforts to build a more integrated case-management model, balancing cognitive behavioral interventions with swift and certain sanctions.

The affordable healthcare act will be implemented in October 2013 and the State of Illinois is seeking assistance to collaborate among state agencies to implement this new reform.