Browsing by Author "Chang, Joice"

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    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana: 2010 IACIR Survey
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2011-11) Palmer, Jamie L.; Wyeth, Debbie; Chang, Joice
    Intergovernmental Issues in Indiana (2010) is the tenth in a series of periodic surveys of elected officials designed to help the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (IACIR) and the Indiana General Assembly understand issues facing local governments. The 2010 survey included 33 questions and addressed many issues included in previous IACIR surveys, as well as “hot topics” affecting local governments currently. The heart of the survey is a series of questions about 71 community conditions in six categories: health, economics, public safety, local services, land use, and community quality of life.
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    Review of Best Practices for ICJI Program Areas: Justice Assistance Grants (JAG)
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012-07) Chang, Joice; Stucky, Thomas; Tynes, Adriene
    This report, the third in a series of 7 across 10 ICJI funding streams, describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) funding stream administered by ICJI. JAG subgrants must be used to address specific federally defined purpose areas, which include the following:. 1.Law enforcement programs 2.Prosecution and court programs 3.Prevention and education programs 4.Corrections and community corrections programs 5.Drug treatment and enforcement programs 6.Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs
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    Review of Best Practices for ICJI Program Areas: Justice Assistance Grants (JAG)
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2012-07) Stucky, Thomas; Tynes, Adriene; Chang, Joice
    This report, the third in a series of 7 across 10 ICJI funding streams, describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) funding stream administered by ICJI. JAG subgrants must be used to address specific federally defined purpose areas, which include the following: Law enforcement programs Prosecution and court programs Prevention and education programs Corrections and community corrections programs Drug treatment and enforcement programs Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs
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    Review of Best Practices for ICJI Program Areas: Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) and Sexual Offense Services (SOS)
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2013-02) Thelin, Rachel; Fordyce, Erin; Tynes, Adriene; Chang, Joice; Kiser, Kate; Sherls, Jaime
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) and Sexual Offense Services (SOS) funding streams administered by ICJI. For this assessment, CCJR researchers consulted relevant materials from ICJI, including subgrantee information for the previous two funding cycles under each program, SASP and SOS subgrantee solicitation documents, and 2011 funded SASP and SOS subgrantee applications. The SASP was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. SASP is the first federal funding stream dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. The overall purpose of the SASP is to “provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault (Office of Violence Against Women, 2011, p. 1).
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    Review of Best Practices for ICJI Program Areas: Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2012-04) Stucky, Thomas; Thelin, Rachel; Chang, Joice
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding stream administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). Authorized through the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, VOCA is administered by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and funding supports a broad range of services. States that receive VOCA funds have four years to expend an award. In Indiana, over the three-year period between FFY 2009 and FFY 2011, ICJI received an average of $8.2 million each year from the OVC. Through the Victim Services division, for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 operating periods and using carry-over funds from earlier federal grants, ICJI has awarded $26.2 million in VOCA subgrants to an annual average of 176 agencies and organizations throughout the state during the three-year period.
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    Review of Best Practices: Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG)
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Jarjoura, Roger; Chang, Joice; Stucky, Thomas
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) funding stream administered by ICJI. In 2009, the Indiana Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group (JJSAG) identified five goals for a three-year plan for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): 1. To improve alternatives to secure detention and court processing by expanding the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) and other related initiatives statewide 2. To utilize current information and data to develop an action plan to address Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) in Indiana 3. To ensure all youth returning home from residential and correctional placements have access to comprehensive, evidence-based transitional support services 4. To make the juvenile justice system a priority in the state of Indiana by educating and involving key stakeholders and the general public in the process 5. To continue funding delinquency prevention programs within local communities around the state of Indiana The report also provides a “purpose area sheet” for each of the 11 ICJI purpose areas. Each sheet describes the purpose area, its attendant evidence-based programs and practices, as well as programming considerations based on OJJDP performance measures. The report concludes with a set of recommendations for the implementation of JABG best practices in Indiana.
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    Review of Best Practices: Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2012) Chang, Joice; Stucky, Thomas; Thelin, Rachel
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding stream administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI). Authorized through the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, VOCA is administered by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and funding supports a broad range of services. States that receive VOCA funds have four years to expend an award. In Indiana, over the three-year period between FFY 2009 and FFY 2011, ICJI received an average of $8.2 million each year from the OVC. Through the Victim Services division, for the 2009, 2010, and 2011 operating periods and using carry-over funds from earlier federal grants, ICJI has awarded $26.2 million in VOCA subgrants to an annual average of 176 agencies and organizations throughout the state during the three-year period.
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    Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Grant
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2013-02) Chang, Joice; Fordyce, Erin; Petty, Cari
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Services, Training, Officers, and Prosecutors (STOP) Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program funding stream administered by ICJI. For this assessment, CCJR consulted relevant materials from ICJI, including subgrantee information for the previous two funding cycles, subgrantee solicitation documents, 2012 subgrantee applications, and 2011 subgrantee annual progress reports. . The assessment of best practices is structured according to seven broad categories (encompassing 14 federal purpose areas), including: 1) training; 2) special units; 3) policies, protocols, orders, and services; 4) data and communication systems; 5) victim services; 6) underserved populations; and, 7) collaborative efforts. Overall, the best practice assessment highlights programming considerations, examples of successful or promising programs, and key resources for further consultation. The report concludes with recommendations.
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    Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) and Sexual Offense Services (SOS)
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2013-02) Thelin, Rachel; Fordyce, Erin; Tynes, Adriene; Chang, Joice; Kiser, Kate; Sherls, Jaime
    This report describes best practices for subgrants awarded under the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) and Sexual Offense Services (SOS) funding streams administered by ICJI. For this assessment, CCJR researchers consulted relevant materials from ICJI, including subgrantee information for the previous two funding cycles under each program, SASP and SOS subgrantee solicitation documents, and 2011 funded SASP and SOS subgrantee applications. . The SASP was created by the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. SASP is the first federal funding stream dedicated to the provision of direct intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault. The overall purpose of the SASP is to “provide intervention, advocacy, accompaniment, support services, and related assistance for adult, youth, and child victims of sexual assault, family and household members of victims, and those collaterally affected by the sexual assault (Office of Violence Against Women, 2011, p. 1).