Browsing by Author "Thelin, Rachel"

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    Analysis of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2008-01) Thelin, Rachel; Jarjoura, Roger
    From federal fiscal year 1998 through 2006, Indiana received over $28 million in Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) awards, allocated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is responsible for administering the state’s JABG program. JABG funding supports states and communities address the problem of juvenile crime and strengthen juvenile justice systems. The program’s overall goal is to reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based approaches focused on both offenders and state and local juvenile justice systems. This report summarizes the findings of six case studies of JABG programs administered by ICJI. The program assessments are based on a detailed examination of a number of sources of information: (a) subgrantees’ original proposals; (b) continuation applications; (c) information provided by ICJI in the form of award control spreadsheets that include legal applicant and implementing agency names, project title, award amounts, county served, and grant numbers; and (d) all quarterly financial and progress reports submitted by JABG subgrantees in 2005 and 2006 to ICJI.
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    Analysis of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Program
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2008) Jarjoura, Roger; Thelin, Rachel
    From federal fiscal year 1998 through 2006, Indiana received over $28 million in Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) awards, allocated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is responsible for administering the state’s JABG program. JABG funding supports states and communities address the problem of juvenile crime and strengthen juvenile justice systems. The program’s overall goal is to reduce juvenile offending through accountability-based approaches focused on both offenders and state and local juvenile justice systems. This report summarizes the findings of six case studies of JABG programs administered by ICJI. The program assessments are based on a detailed examination of a number of sources of information: (a) subgrantees’ original proposals; (b) continuation applications; (c) information provided by ICJI in the form of award control spreadsheets that include legal applicant and implementing agency names, project title, award amounts, county served, and grant numbers; and (d) all quarterly financial and progress reports submitted by JABG subgrantees in 2005 and 2006 to ICJI.
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    Analysis of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Title II Grant Program
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Jarjoura, Roger; Thelin, Rachel
    This report presents an analysis of the Title II Formula grants awarded by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) in 2005 and 2006. For this report, all of the Title II grants awarded in those two grant periods were a part of our larger examination of this grant program. In addition, 12 projects were selected for in-depth case-study analysis. These 12 case studies represent the universe of Title II grantees receiving funding in both 2005 and 2006.
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    Analysis of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Title V Community Prevention Grant Program
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Thelin, Rachel; Jarjoura, Roger
    From federal fiscal years 2000 through 2006, Indiana received over $2.8 million in Title V grants, allocated by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), to support local juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) is responsible for administering the state’s Title V program. This report summarizes the findings of five case studies of Title V programs. The program assessments are based on a detailed examination of a number of sources of information: (a) subgrantees’ original proposals; (b) continuation applications; (c) information provided by ICJI in the form of award control spreadsheets that include legal applicant and implementing agency names, project title, award amounts, county served, and grant numbers; and (d) all quarterly financial and progress reports submitted by Title V subgrantees in 2005 and 2006 to ICJI.
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    Analysis of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant Awards, 2005 and 2006
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2007) Garcia, Crystal; Thelin, Rachel; Brown, Robert A.; Newby, Bill; Nunn, Samuel
    This report provides an assessment of ICJI’s VOCA grant program. This VOCA grant program assessment was based on four primary information sources: (a) reviews of federal data; (b) information on VOCA grants provided by ICJI in the form of control spreadsheets that contain various data (including agency, agency type, location of subgrantee, grant amounts, starting and ending dates, previous grant numbers, counties served, program title, implementing agency, etc.); (c) the analysis of data drawn from two 2005 semi-annual and one semi-annual 2006 VOCA Performance Reports (VPR) submitted by subgrantees to ICJI, then forwarded to the OVC; and (d) the detailed examination of grant application and reporting data submitted by 12 VOCA subgrantees in 2005 and 2006 to ICJI.
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    Arts Partners Program: Ninth Year Report for Young Audiences of Indiana
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, 2005) Thelin, Rachel
    Through the Arts Partners program, Young Audiences of Indiana works to integrate the arts into the curricula of primary, middle, and high schools in the Indianapolis area. This report is the ninth Arts Partners program evaluation. It includes results of surveys completed by teachers at participating Arts Partners schools and by Young Audience artists who provide arts activities in the schools. Survey results include teachers’ and artists’ perceptions of the Arts Partners program.
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    Assessment of Safe Haven Grants Administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute: 2005 and 2006 Grant Awards
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2008) Sapp, Dona; Thelin, Rachel; Watkins, Elizabeth; LaMade, Megan
    Indiana’s Safe School Fund, first established in 1995 and enhanced through amendments in 1999, was established as part of Indiana's commitment to making local schools safer. The overall intent of the Safe Haven Education Program is to ensure that Indiana Schools are safe and free from violence and drugs. The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) was charged with administering and overseeing the implementation of the fund. This report summarizes an assessment conducted by the Center for Criminal Justice Research at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Researchers analyzed the distribution of total Safe Haven grant funds by program area and by county, and conducted 10 randomly selected case studies to assess the grant application and management process both within ICJI and at the subgrantee level.
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    Behavioral Health Court Impacts on Mental Health in the Marion County Criminal Justice System
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2017-03) Ray, Brad; Sapp, Dona; Thelin, Rachel
    Research has shown for many years that, nationally, persons with mental illness are disproportionately represented in jail and prison. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recognizes the high prevalence of people with mental and substance use disorders involved with the justice system as a priority and has developed a range of policy initiatives, programs, and services that support improved “collaboration between the criminal justice and behavioral health systems (SAMHSA's Efforts on Criminal and Juvenile Justice Issues, 2017).” To address the needs of this population, representatives from the Marion Superior Court have partnered with the Indiana Judicial Center, the Indiana Department of Corrections, and the United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) to establish the Behavioral Health Court (BHC; previously referred to as the Mental Health Alternative Court). The UWCI, in cooperation with the BHC team, requested the assistance of the Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) at the Indiana University Public Policy Institute in evaluating BHC implementation processes and outcomes. Our initial assessment of the BHC, published in March 2016, provided a preliminary assessment of referrals and examined the characteristics of the population being served by the program. In this issue brief, we update the results of our previous study by further examining short-term criminal justice outcomes among BHC participants. Specifically, we look at changes in jail days following BHC participation and in doing so, compare BHC outcomes to two similar efforts currently operating in Marion County: the Psychiatric Assertive Identification and Referral (PAIR) program and the specialized mental health probation (MHP) program.
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    CAGI Conference Evaluation: Gangbusters: Schools, Gangs, and Bullies - Making the Connection
    (IUPUI (Campus). Center for Criminal Justice Research, 2011) Thelin, Rachel
    The Gangbusters: Schools, Gangs and Bullies – Making the Connection summit was held on September 23, 2011. Several sessions that were part of previous CAGI Prevention/Intervention conferences were offered, including Gangs: What you need to know, Indianapolis Gang Overview and Awareness, and Online Social Media: Juveniles and Gangs. The conference included a presentation specifically aimed at school‐related gang issues titled Fundamentals of dealing with gangs in schools. Bullying, hazing and gang behaviors was another new session offered to attendees. Conference participants represented a range of stakeholders with interest in school‐related gang issues, including school administrators, juvenile probation officers, social workers, school police, guidance counselors, and teachers.
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    CAGI Conference Evaluation: Gangbusters: Schools, gangs, and Bullies - Making the Connection
    (IU Public Policy Institute, 2011-09) Thelin, Rachel
    The Gangbusters: Schools, Gangs and Bullies – Making the Connection summit was held on September 23, 2011. Several sessions that were part of previous CAGI Prevention/Intervention conferences were offered, including Gangs: What you need to know, Indianapolis Gang Overview and Awareness, and Online Social Media: Juveniles and Gangs. The conference included a presentation specifically aimed at school‐related gang issues titled Fundamentals of dealing with gangs in schools. Bullying, hazing and gang behaviors was another new session offered to attendees. Conference participants represented a range of stakeholders with interest in school‐related gang issues, including school administrators, juvenile probation officers, social workers, school police, guidance counselors, and teachers. Sixty‐nine completed conference evaluation forms were provided to the Indiana University Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) for data entry and analysis. This report summarizes the results of the conference evaluations.