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Reducing Revocations Challenge

June 3, 2019

islg.cuny.edu

Developing Expert Solutions

Agenda

• Overview of Reducing Revocations Challenge
• Research Parameters and Partnerships
• Proposal Content and Evaluation Criteria
• Key Dates
• Questions

Background

• 1 in 55 people in US under community supervision
• Revocations are a significant driver of jail and prison admissions
• 1 in 3 unsuccessful, 12% end in incarceration
• Up to 61% of prison admissions in individual states are due to revocation of

probation

• Limited knowledge of factors, circumstances, and behaviors that drive

revocations to jail or prison and how to effectively respond

Reducing Revocations Challenge

• Action research in 10 jurisdictions
• Comprehensive analysis of probation revocation drivers
• Identification of potential strategies to reduce revocations
• 16 month contracts October 1, 2019 – January 31, 2021
• Up to $200,000 to each Action Research Team (ART)
• Support and peer learning
• Light-touch TA from ISLG and Advisory Board
• All-sites conference calls and webinars
• Cross-site summit

Research Questions

• What are the drivers of probation revocations/supervision failures?
• Special emphasis on underlying behaviors and outcomes of violations
• Consider the following factors and circumstances (more detail in RFP):
• Pathways toward revocation. How do behaviors and decisions at different

process points move people toward or away from revocations?

• Policy and practice context. How do legal and administrative policies—and the

way they are implemented—affect how probation clients move through these pathways?

• Individual characteristics. Who is being revoked and how do they differ from

the general probation population?

Research Components

• Explore key factors, circumstances, and decision points along the

revocation process

• Four required components
• Review of relevant legal and administrative policies and procedures
• Quantitative analysis of administrative data
• Case file reviews
• Interviews with key stakeholders
• Identify policy/practice strategy based on findings

Deliverables

• Final research design – October 1, 2019
• Draft findings – August 15, 2020
• Draft research report – November 15, 2020
• Strategy proposal – December 15, 2020
• Final research report – January 31, 2021

ART Partnerships

• Research organization: lead entity and recipient of award funds
• Leads all research activities, including data collection and analysis
• Leads development of research report
• Participates in peer-learning activities and cross-site summit
• Local probation agency or office: active partner in the work
• Provides data and guidance to research organization
• Leads or co-leads development of strategy proposal
• Participates in peer-learning activities and cross-site summit
• Optional: additional criminal justice stakeholders

Proposal Content

• Cover letter
• Proposal narrative
• Statement of the problem
• Work proposal: research design, measures and data, dissemination strategy
• Policy and practice implications
• Organizational capacity and experience
• Budget
• Budget narrative
• Appendices, including letters of support

Evaluation Criteria

• Statement of the problem – 10%
• Work proposal – 50%
• Policy and practice implications – 5%
• Organizational capacity and experience – 30%
• Budget and budget narrative – 5%

Key Dates

• June 7, 2019: Last day to submit questions about the RFP to

RRC@islg.cuny.edu

• June 10, 2019: Addendum posted on ISLG website
• June 24: Proposals due by 11:59pm EST at https://cuny-

islg.fluidreview.com/

• By August 21: Notification of awards
• October 1: Anticipated contract start date

Questions

Questions

• Eligibility
• What types of community corrections agencies are eligible? (e.g., parole,

juvenile vs. adult probation)

• Are agencies outside of community corrections eligible?
• Can applications focus on evaluating the impacts of specific policies or

programs?