Opportunity Information: Apply for 20CS06
The Structured Decision Making Framework Implementation Project is a National Institute of Corrections (NIC) funding opportunity aimed at strengthening how parole and other releasing authorities make release decisions for people leaving prison and returning to the community. The central goal is to support implementation of NIC's Structured Decision Making Framework (SDMF), a practical, standardized tool created with Carleton Universitys Legal Decision-Making Lab. The SDMF is meant to function as a clear roadmap for parole board members, helping them make decisions that are more consistent from case to case, easier to explain to the public, and better supported by documented reasoning. In a climate where parole decisions face intense scrutiny, the SDMF is positioned as a due diligence model grounded in evidence-based practice.
The opportunity is built around the idea that parole decisions improve when decision makers follow a structured process that focuses on information most closely linked to post-release success and public safety. Rather than relying on informal judgment alone, the SDMF walks board members through a set of validated considerations so that key factors are weighed in a transparent and defensible way. NIC points to research in both Canada and the United States indicating that SDMF use increases accuracy and accountability, and emphasizes that even small gains in predictive accuracy can matter in high-stakes release decisions by reducing harm and supporting safer communities.
A core feature of the SDMF is that it organizes deliberation around defined decision domains. These domains include criminal history and parole history, the persons ability to control behavior, responsivity factors (including how an individual may respond to supervision and interventions), institutional behavior while incarcerated, demonstrated offender change, and the quality and realism of release plans. The framework also allows for consideration of other legally relevant or case-specific factors, including victim input and community concerns, so decision making remains aligned with statutory requirements and local practice. In practice, the SDMF helps board members evaluate whether each domain presents mitigating factors that support release or aggravating factors that raise risk concerns.
From a funding standpoint, this is a discretionary cooperative agreement issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, under CFDA 16.601. The solicitation (Funding Opportunity Number 20CS06) was created February 24, 2020 and originally closed April 24, 2020. NIC anticipated making one award with a maximum value of $180,000. Eligibility is listed broadly under "Others" with additional clarification typically provided in the full announcement, and the project is intended to serve parole releasing authorities, their members, and related criminal justice stakeholders who are involved in or affected by release decision processes.
Overall, the grant opportunity focuses less on inventing a new assessment instrument and more on putting an already validated decision framework into real-world use, strengthening the quality, consistency, and defensibility of parole decision making while balancing public safety, fairness, and accountability.Apply for 20CS06
- The Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Structured Decision Making Framework Implementation Project" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.601.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 24, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 24, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $180,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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