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Access information below about previously awarded funding through Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs. Use the search filters to find award details for specific programs, years, awardee locations, and more.

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Awardee Name: Vera Institute of Justice

Number of Awards: 29
Total Amount Awarded: $28,799,321

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2024 Municipal Safety Hubs: A New Model of Community-Centered Safety Infrastructure in Local Government FY24 Reimagining Justice: Testing a New Model of Community Safety VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 15PBJA-24-GK-02981-JAGP $2,000,000 Awarded, but not yet accepted
2023 Designed for Dignity: Transforming Prison Culture, Climates, and Spaces FY 2023 Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 15PBJA-23-GK-05375-SCAX $1,500,000 Open
2023 Motion for Justice: Partnering with Prosecutors and Impacted Communities to Remove Barriers and Expand Access to Community-Led Diversion Programming FY 2023 Field Initiated: Encouraging Innovation VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 15PBJA-23-GK-05353-MUMU $1,000,000 Open
2022 Vera Institute of Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Continuation of BJA Previously Funded Awards VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2020-CZ-BX-K003 $2,250,000 Past Project Period End Date
2021 Developing Blueprints for Statewide Reentry Continuums VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 15PBJA-21-GK-04603-SCAX $309,452 Open
2021 Vera Institute of Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2020-CZ-BX-K003 $1,425,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Vera Institute of Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2020 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2020-CZ-BX-K003 $425,000 Past Project Period End Date
2020 Vera Institute of Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program FY 2020 Second Chance Act Training and Technical Assistance Program VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2020-CZ-BX-K003 $1,850,000 Open
2019 Opening Doors: Improving Reentry Outcomes by Increasing Access to Public Housing BJA FY 19 Solicited - Corrections VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2017-IG-BX-K003 $500,000 Closed
2017 National TTA Center for Improving Police Responses to MHD/IDD BJA FY 17 National Training and Technical Assistance Center to Improve Police-Based Responses to People with Mental Health Disorders and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Vera Institute of Justice, Inc. NY 2017-NT-BX-K001 $2,197,304 Closed
2016 Expanding Access to Postsecondary Education: Support for Second Chance Pell Sites BJA FY 16 Solicited - Corrections Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-DP-BX-K006 $1,000,000 Closed
2016 Opening Doors: Improving Reentry Outcomes by Increasing Access to Public Housing Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs Full Proposal VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2017-IG-BX-K003 $404,895 Closed
2016 Opening Doors: Improving Reentry Outcomes by Increasing Access to Public Housing Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs Full Proposal VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, INC. NY 2017-IG-BX-K003 $904,895 Closed
2016 Supplement to the Current Safe Alternatives to Segregation Initiative BJA FY 16 Solicited - Corrections Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-DB-BX-K009 $2,200,000 Closed
2015 Expanding Access to Postsecondary Education: Support to the Second Chance Pell Grant Experiment BJA FY 15 Solicited - Corrections Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-DP-BX-K006 $200,000 Closed
2014 Expanding Access to Post Secondary Education Project BJA FY 14 National Initiatives: Reaching Criminal Justice Policymakers: Provision of Training and Technical Assistance to State and Local Policymakers Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-DP-BX-K006 $175,000 Closed
2014 National Segregation Reduction and Alternatives Campaign BJA FY 14 National Initiatives: Reaching Criminal Justice Policymakers: Provision of Training and Technical Assistance to State and Local Policymakers Vera Institute of Justice NY 2014-DB-BX-K009 $499,538 Closed
2013 Bridging the Justice-Health Divide: Furthering Innovation through Information Sharing Project BJA FY 13 Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs - Full Proposal Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2013-DP-BX-K012 $399,995 Closed
2013 State Justice Reinvestment BJA FY 13 Criminal Justice Improvement and Recidivism Reduction through the State-Level Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) Vera Institute of Justice NY 2013-ZB-BX-K001 $950,000 Closed
2012 Justice Reinvestment Initiative BJA FY 12 Solicited - Corrections Vera Institute of Justice, Inc NY 2010-RR-BX-K001 $740,400 Closed
2011 Behavioral Health and Justice Information Sharing Project BJA FY 11 National Justice Information Sharing (JIS) Initiative: Cross-Boundary Information Exchange Pilot Projects Vera Institute of Justice NY 2011-DB-BX-K051 $274,937 Closed
2011 Common Justice Participatory Justice Demonstration Project BJA FY 12 Smart Policing Initiative Vera Institute of Justice, Inc. NY 2011-DB-BX-K022 $338,426 Closed
2011 Justice Reinvestment Initiative BJA FY 11 Solicited Vera Institute of Justice, Inc NY 2010-RR-BX-K001 $1,125,000 Closed
2011 Knowledge Bank for Cost-Benefit Analysis in Criminal Justice Project BJA FY 11 Solicited Vera Institute of Justice NY 2009-MU-BX-K029 $2,100,000 Closed
2010 New Orleans Pretrial Services Development Project BJA FY 10 Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs: State or Local Programs that Strategically Address Emerging Crime Issues or a Precipitous Increase in Crime Vera Institute of Justice Inc NY 2010-MU-BX-K074 $467,960 Closed