Community Supervision Fee Study
Principal Investigator (PI) / Project Lead: |
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Funding Organization: |
National Institute of Corrections (NIC) |
RFP / FOA: |
22CS23 – NIC FY 2022 Facilitating Behavior Change Training |
Award Number: |
22CS16GLM4 |
Project Period: |
9/6/2022 – 9/5/2024 |
Total Funding: |
$188,902 |
Project Status: |
Ended |
Area Served: |
Policymakers across the US in the Criminal Justice area |
Population Served: |
Justice-involved people |
Project Description:
To conduct a national study detailing how adult community supervision operations are funded. Thestudy will use state-level data showing the proportion of state revenue, local revenue, and supervisionfees being used to support agency operations. The mixed methods study will help develop a nationalprofile on how adult community supervision operations are funded, including information regarding theextent to which local and state resources are dedicated to support operations and to what extentsupervision fee revenue is dedicated to fund operations. Quantitative data will be collected tounderstand who is collecting fees, the amount of fees that are imposed and collected, and the level ofrevenue from supervision fees and other sources being used to support probation operations. Qualitativedata will be collected through interviews with probation operations staff to gain perspectives on theadequacy of current funding mechanisms, trends in funding, and how those trends correlate with trendsin community supervision populations.
For more information, contact emily.salisbury@utah.edu