Assistance program
Swift, Certain, and Fair Supervision Program: Applying the Principles Behind Project HOPE
$24.2 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements;Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 16.828
- What it does
- The purpose of the Swift, Certain, and Fair (SCF) Supervision Program is to provide state, local, and tribal community supervision agencies with information, resources, and training and technical assistance (TTA) to engage in collaborative problem-solving with stakeholders using data and research-informed strategies to assess and improve responses to client behavior in accordance with the principles of swiftness, certainty, and fairness; improve supervision outcomes; prevent recidivism; and reduce crime in their jurisdictions. The objectives of the SCF initiative are to: Develop and implement supervision strategies based on SCF principles, including responses to both positive and negative client behaviors; Reduce crime committed by, and improve outcomes for, people under supervision. Identify a target population for the SCF initiative using a collaborative, data-driven process that is responsive to local circumstances; Evaluate the efficacy of SCF strategies to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people under community supervision; Increase the number of supervision decisions that are fair and consistently applied, and with consequences that are transparent; Promote and increase collaboration among agencies and officials who work in community supervision, courts, law enforcement, treatment, reentry, and related fields; Develop a plan to sustain effective SCF supervision strategies and related collaborations beyond the award period; and, Increase participant perceptions of fairness, consistency, and transparency in supervision decisions. Performance Measure 1: Percent of individuals in Swift Certain and Fair-funded programs that did not complete the program because of court or criminal involvement, lack of program engagement, or absconding; Performance Measure 2: Total number of participants that have completed all program requirements or met program criteria; and, Performance Measure 3: Total number of participants served.
- Who benefits
- See goals and objectives for additional information. Also, view the current fiscal year’s NOFO available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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