Funders
Justice reinvestment is supported by federal, state/local, and private funds.
Federal
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is a division of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. BJA provides leadership and services in the form of grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support local, state, and tribal justice strategies in order to achieve safer communities. BJA programs emphasize enhanced coordination and cooperation of federal, state, and local efforts.
This web site is funded in part through a grant from BJA. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).
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The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
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State/Local
Travis County (TX) Adult Probation Department
Private
The JEHT Foundation is a private fund whose name stands for the core values that underlie the Foundation’s mission: Justice, Equality, Human dignity and Tolerance. The Foundation’s programs reflect these interests and values by working to: transform U.S. criminal justice policies and practices; expand the role of international justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad; make the electoral system in this country fairer, more effective and responsive to all Americans; expand and strengthen the use of palliative care in a variety of health care settings in the U.S.
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The Joyce Foundation
The Joyce Foundation supports efforts to protect the natural environment of the Great Lakes, to reduce poverty and violence in the region, and to ensure that its people have access to good schools, decent jobs, and a diverse and thriving culture. We are especially interested in improving public policies, because public systems such as education and welfare directly affect the lives of so many people, and because public policies help shape private sector decisions about jobs, the environment, and the health of our communities. To ensure that public policies truly reflect public rather than private interests, we support efforts to reform the system of financing election campaigns.
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The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation aiming to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. OSI also works to build alliances across borders and continents on issues such as combating corruption and rights abuses.
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The Pew Charitable Trusts applies the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew’s Center on the States (PCS) identifies and advances effective policy approaches to critical issues facing states. PCS conducts credible research, brings together diverse perspectives, and analyzes states’ experiences to determine what works and what does not. Launched in 2006 as a project of PCS, the Public Safety Performance Project seeks to help states advance fiscally sound, data-driven policies and practices in sentencing and corrections that protect public safety, hold offenders accountable, and control corrections costs.
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The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need. The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program seeks out opportunities for systems change to reduce the rate of incarceration and prison population in America while ensuring public safety. To learn more about the Public Welfare Foundation, see www.publicwelfare.org.