Support for Probation Services for DWI Offenders | 693JJ920R000018

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The Support for Probation Services for DWI Offenders opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It is built around a public safety problem with clear national impact: in 2018 there were 36,550 motor vehicle fatalities, and 29 percent involved an alcohol-impaired driver at or above a 0.08 BAC. NHTSA highlights that alcohol-impaired drivers in fatal crashes are far more likely to have prior DWI convictions, and that repeat offending is common, with reported recidivism rates around 31 percent for arrests and 31.5 percent for convictions. The agency also points to drug-impaired driving as an additional concern, citing the 2013 to 2014 National Roadside Survey in which 22 percent of surveyed drivers tested positive for potentially impairing drugs. In this context, NHTSA is not only focused on arrest and prosecution, but also on what happens after conviction, where supervision and treatment decisions can strongly influence whether an offender reoffends.

The core purpose of the award is to develop and measure the effectiveness of a probation-focused program for supervising DWI offenders in ways that reduce recidivism. The notice frames probation, parole, and other community-based corrections personnel as "community supervision providers" and emphasizes their unique position to combine surveillance, rehabilitation support, and reintegration planning. A central concept is improving how these professionals assess risk and connect people to appropriate interventions, including use of NHTSA's Impaired Driving Assessment (IDA) tool to gauge risk of reoffending and guide referrals to treatment when needed. Just as important, the program is meant to strengthen the working network among probation entities and other criminal justice partners (law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, pretrial services, corrections, and parole), so the supervision community has better access to consistent practices, shared information, and emerging research.

NHTSA intends to provide support to the selected recipient in the form of assistance for training, technical assistance, information sharing, and professional development across the community supervision field. The funded work is expected to demonstrate the effectiveness of practical tools and approaches, including both in-person and web-based education and training, as well as other outreach and capability-building activities. Key topic areas spelled out in the opportunity include: establishing and disseminating best practices for state and local supervision providers managing DWI offenders; promoting empirically supported tools and products that improve assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, reintegration, and ultimately reduce repeat impaired driving; improving the collection of alcohol- and drug-impaired driving recidivism data; addressing significant and emerging issues in DWI supervision; and identifying future needs of the supervision community related to DWI offenders. The recipient is also expected to represent and communicate the community supervision perspective in meetings with impaired-driving stakeholders, staying actively engaged with the broader criminal justice community.

Administratively, this opportunity was released as Funding Opportunity Number 693JJ920R000018 under CFDA 20.614, with NHTSA as the issuing agency. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically means NHTSA anticipates substantial involvement during the project, such as collaboration on technical direction, deliverables, and evaluation. The opportunity listed an award ceiling of $650,000 and anticipated a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1). It was created on April 23, 2020, with an original closing date of May 25, 2020. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with further clarification referenced in the full notice, indicating it may be open beyond standard governmental applicants depending on the specifics included in the eligibility section of the NOFO.

Overall, the grant is essentially a capacity-building and evaluation effort aimed at helping probation and related community supervision professionals apply consistent, evidence-based supervision strategies for DWI offenders, strengthen ties across the justice system, and improve data collection so the field can better measure what works to prevent repeat alcohol- and drug-impaired driving.

• The Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Support for Probation Services for DWI Offenders" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.614.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 23, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 25, 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 $650,000.00 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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