Federal Government

• The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. 
• Citizen Corps -  harnesses the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.
• The Federal Bureau of Investigation - is an intelligence-driven and a threat-focused national security and law enforcement organization, the mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.
• The Joint Chiefs of Staff - are the senior-most body of uniformed leaders in the Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council, the National Security Council and the President on military matters. 
• The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) - is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
• The National Institute of Corrections - is an agency of the United States government. It is part of the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons. NIC provides support programs to assist federal, state, and local corrections agencies. Additionally, the NIC provides funds to support programs that are in line with its key initiatives. 
• United States Customs and Border Protection - is one of the Department of Homeland Securities largest and most complex components, with a primary mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the United States. It also has the responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws.
• The United States Department of Defense - is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the armed forces.
• United States Department of Justice - exists to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Juveniles in crisis—from serious, violent, and chronic offenders to victims of abuse and neglect—pose a challenge to the nation. Charged by Congress to meet this challenge, OJJDP collaborates with professionals from diverse disciplines to improve juvenile justice policies and practices.

• Office of National Drug Control Policy

• State Justice Institute - For information on funding and programs around the country to improve the quality of justice in state courts, facilitate better coordinate between State and Federal courts, and foster innovative efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts.  
• The Transportation Security Administration protects the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
• Office of Justice Programs - For information on funding and programs implementing new crime fighting strategies.
• National Institute of Justice - Corrections > Reentry Into Society.

Think Tanks / Research Centers

• The Brookings Institute is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals: the strengthening of American democracy; fostering the economic and social welfare, security and opportunity of all Americans and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system. 
• The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. 
• Global Youth Justice reduces the incidence and prevents the escalation of juvenile crime and incarceration rates around the world by advancing the global expansion of quality youth justice and juvenile justice diversion programs commonly referred to as youth court, teen court, peer court, student court, youth peer jury, and youth peer panel.
• The MacArthur Foundation is one of the nation's largest independent foundations. Through the support it provides, the Foundation fosters the development of knowledge, nurtures individual creativity, strengthens institutions, helps improve public policy, and provides information to the public. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society.
• National Drug Court Institute promoting education, research, and scholarship for drug court and other court-based intervention programs. 
• The National Institute for Latino Policy - is nonprofit and nonpartisan policy center established in 1982. One of the leading think tanks in the Latino community utilizing an action research model, NILP is involved in a wide range of policy issues affecting the Latino community.
• Rutgers School of Criminal Justice: a formal program of study dedicated to preparing students to be leaders in research, teaching and public policy to better address criminal justice issues.
• Urban Institute - For information on socio-economic issues facing urban areas of the country. 
• National Center for Juvenile Justice: a resource for independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to the field of juvenile justice. 
• Campaign Zero: website provides analysis of policing practices across the country, research to identify effective solutions to end police violence, technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy to end police violence nationwide. 
• Center for Policing Equity: work continues to simultaneously aid police departments to realize their own equity goals as well as advance the scientific understanding of issues of equity within organizations and policing. As a research and action think tank, Center for Policing Equity (CPE) produces analyses identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement. Using evidence-based approaches to social justice, we use data to create levers for social, cultural and policy change. Center for Policing Equity also holds a 501(c)3 status. 
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National Associations / Advocacy

• The Center for American Progress is dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action. Their work addresses challenges such as energy, national security, economic growth and opportunity, immigration, education, and healthcare.
• Families Against Mandatory Minimums: a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that fights for individualized and proportionate sentencing laws that allow the courts to fit the punishment to the offender. 
• Human Right Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.
• The Innocence Project aims to free innocent people who remain incarcerated and to bring substantive reform to the system responsible for their imprisonment.
• The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Through advocacy and outreach to targeted constituencies, The Leadership Conference works toward the goal of a more open and just society – an America as good as its ideals.
• The National Association of Drug Court Professionals is a national non-profit corporation founded in 1994 from the first twelve Drug Courts in the nation. This extraordinary group of innovative judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and clinical professionals created a common-sense approach to improving the justice system by using a combination of judicial monitoring and effective treatment to compel drug-using offenders to change their lives. 
• National Center for Victims of Crime: the National Center for Victims of Crime, the nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and those who serve them.
•  The National Council of La Raza is the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. NCLR works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
• The State Justice Institute - was established by Federal law in 1984 to award grants to improve the quality of justice in State courts, facilitate better coordination between State and Federal courts, and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. SJI is unique both in its mission and how it seeks to fulfill it.  Only SJI has the authority to assist all State courts and the mandate to share the success of one State’s innovations with every State court system as well as the Federal courts. SJI is a non-profit corporation governed by an 11-member Board of Directors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Other

State Organizations & Programs

State Government

Think Tanks / Research Centers

• The Hall Institute of Public Policy - NJ is a non-partisan, not-for-profit foundation established to explore social, economic, educational and cultural issues. The Hall Institute has published more than 400 papers and two books since its inception in 2005.  
• Rutgers School of Criminal Justice: a formal program of study dedicated to preparing students to be leaders in research, teaching and public policy to better address criminal justice issues.
  

Associations / Advocacy

• The State Justice Institute - was established by Federal law in 1984 to award grants to improve the quality of justice in State courts, facilitate better coordination between State and Federal courts, and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts.  SJI is a non-profit corporation governed by an 11-member Board of Directors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Other

• The Nicholson Foundation: mission is to work with families and communities to help their children become healthy, productive adults and realize their potential, by enhancing and connecting programs across the human-services delivery system. 

Research Reports / Policy Analysis

• Link to a 61-page study from the RAND Corporation on the impact/effectiveness of the "war on drugs".  
• Coming Home for Good: Meeting the Challenge of Prisoner Reentry in New Jersey - (Dec. 2003) Final report of the NJ Reentry Roundtable with findings and recommendations.  
• Investigating Prisoner Reentry: The Impact of Conviction Status on the Employment Prospects of Young Men

Statistical Data

•  A Portrait of Prisoner Reentry in New Jersey - (Nov. 2003) A statistical study of prisoners in NJ and their reentry into the community (1980-2002).  

Funding Opportunities

Miscellaneous

• SolutionsU Database for Stories on Human Rights, Public Safety: SolutionsU™ connects educators and students to credible news stories about responses to society’s toughest challenges, and to the tools that help them incorporate those stories in their teaching and learning.  
• The Mercer County Smart Book: A Resource Guide for Going Home - Lists the various resources available to ex-offenders returning home.