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Using Open-Source Technology to Enhance Post-Release Supervision Systems

Award Information

Award #
2007-IJ-CX-K021
Funding Category
Continuation
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2007
Total funding (to date)
$360,446

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2007, $170,000)

This award will provide funding for The Providence Plan, which will work with The Urban Institute to develop a geospatial application designed to help corrections, public safety, and social service agencies better supervise and assist returning prisoners. The web-based application, which will utilize Google Maps, will enable users to conduct specialized queries of the locations of release prisoners, map the results, and overlay results with other spatially-enabled datasets. The Urban Institute will oversee the evaluation, process documentation, and dissemination activities.

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Date Created: September 11, 2007