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Sustaining the EBDM Model: The Indiana Story

Sustaining the EBDM Model: The Indiana Story

In a new report titled Sustaining the EBDM Model: The Indiana Story, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) reveals how, as part of a multi-phase pilot study, Grant County, Indiana, realized numerous breakthroughs in community supervision, data collection, and pretrial services by applying EBDM. Steering the county was a policy team comprising local stakeholders who worked closely with NIC to develop a set of realistic, attainable goals. They included:

  • Restructuring caseloads to optimize supervision for people at the highest risk to reoffend
  • Revising the probation violations process to expand alternatives to revocation
  • Enhancing data collection

    Based on those goals, Grant County was able to attain the following wins:
  • 42% decrease in people on probation being convicted of a misdemeanor
  • 26% reduction in people on probation being convicted of a felony
  • 19% reduction in new referrals to supervision, leaving more time to implement behavioral interventions with people at the highest risk to reoffend

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    A workgroup was convened to apply an evidence-based approach to noncompliant behavior: responding consistently, swiftly, and fairly to all violations in consideration of the underlying behavior, a person’s risk level, and the severity of the violation. Research-based principles were also applied to responses to prosocial behavior.