Environmental Scan of Family Justice Centers, Final Report
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2018
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National Institute of Justice
Abstract
On January 1, 2015, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), with support from the Office on Violence
Against Women (OVW), awarded a grant to Abt Associates Inc., in partnership with Alliance for HOPE
International (hereafter referred to as the Alliance). Grant funds were used to conduct an environmental
scan of current Family Justice Centers (FJCs) across the United States as part of a multi-phase effort to
develop a formal evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of FJCs and similar multi-agency colocated collaboratives. The goal of this project was to identify a complete picture of the national FJC
landscape, the services FJCs provide, the communities they serve, and the infrastructure available to
support evaluation efforts. The scan was designed to answer the following two questions, which will drive
future evaluation efforts: (1) What do FJCs look like and how do they vary? and (2) Can they support
formal evaluation efforts?
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family justice centers, evaluation, research, services, infrastructure
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Abt Associates. (2018). Environmental scan of family justice centers, final report.