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<p align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000755">April 11, 2017</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a name="n2521893"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://ncja-avectra.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDUxNTEyJnA9MSZ1PTc4Mzg0OTUzMSZsaT00MjM4MDk1OA/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="300" height="70" style="width:3.125in;height:.7291in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://ncja-avectra.informz.net/ncja-avectra/data/images/ncja_official_logo2_small.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations for the
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National Criminal Justice Association's (NCJA</a>) annual <a href="http://ncja-avectra.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDUxNTEyJnA9MSZ1PTc4Mzg0OTUzMSZsaT00MjM4MDk2MA/index.html" target="_blank">NCJA Outstanding Criminal Justice Programs Awards</a> are due Friday,
 April 21 at 5:00 pm ET. </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These awards honor successful criminal justice programs that use promising practices to address important crime and justice issues in communities.Programs are evaluated using the following
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does the program demonstrate collaboration among criminal justice and allied agencies or disciplines?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Can the program provide quantitative evidence of its effectiveness in accomplishing program goals?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does the program leverage federal, state, local or other non-governmental funds and resources?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The NCJA will honor these winning programs during an Awards Luncheon at the
<a href="http://ncja-avectra.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDUxNTEyJnA9MSZ1PTc4Mzg0OTUzMSZsaT00MjM4MDk2MQ/index.html">
2017 National Forum on Criminal Justice</a> in Long Beach, California. Travel expenses will be provided for one representative from each winning program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations may be submitted
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 each program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A representative from the state agency administrator (SAA) along with the program director must sign each nomination form. To find the state administering agency in your state, please <a href="http://ncja-avectra.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02MDUxNTEyJnA9MSZ1PTc4Mzg0OTUzMSZsaT00MjM4MDk2NA/index.html">click
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nominations for outstanding programs must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. ET on Friday, April 21, 2017.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Nominations
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