Policy Research Associates - Senior Project Associate

Location
​​Delmar, NY

Salary
​Unknown

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​Policy Research Associates, Inc. (PRA) is seeking a full-time Senior Project Associate to support a national MacArthur Foundation-funded project designed to provide intensive technical assistance to the MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge Network surrounding issues of reducing the over-incarceration of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) across the Network jurisdictions.

The Safety and Justice Challenge is an initiative to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails. The initiative—an initial five-year, $150 million investment by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation—currently supports a network of 52 jurisdictions across 32 states.  The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge recognizes that there are better, fairer, and more effective alternatives to excessive jail incarceration. The Safety and Justice Challenge is supporting a network of competitively selected local jurisdictions committed to finding ways to safely reduce jail incarceration.