EDJIE - Data Evaluation

Data & Evaluation

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”

- Maya Angelou

In order to fully understand our past, present and future, Vermont’s restorative justice programs sought to document the current data collection landscape within our programs and determine how we might improve it. This required our organizations to explore how we could coordinate our efforts to collect meaningful data and evaluations that would help us understand our programs’ impacts on equity and inclusion over time. Vela, was contracted to carry out the Statewide Data Collection Assessment for the EDJIE Data and Evaluation Project. Vela is an organization aiming to increase the availability of restorative justice by providing individualized consultation and support for qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and reporting. Vela conducted individual interviews with 21 restorative justice organizations and 3 representatives from the State of Vermont to gather information for their reports and recommendations. In addition, Vela presented options for database management systems right-sized for our restorative justice programs.

Included on this page are the assessments and reports generated through this work. When using all or part of these materials, please credit the VT EDJIE Initiative, Vela LLC, and the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant No. 15PBJA-22-GG-01205-BRND.

Statewide Data Assessment Report

Data Assessment Presentation

Options for Evaluation Metrics and Tools Report

Options for Evaluation Metrics and Tools Presentation

Data System Options for Programs

**This project was supported through a Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, No. 15PBJA-22-GG-01205-BRND awarded by the Bureau of Justice AssistanceThe Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.