What We Do

 
 

Support National Technical Assistance Initiatives

Rulo Strategies currently directs five national training and technical assistance initiatives, including:

  • The Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) Jails/Prisons, Reentry, and Community Corrections Support Center, funded through the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  • The National Institute of Correction’s Strategic Inmate Management Initiative

  • The National Institute of Correction’s National Sheriffs’ Institute Curriculum Development Initiative

  • The National Institute of Correction’s Staff Sexual Misconduct in Community Corrections Initiative

  • The National Institute of Correction’s Staff Wellness in Community Corrections Initiative.

Rulo Strategies co-directs the Reaching Rural initiative with the Institute of Intergovernmental Research (IIR) and supports the National Sheriffs’ Institute through Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA). Rulo Strategies is also honored to be a partner in the Jails and Justice Support Center (JJSC).

 
 
 

Partner with State, Local, and Nonprofit Agencies

Rulo Strategies:

  • Supports counties in determining how to spend their opioid abatement funding.

  • Co-directs the Rural Justice Collaborative with the National Center for State Courts.

  • Leads a Texas Pre-Arrest Diversion Learning Collaborative sponsored by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Office of Forensic Coordination.

  • Directs the SJI-funded Convening County, Court & Justice Leaders: A Framework for Cross-System Collaboration initiative to support justice-oriented strategic planning co-led by judges and elected county leaders.

  • Advances pretrial innovation through a pretrial fellowship at the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

 
 

Conduct Program Evaluations and Assessments

Rulo Strategies conducts several state and local program evaluations each year. Examples of our current or recent evaluations include:

  • Michigan Juvenile Drug Court Process and Outcome Evaluation

  • Nebraska Adult Drug Court Evaluation

  • Sarpy County Wellness Court Process Evaluation

  • Implementation Assessment of the Recovery Capital Index in the New York Opioid Courts

  • Winchester Adult Drug Court Process and Outcome Evaluation

  • Clark County Juvenile Drug Court Process Evaluation

  • Assessment of the impact of teleservices on treatment courts nationally.