Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP), Reference Years (RY) 2020-2024

(Solicitation)
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) seeks an applicant to conduct the collection,
analysis, and dissemination activities for the Annual Surveys of Probation and Parole (ASPP) for the reference years 2020 through 2024.

The ASPP are two separate data collections, independently referred to as the Annual Probation Survey and Annual Parole Survey. Since 1980, the ASPP have collected aggregate data on the number of persons supervised on probation or parole (i.e., post-custody community supervision), together referred to as the community supervision population. The ASPP obtain aggregated data from administrative records maintained by state probation and/or parole agencies; local agencies (municipal, county, or court); and the federal system. The ASPP are core BJS data collections and are the only national data collections that describe the size, change, movements, outcomes, and characteristics of the community supervision populations at the national, federal, and state levels. Together with data from the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) Program, which collects counts of persons incarcerated in federal and state prisons, and the Annual Survey of Jails (ASJ), which collects counts of persons held in local jails, ASPP data are used to estimate the total number of persons supervised by the adult correctional systems in the United States. Collectively, these data collections are also critical for tracking the level and change in the correctional populations over time and enhancing the understanding of the flow of offenders through and eventually out of the criminal justice system.

Because of the needs for and uses of the ASPP data, it is imperative that these data are
reliable, of high quality, and are representative of the entire targeted population.
Therefore, through this award, BJS intends to enhance these aspects of the ASPP.
All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on April 21, 2020.