Alaska Justice Information Center will guide work of Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative in Alaska

L to r: Gary Vanlandingham, Pew Results First; Dr. Brad Myrstol,
Alaska Justice Information Center; Stanford Turner, Results First;
Sarah Galgano, Results First ; Dr. André Rosay,
UAA Justice Center.

The Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative in Alaska has now begun under the direction of the Alaska Justice Information Center  (AJIC) - jointly funded by the state of Alaska and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority and housed within the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center.

Dr. Brad Myrstol, director of the Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Center, is the director of the Alaska Justice Information Center.

In March of this year, the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative began their partnership with Alaska to further the state’s criminal justice reform efforts. This work will target evidence-based programs and recidivism-reduction grants by generating additional information to help guide policy decisions and ensuring that funded programs deliver the intended results. The state’s executive and legislative branches issued letters of support for, and commitment to, implementing the Results First approach in Alaska.

Three of the Pew's Results First team members  - Gary Vanlandingham, Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative Director; Sarah Galgano, Senior Associate; and Stanford Turner, Associate - were in Anchorage recently to meet with Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center director; Dr. Brad Myrstol, Alaska Justice Information Center (AJIC) director; Susanne DiPietro, Alaska Judicial Council director, and state agency stakeholders.

More information about the Results First Initiative can be found at http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pew-macarthur-results-first-initiative.