The CJCC was formed as a part of Ramsey County's participation in the Evidence-Based Decision Making Initiative (EBDMI), a national initiative of the United States Department of Justice and the National Institute of Corrections.
After a competitive process, Ramsey County was selected by the United States Department of Justice as one of seven sites from across the country for the EBDMI starting in October 2010. The EBDMI was modeled after the medical profession’s “The 100,000 Lives Campaign,” which prevented 175,000 accidental deaths by applying an evidence-based framework to hospital procedures.