The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) was founded in 1977 as a
501(c)(3) corporation for the express purpose of providing timely intervention, education,
and unconditional care to all persons who come into contact with the human services or
criminal justice systems. NCIA is a national service provider, advocate, and resource for
those persons and entities seeking alternatives to institutionalization.
Principal programs include sentencing and capital mitigation services for courts and
attorneys; technical assistance and master planning for state and local governments seeking
to lower their reliance on institutionalization; residential living units for individuals with
special needs; educational and vocational alternatives for the developmentally disabled;
mental health counseling for adults; research and consultation on jail suicide and its
prevention; and groundbreaking research and timely analysis on criminal and juvenile justice.
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) Address
7130 Rutherford Rd Baltimore, MD United States
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) Email