BJA Referral

TJI and partners at WCPI provided faculty at the annual IACP conference in Boston, MA. TJI and WCPI personnel facilitated discussions regarding tribal law enforcement collaboration.

OR has FY20-FY24 award funds to spend down and is currently only funding one prison program with the OR DOC Coffee Creek Facility. Douglas County drug court program (ADAPT) was previous subaward and OR CJC is working with them to reapply which would meet jail requirement for unspent funds. Jail requirement was met for previously used funds. RSAT-TTA encourage provided guidance on qualifying uses of funds and eligible programs, i.e. housing vouchers for community-based reentry programs.

Arkansas requested meeting with BJA and RSAT-TTA to discuss the 10% jails match and it's associated requirements. AR DFA is hosting a webinar for potential county applicants and requested information to present to sheriff's and other interested parties. RSAT-TTA sent notes from discussion to Arkansas summarizing jail-based requirements and funding options through other state examples. RSAT-TTA followed up with former COSSUP grantee in AR who may be interested in participation - sending their contact information to AR DFA to attend upcoming webinar.

SD is a prospective RSAT grantee having not accepted grant funds for 7 years. They are exploring avenues to use funding and anticipate applying for funds next FFY. They run several reentry prorgams servicing formerly incarcerated individuals which is a potential avenue funding to be used. Discussed potential opportunities and uses of grant funds to support existing drug/alcohol treatment programs in county jails. The DOC is a potential subaward though they already have a relation with the state DOC via reentry programs which may be eligible funding.

The 2023 Solicitation began a requirement of  Appendix A: Certification Regarding Nonresidential Substance Use Treatment Aftercare, that if CT chooses to use RSAT funding for aftercare the Governor must certify that the state is providing, and will continue to provide, an adequate level of residential substance use treatment services. CT is seeking guidance on how other states define the term ‘adequate’ to submit this certification. RSAT TTA consulted BJA policy officers and responded to CT SAA.

Spoke for a CRIT 101 webinar for RTI grantees, per BJA's request. Provided historical context for the CRIT curriculum and discussed the uses and benefits of CRIT for crisis response programs and communities at large.

In September 2024, the Lab supported representatives from the Knoxville Police Department to attend the Annual Problem-Oriented Policing Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland.

On December 11th the Law Enforcement Knowledge Lab held a companion roundtable to the "Collaborating for Community Safety: Supporting Communities for Effective Engagement with Law Enforcement" listening session. However, instead of hearing from community members and advocates, we heard from law enforcement leaders who are particularly successful at engaging and partnering with the communities they serve.

BJA programs update presentation for the Knowledge Lab.

Fairfax:
- 2 kickoff meetings - chief and internal - Aug 16 and Sept 24
-Bi-weekly meetings
-2 meetings – mockups of their work - Nov 18 and Dec 4