BJA Referral

Cleveland PD: (9/17/24 - meeting with research analyst, community policing team, other virtual meetings)

Palo Alto PD: (7/1/24 to 12/31/24 - bi-weekly meetings, 11/21/24 - end of year wrap up)

Knoxville PD: (ad hoc meetings)

Brighton PD (bi-weekly meetings, ad hoc meetings)

NYPD: (bi-weekly to monthly meetings, 9/24/24 - meeting with legal team)

Ferguson: (ad hoc meetings)

Support state, local, and tribal confinement agencies across the United States with technical assistance and grants to advance efforts to protect people at higher risk of harm during incarceration and reduce the use of overly punitive or restrictive approaches to do so.

In preparation for Restorative Justice Month in November, the National Center on Restorative Justice (NCORJ) convened a special meeting titled "Communicating Our Successes and Amplifying Each Other." This dialogue was an opportunity for Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) restorative justice grantees to come together and discuss effective ways to communicate the impactful work happening in our communities and how we can amplify each other. The conversation was be facilitated by DeMointé Wesley, who leads communication efforts for the NCORJ.

National PREA Resource Center (PRC) staff and contractors managed by PRC staff conduct documentation reviews of individual auditor's PREA audits when directed to do so by the PREA Management Office (PMO). Reviewers assess auditors' interim and final reports and review the information and documentation auditors relied on to reach compliance determinations. By utilizing documentation uploaded to the Online Audit System (OAS), reviewers consider both the documentation provided to an auditor by the facility and agency, as well as any additional documentation gathered onsite.

CJI’s subrecipient, Southern University Center for Social Research (SUCSR), is collecting focus group data from participants and staff. Southern University conducted 15 staff interviews with a total of 63 participants. The group carried out 16 focus groups with program participants and 10 focus groups with community members. Southern University reports that all interviews have been transcribed, and the initial round of coding is nearly complete for the CIG interviews. In addition, Southern University reports that the initial code development process is underway for the RRC interviews.

We provided MA with 4 examples of strong subaward submissions which included varying level of detail across the subawards.

The NRTAC team planned and arranged for BJA Deputy Director Ruby Qazilbash and BJA Senior Policy Advisor Tammy Brown to visit the Wilmington, Delaware, CGIC. NRTAC member Humberto Cardounel and NRTAC subject matter expert Greg Carlin joined BJA on their visit. The purpose of the site visit was to allow BJA Deputy Director Qazilbash to visit a well-functioning CGIC to better understand the CGIC workflow and the role of NRTAC in supporting the implementation of the CGIC model in BJA-funded jurisdictions.

Sent outreach to states that were missing their strategic plan or annual report and that may have withholdings placed from BJA. Forwarded updated strategic plans/annual reports from states to BJA to update their records.