State Agencies

During this reporting period, IIR collaborated with BJA to identify dates for a webinar in support of the FY2024 cohort: a meet-and-greet session. Program staff provided multiple date and time options to BJA program officials, and the event will be scheduled in early 2025.

A Grant Management Orientation webinar will be held for FY 2024 Shepard/Byrd, Community-based Approaches and Emmett Till award recipients. This mandatory webinar for new grantees provides information on fundamental components of their awards, grant activities, performance metrics, and financial reporting.

During this reporting period, the Hate Crimes TTA Program team continued to identify lessons learned and relevant resources and collected information from the field for dissemination to the program sites during regular project check-in calls, through the issuance of special bulletins, and through invitations to virtual webinars and training opportunities. The Hate Crimes TTA Program disseminated special bulletins regarding the following items:
• July 11, 2024—Matthew Shepard James Byrd Solicitation Deadline Extended!

IIR program staff members continued conducting research and gathering content for inclusion in the Hate Crimes TTA Program newsletter, “Preventing Hate and Keeping You Up to Date.” During this reporting period, four newsletters were disseminated. IIR staff members publish the newsletter—which contains resources including national news and trends, research studies and reports, publications, training opportunities, and other useful tools to help support the efforts of awarded project sites and the broader field—using a LISTSERV tool that provides statistical data for reporting metrics.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

One of five intensive 3-day RJ trainings offered to criminal justice agencies around the United States in partnership with the Center for Justice Innovation.

This webinar highlights the essential components of a successful focused deterrence call-in strategy. The discussion will cover practical steps for planning, executing, and sustaining this strategy, drawing on promising practices and examples from the field. 84 attendees