Training Delivery - Webinar

This fourth and final session of the virtual FY23 SCA PFS learning community engaged grantees in discussing how to prepare for program sustainability. Discussion focused on leveraging available outcomes data to demonstrate program impact, establishing sustainability plans and planning bodies, and identification of additional funding sources.

Given the variety of behavioral challenges that can occur in a school environment, it is essential for school resource officers, security personnel, and school staff to possess strong de-escalation skills. These abilities are crucial for preventing situations from escalating and for responding effectively to the unique needs of each student. Through effective de-escalation, stakeholders can improve student safety, maintain a positive learning environment, enhance trust between officers and students, and reduce student involvement in the juvenile justice system.

This session of the Treatment Considerations for Different Cultures learning community focused on the specific needs of Asian populations, including a historical overview to help attendees understand the population’s presence within the criminal justice system, an examination of Social Determinants of Health that create barriers to accessing and maintaining behavioral health services, current behavioral health outcomes for this population, and strategies for identifying and implementing culturally affirming practices and culturally responsive approaches.

This third session of the virtual FY23 SCA PFS learning community engaged grantees in discussing how to enroll and retain program participants. Discussion focused on increasing participant engagement in treatment and strategies for maintaining this engagement over time. Collaborative strategies such as innovative uses of grant funds to facilitate partnerships and to connect participants to wraparound services, were also discussed.

The CSG Justice Center Housing Team kicked off the Zero Returns to Homelessness (ZRH) National Cohort with a virtual orientation and launch call with the 6 jurisdictions selected for the Cohort through a competitive application process. The 6 jurisdictions represent state and local criminal justice systems across states, Tribal Nations, and county / local jurisdictions, as follows: Idaho: State DOC, State Housing and Finance, City of Boise / CoC, GEO Reentry Services; Kentucky: City of Louisville, Goodwill; Michigan: State DOC, State Dept.

In this session, participants will understand the specific needs for African American/Black (AA/B) and explore strategies to improve behavioral health outcomes for this population.

This session provided attendees with engagement strategies to enhance protective factors and build recovery capital for youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.

This webinar was provided to the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services to educate officers about the dangers of distracted driving.

An interactive discussion highlighting the importance of proper crime scene response to fatal and nonfatal shooting incidents and discuss evidence analysis processes including firearm examination, DNA collection and analysis, and latent fingerprint collection and analysis.

This webinar discusses the role of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN), crime gun intelligence, and crime gun intelligence centers in fatal and nonfatal shooting investigations.