Community Responses

Hawaii has requested support in their comprehensive criminal justice strategic planning process. NCJA is supporting them by providing feedback on equity-related questions and engaging those with lived experience.

Oregon SAA asked for more information and resources on Community Violence Intervention strategies ahead of the release of the SCIP federal funding. NCJA provided programming examples and promising practices.

Worked with CT SAA over 6 months to assist them with stakeholder engagement through a survey and JAG board prep in order to inform their JAG SP. The information used to help determine priorities will support years of funding that was withheld due to litigation. Met bi-weekly with CT SAA for a few months to work with them through the process of strategic plan development.

In partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) will host the 2022 Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives on August 16 – 17 in Annapolis, Maryland. The meeting will bring together governors’ criminal justice policy advisors (CJPAs) and state administering agency executives (SAAs) from each state to discuss key criminal justice and public safety issues, share successes and challenges, and highlight best practices.

Washington Department of Commerce would like to reassess and adjust their strategic planning process as Byrne JAG funds withheld during immigration litigation have been released and leadership has shifted within the agency. The agency is approaching the strategic planning process in two phases: short-term adjustments and long-term development of a new strategic plan to submit to the Bureau of Justice Assistance when applying for new Byrne JAG dollars.

The Baltimore BCJI project has expended work with the University of Maryland Police Department through their Healing-Centered Policing project. The project brings community residents, youth, and police together to collectively address community issues while at the same time building trust with each other and expanding engagement opportunities. The Sons of Phoenix community outreach team has also been incorporated into the HCP project and LISC was invited to tour their community center, walk the community, and meet outreach workers.

LISC co-hosted a grantee orientation webinar with NPI and BJA on May 3rd, 2022. As follow-up to the webinar, LISC TA leads began their initial round of introductory calls with sites. During these calls, LISC’s TTA model was outlined – focusing on authentic community outreach, adherence to evidence based practices, project management by a strong cross-sector partnership and examining revitalization opportunities to complement projects.

The site requested information on how other grantee sites are supporting, training, and supervising Life Coachs. The site also requested peer-feedback on their job postings. IACP solicited support and feedback from the FY19 Rapid City grantee site, and the FY18 Escondido grantee site.

IACP worked with the site to develop a BCJI Bulletin Site Highlight on the site's Family Intervention Team (FIT). The site used this write up to promote their work to local stakeholders.

The site was interested in learning more about Credible Messenger programming, as they are considering how to incorporate this programming into their BCJI project. IACP staff provided a plethora of resources, educational material, and examples from BCJI and non-BCJI programs.