Community Responses

Bidder's conference for LOI. The LOI was non-binding and served as an opportunity for organizations to submit a brief (2-page) overview of their proposed project. The purpose of the LOI was to solicit interest, assess the desire for pre-application supports (listening session, office hours, workshops on concepts, SAM sign up, etc.), and ensure that outreach in the target communities is reaching organizations that need capacity building. A low bar, one-page LOI form made access more equitable from the beginning, because organizations did not need to hire a grant writer right away.

LISC presented "The Role of Intermediaries in Building Organizational Capacity for CVI Programs" at the 2024 Gifford’s Community Violence Intervention Conference.

LISC coordinated the delivery of several breakout workshop sessions during the 2024 CVIPI Grantee Conference, including “Nonprofit Capacity Building: Community Justice Accelerator”, “Supporting CVI Infrastructure: Recognizing and Responding to the Needs of the CVI Workplace”, “Safe Passages as a Proven Model to Reduce Violence: The Importance of a Data-Driven and Collaborative Approach”, “Coalition Building Models in CVI”, “Performance Management for CVIPI”, “Leveraging CVI Resources to Enhance Collaboration and Capacity”, “Reimagining Justice with Data-Informed Community Engagement”, “The

Conduct topical meetings across CBOs on common issue areas, including Initial CVI training, monthly All Table trainings, quarterly cohort convenings/learning sessions (peer support and reflection), annual conference, other topical meetings as needed.

Conduct meetings with each CBO on a periodic basis, including CBO Core Team meetings and CBO coaching sessions.

The Safer Schools Community of Practice is designed with the purpose of bringing together school safety practitioners for collaborative discussions to identify best practices and model polices, support problem solving, and recognize emerging trends related to school safety strategies and policies. The insights gathered in this forum will be utilized to guide the program's comprehensive technical assistance, subject-expert working groups, resource development, and training deliverables.

The CJP team will walk through all components of the Byrne SCIP funding, including the pass-through requirements, advisory board requirements, allowable programming, examples of approved funding, and TTA available from our team and other providers.

The Alaska SAA's office invited the CJP SCIP-focused program managers to join the newly formed Byrne SCIP Advisory Board to support them as they figure out their SCIP funding priorities. We attended a pre-meeting planning meeting, facilitated the planning session with the full Advisory Board, then held a debrief meeting. AK was able to sort through various priorities and identified several goals and priorities for their funding in our presences and continues to move forward.

The Maryland SAA's office reached out asking for support in analyzing a survey that they had written and distributed to help them determine Byrne SCIP potential funding priorities. We produced a comprehensive analysis report that helped the office understand stakeholder perspectives across various potential SCIP priority areas.

The Alabama SAA's office reached out asking for support in identifying their funding priority areas for JAG. With their guidance, we developed, helped administer, and analyzed a survey for them that highlighted potential priority areas after administering the survey to a wide array of stakeholders.