SAAs

The 2020 Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives was held virtually on September 24, 2020. Hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the event brought together Governors’ criminal justice policy advisors (CJPAs) and state administering agency executives (SAAs) to discuss a variety of criminal justice and public safety issues, hear from federal partners, and share best practices.

This onsite meeting is part of the training and technical assistance provided under the NCJA Strategic Planning TTA (see accompanying TTA entry). The meeting is tentatively schedule for March 4-6, 2018 at the Alabama Department of Economics and Community Affairs.The planned agenda will include a meeting with staff on Monday to prep and practice for a series of town hall meetings across 7 regions of the state.

Outreach about the Strategic Planning TTA program during several events attended by state agencies. At the two-day Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives, co-hosted by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) in December, 2017, SAAs participated in a breakout session in which participants were given an overview of the TTA progra and learned of ways that CJPAs and SAAs can work collaboratively towards CJS plannig and program implementation.

On September 7, 2017, American University contacted the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and National Governors Association (NGA) about hosting the roundtable in the early fall of 2018.in partnership with NCJA and NGA. The purpose was to convene a small group of SAAs to discuss opportunities and challenges for building stronger partnerships between SAAs and defense providers.

The CJCC Meeting is tentatively scheduled to take place June 27, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Partners in the planning of this event include the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the Justice Management Institute (JMI). Initial planning for the event began in early October, 2017 as a series of conference calls between partners (NACO/JMI for the CJCC training and with SEARCH for the Regional Trainings).

State Agency Administrators (SAA) and Governors’ Criminal Justice Policy Advisors (CJPAs) joined together in Charleston, South Carolina on December 14-15, 2017 for the Institute for State Criminal Justice and Public Safety Executives, hosted by NCJA and the National Governor’s Association (NGA). Representatives from 38 states and territories registered for the event which featured a robust agenda of high priority topics, networking opportunities and discussions.

- The KS SAA requested assistance with both a stakeholder engagement survey and with a strategic planning workshop for the SAA's governing body.

-NCJA staff David Marimon furnished the SAA with multiple stakeholder surveys. NCJA and SAA staff worked together to refine the instrument and produce what will become the states stakeholder engagement survey. In April the SAA will launch the survey. In addition NCJA staff member David S will be deployed to provide the commission with a strategic planning workshop.

- The HI SAA requested assistance with a stakeholder engagement survey.

- NCJA staff Fran Ecker and David Marimon furnished the SAA with multiple stakeholder surveys. NCJA and SAA staff worked together to refine the instrument and produce what will become the states stakeholder engagement survey. In April the SAA will launch the survey.

- During the previous reporting period the HI JAG survey closed. An executive summery was produced for the SAA in June of 2014 with a full report to follow in July or August of 2014.