Faith-Based Organizations

Objective 5: Develop and run a national campaign to educate criminal justice agency leaders, policymakers, and the public about the Justice Counts metrics. CSG Justice Center staff also worked internally to develop data validation standards for Publisher and to improve the internal tracking the data being shared.??

Objective 6: Provide intensive TA to 10 states, supporting the adoption and use of the Justice Counts metrics to drive decision-making. CSG Justice Center staff completed outreach to participating agencies via email to include an update on progress on Justice Counts participation per each state.??

Priority Area 1: Work with state agencies to receive and analyze data to identify drivers of Arkansas's high recidivism rates and understand how recidivism contributes to overall crime and incarceration rates.

At the Second Chance Act (SCA) conference, the Justice Center held 64 workshops for SCA Category 3 grantees, including content-based sessions and grantee breakout sessions for all active grant tracks (CSCR, CSAMI/SUD, PFS, SRHD) and the ZRH cohort. We also worked with BJA to host an orientation meeting for FY24 grantee as part of the conference. The average attendance across these sessions was 45 attendees, with an average of 26 agencies served per session.

Featured panelist on the United States Department of Agriculture's webinar on Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development: Cooperatives After Incarceration, a Strategy for Welcoming Returning Citizens. Shared and discussed the blueprint report that was published through BJA and discussed the needs of returning citizens.

• The following activities occurred during this reporting period:
Newly released resources were added to the COSSUP Resource Center, as well as new announcements, funding opportunities, and learning opportunities.

• The following activities occurred during this reporting period:
o Newly released resources were added to the COSSUP Resource Center, as well as new announcements, funding opportunities, and learning opportunities.

FY25Q1 Engagement Activities

Met and corresponded with grantee 10 times between October and December 2024 on 10/1, 10/8, 10/9, 10/15, 10/16, 10/21, 10/24, 10/25, 11/19, 12/5
Summary of Successes
Training series for CONNECT group up and running
CONNECT retreat documents completed and finalized
Working through program manual
Held first quarterly CONNECT meeting in over a year
Summary of Suggestions for further TA/next steps
continue regularly scheduled TA engagement and coaching

FY25Q1 Engagement Activities

FY25Q1 Engagement Activities