Juvenile Justice Agencies

Inspired by the recently released Guidance on Meaningful Community Engagement, this webinar highlighted key insights from the document. It focused on strategies for engaging with community-based organizations, enhancing language accessibility, and improving accessibility in data collection and evaluation. These topics were explored by a diverse panel of subject matter experts, including former SAAs, retired law enforcement chiefs, NCJA Data Center staff, and language access specialists.

The Nebraska Crime Commission, in collaboration with NCJA, conducted a statewide justice system needs assessment survey to evaluate the needs of their stakeholders, including new and prospective Byrne JAG recipients. Nebraska's unique geographic landscape enabled the survey to reach rural and tribal communities, aligning with their goal to strengthen engagement with these populations. The survey will serve as a critical component in shaping the state’s JAG strategic planning process.

NCJP Deputy Director Simone Greene and NCJP Program Manager Anica Stieve were in attendance at NACo's Annual Conference. NCJP Deputy Director Simone Greene moderated this panel discussion at the Annual NACo Conference. This session explored examples of collaborative initiatives within county justice systems. By exploring innovative methods through partnerships, community engagement and diverse approaches to funding, the panel provided insights and strategies to drive meaningful improvements while fostering access, resilience and lasting impact.

This webinar explores the critical challenges faced by tribal populations during the post-incarcerationand post-treatment reentry and reintegration process. We will examine issues such as culturaldisconnection, limited access to resources, systemic discrimination and stigma, substance usedisorders (SUDs), co-occurring mental health issues, and other significant barriers.Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the definition of successful reentry and reintegration,its key components, and the benefits it can bring to tribal communities.

The National CVIPI Center TTA Request tool is critical for our ability to assess community violence intervention (CVI) needs in the field and to help prioritize delivery of TTA topics. During this reporting period, LISC received and responded to 54 TTA requests from the field. LISC continues to track, analyze and report these requests
regularly to BJA.

CSG Justice Center staff held 75 contacts (via phone and email) with FY18-FY23 Second Chance Act Category 3 grantees in the month of November (8 SCA Co-Occurring, 29 SCA Substance Use Disorders, 18 SCA Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry, and 20 SCA Pay for Success)

On September 19, 2024, the SLATT team was contacted by the program director of Healing and Responding to Therapy (HARTT), a local nonprofit organization in Jasper, Alabama, which specializes in trauma-informed care, family support, and therapy for individuals and families in need. The director inquired about online training opportunities for HARTT counselors who provide services to youth teens who have made terroristic threats to local schools in the state of Alabama.

The opioid crisis and the flood of other drugs has reached epidemic proportion in many of our tribal communities across the nation. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Tables, twice as many American Indians and Alaska Natives require treatment for addiction compared to any other racial and ethnic group.

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.