Pending

Request individual TA to outline local needs and best practice steps.

The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office is requesting technical assistance and training from the Center for Court Innovation through BJA NTTAC. This vital TTA is to provide guidance in the development of a prosecutor-led diversion program and support during pilot launch. Requested TTA includes guidance in program development, samples of existing program materials, development of data collection protocols, selection of software system, curriculum workshop, and phone calls for advice during pilot launch.

Provide guidance, insight and everything else that comes with releasing a professional after action report

The Office of the Commonwealth Attorney (OCA) requested review and assessment of its pretrial policies, practices, and data to identify strategies for implementing evidence-based and data-driven policies and practices that prioritize fairness, racial equity, and public safety. The pretrial Justice Assitance Institute completed a phase I assessment June- September 2021.

The USAO-NDO requested assistance in the development of a tribal grants opportunities database.

Regarding caseload distribution, further study is needed. Efforts will include implementing surveys and focus groups in an effort to greater understand the work duties of lawyers vs. non-lawyer staff members. Our belief is that attorneys may be handling administrative and clerical duties that are more efficiently handled by non-lawyer staff. Similarly, recruiting and staffing issues suggest exploring office reorganization. The pandemic forced our agency to permit telework or remote working. Going forward, a substantive policy needs to be developed for the office.

Bring Game Changer Program to VCU for an in person event.

The San Francisco Police Department is requesting TTA for a grants/resources assessment.

We have committed to fund a portion of this work ourselves, to be carried out by WestEd's Justice and Prevention Research Center. We're seeking additional assistance to round out the workload study, and would be interested in discussing a collaboration between NTTAC, WestEd and Sonoma County Probation to strengthen the project, make it most useful for organizing and prioritizing our work, and hopefully be of use to others struggling with the similar challenges.

The VPD realizes the benefits that can come from a properly trained staff who can incorporate trauma-informed systems methodologies into to their response to calls for service. As such we would ask the NTTAC to assist us in developing a Trauma-Informed Systems curriculum to deliver to our staff. We would hope to make such a curriculum comprehensive enough to attain California POST certification.