Adjudication

BJA will identify a provider to facilitate JRI peer-to-peer technical assistance events. Similar events were held in February 2015 to share ideas, resources, and tools from sites involved in JRI efforts. This TA will expand those events to more sites involved in JRI activity.

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices is requesting funding support for staff time needed to plan, organize, and host a two-day institute for governors’ criminal justice policy advisors and directors of state administering agencies.

I would like my staff of 50 Instructors trained in the Blue Courage program.

The Oregon CJC is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to perform 3 tasks: 1) Develop an implementation plan for Lane and Klamath Counties; 2) advise on performance and outcome measures for counties implementing the Marion County program, 3) work with CJC to document the implementation process and prepare resources for other counties to replicate the process.

Louisiana requests assistance in developing a quality assurance program around their Risk, Needs, Responsibility tool. They also require the facilitation of focus groups to inform the tools development and implementation.

Delaware would like assistance developing a structured devision making aid to assist magistrate judges in translating pretrial risk assessment results with release decision/placements

The Sandoval County District Court would like to receive some training and guidance with our pretrial services program. A general training in the research recommended functioning of how the program should be run as well as some support in the purchase or development of our own PTS risk assessment tool is very much needed.

Following a conference in April in which the Attorney General called heroin abuse a nationwide epidemic, PERF has proposed a Heroin Northeast Consortium Project which would develop a coordinated and comprehensive response to the problem.

In July of 2013, two public acts were signed into law by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. These acts established the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) and charged that commission with creating and enforcing uniform public defense standards throughout the state of Michigan.

The 26th Judicial District is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to design an approach using best practices for the scheduling cases from filing to disposition and the management of the docket within the courtroom itself. Achieving buy-in from court officials with diverse perspectives is key. This effort will result in a more productive courtroom and effective utilization of courtroom time.