Conferences

To support outreach and engagement IIR staff attended the 2024 I Love U Guys' Briefings: National School Safety Symposium in San Mateo, California, from November 7–8, 2024.

To support outreach and engagement IIR staff attended the 2024 NASRO School Safety Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, from July 14–19, 2024.

In order to enhance outreach and engagement efforts, an IIR staff member participated in the National Public Safety Partnership's 10th Anniversary Summit on December 9-10. During this event, IIR displayed a table to disseminate information about IIR resources.

The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College provided planning, programmatic, and logistical support to coordinate and conduct the November 18, 2024 BJA Government to Government Tribal Consultation.

On June 5th & 6th, 2023, members of the Law Enforcement team and the National Policing Institute hosted a Knowledge Lab Convening in Denver, CO. The convening was attended by representatives from all 15 Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Sites and subject matter experts in police mental health collaborations. The Knowledge Lab Convening featured panels and speakers who discussed constitutional policing, procedural justice and best practices in mental health response.

This session will provide the attendees with an overview of the need for medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders in correctional settings, discuss implementing medication assisted treatment programs in correctional facilities, and share strategies to maintain medication assisted treatment in the community for those in reentry to prevent overdoses.

CSG Justice Center staff continued work with the Northeast DuPage Family and Youth Services (NEDFYS) organization and their law enforcement partners on their Behavioral Health Referral Program data collection project.

To offer training and support to these grantees on a national level, BJA, with the support of its technical assistance provider, The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSGJC), will convene a Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and Connect and Protect (C&P) Grantee Virtual Symposium in August 2024.

RTI will host a convening on March 25-26, 2025 at RTI Headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. This convening will allow NCCP sites to come together to discuss challenges related to fatal and non-fatal shooting investigations.

To fund speakers to present at the Maryland conference as part of the Adult Treatment Court Initiative (ATCTI).