Operational Support

NRTAC member Alan Hughes and NRTAC subject matter expert Kevin Armbruster visited the Wichita, Kansas, CGIC. There, they engaged with Wichita Police Department (WPD) Chief Joseph Sullivan and his CGIC executive leadership team and advocated for the sustainability of the Wichita CGIC program beyond the BJA local-CGIC grant period of performance set to end in Fiscal Year 2024.

The NRTAC team planned and arranged for BJA Deputy Director Ruby Qazilbash and BJA Senior Policy Advisor Tammy Brown to visit the Wilmington, Delaware, CGIC. NRTAC member Humberto Cardounel and NRTAC subject matter expert Greg Carlin joined BJA on their visit. The purpose of the site visit was to allow BJA Deputy Director Qazilbash to visit a well-functioning CGIC to better understand the CGIC workflow and the role of NRTAC in supporting the implementation of the CGIC model in BJA-funded jurisdictions.

TLPI's Civicore database continues to be utilized to track grantee outreach, TA requests and work, and training events. Wellness Court Specialists ensure that all contacts are recorded and Wellness Court Specialists Angie Juárez-Monger ensures complete date entry and reporting. This reporting period a new TA Workplan template began to be utilized and grantee TA workplans will be submitted to BJA next reporting period.

APA's Capital Litigation Advisory Committee will meet in May 2025 for 1.5 to identify discuss programming and training needs for the field. Outputs will include a training curriculum for the next year as well as a peer-to-peer exchange between members. Jurisdictions will highlight the issues that they are facing respectively, and discuss in roundtable format ways to troubleshoot those issues.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute sent each FY24 Adult Treatment Court - Tribal Healing to Wellness Court grantee a welcome letter. This letter introduced the TLPI organization, TLPI THWC staff, possible TTA services available, links to THWC resources and potential team training, and links to two offerings of virtual Meet and Greet sessions. Primary TTA coaches were included in this letter so that grantees begin to recognize contact names.
FY24 Grantees are: Aleut, Coushatta, Gila River, Craig, Saint Regis Mohawk, and Seminole.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute sent each FY24 CTAS Purpose Area 3 - Tribal Healing to Wellness Court grantee a welcome letter. This letter introduced the TLPI organization, TLPI THWC staff, possible TTA services available, including the forthcoming Fundamentals Training; links to THWC resources and potential team training, and information about meeting at the upcoming in-person CTAS New Grantee Orientation. Primary TTA coaches were included in this letter so that grantees begin to recognize contact names.

The Hate Crimes TTA team held a kickoff call with the Urban League of Broward County (ULBC). The purpose of the call was to build rapport with site representatives, learn about ULBC’s Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate crimes project activities, identify any challenges and emerging issues, and begin to scope out the site’s TTA needs.