Operational Oversights/Audits

The project partners will participate in the annual CTAS Orientation and other meetings as requested and required by BJA.
This will be an on going process until the grant expires.
BJA TTA providers webinars, conference calls

Review progress reports and performance data submitted by grantees and make recommendations to BJA to update TA strategies

Assist in in collecting and reporting on performance measures

Mr. Hood and Mr. Jansen conducted a site visit to Yolo County District Attorney's Office. Yolo county DA requested information training on Intelligence Driven Prosecuoin and an overall evaluation of the operations of the Yolo County District Attorney's Office.

During the month of December, CJI drafted and submitted the subcontract to the Mississippi Department of Corrections for their review.

Mr. Jansen participated in a conference call with Joseph Grubb of the Delaware Department of Justice regarding a potential TTA site visit to Wilmington, DL.

APA's Beth Merachnik Participated in weekly conference calls with Carmen Facciolo of BJA to discuss the progress of the Smart Prosecution Initiative

Provide fidelity guidance to Washington State's SAC program

There have been continued delays in implementing the automated court reminder system due to a planned change in data systems. It is no longer anticipated to begin in this grant period. A budget amendment has been signed to move those funds, which were relatively small, to supporting the probation department in their SOARING 2 implementation.

Robert Hood met with the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, including MC Molidor and managers of the Neighborhood Prosecutors Unit.