Community Courts

During meetings with BJA, Center staff selected Reno, NV and Eugene, Oregon as two locations for the regional convenings. The third convening was decided to be virtual. The Reno convening will be held 2/8/24 and the Eugene convening will be held 3/5/24.

Lindsey Price Jackson gave a presentation for the National Center for Victims of Crime to 250 individuals via webinar. This presentation gave an overview of the guiding principles of community justice, trauma-responsive courts, and procedural justice.

Brett Taylor, Oceana Gilliam, and former Red Hook Judge Alex Calabrese

Brett Taylor, Former Red Hook Judge Alex Calabrese, and Oceana Gilliam gave a procedural justice presentation to members of the Birmingham Municipal Court.

2 CJI staff members presented at the National Black Prosecutors conference on a procedural justice training.

Center staff provide on-going technical assistance for Paterson Community Court, which includes regular phone calls (approximately 1-2 times/month), regular email communication, supplying planning guides and other resources, and connecting local stakeholders to subject matter experts. Over the course of the grant, the Center will assist the site to engage a community court steering committee; conduct a community needs assessment; develop policies and procedures; implement a risk-needs tool; launch the project; and collect and review performance data.

The Center provides a wide range of support in response to requests for assistance, including sharing publications, research, planning guides, and other resources; and connects practitioners with peers at community courts around the country. This reporting period, the Center’s training and technical assistance team responded to nine requests for assistance and assisted practitioners from a variety of locations. The team assisted a counseling and recovery center in Lakewood, WA with automating the Criminal Court Assessment Tool (CCAT).

Center staff met virtually with each FY22 grantee site at least once per month throughout the reporting period. During these calls, Center staff helped sites revisit project goals and action plans, provided individualized project guidance, and deepened discussions that began during all-site webinars. Center staff also took further steps outside of the monthly calls to advance each site’s project, including offering trainings, participating in stakeholder meetings, and arranging information-sharing sessions, when useful.

Center staff met virtually with each FY22 grantee site at least once per month throughout the reporting period. During these calls, Center staff helped sites revisit project goals and action plans, provided individualized project guidance, and deepened discussions that began during all-site webinars. Center staff also took further steps outside of the monthly calls to advance each site’s project, including offering trainings, participating in stakeholder meetings, and arranging information-sharing sessions, when useful.

Center staff met virtually with each FY22 grantee site at least once per month throughout the reporting period. During these calls, Center staff helped sites revisit project goals and action plans, provided individualized project guidance, and deepened discussions that began during all-site webinars. Center staff also took further steps outside of the monthly calls to advance each site’s project, including offering trainings, participating in stakeholder meetings, and arranging information-sharing sessions, when useful.