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The NGA Public Safety and Legal Counsels team hosted nine monthly briefings for the Criminal Justice Policy Advisors (CJPA) network, with an average of 10 states and territories represented on each call. Topics included human trafficking, homelessness and reentry, mass violence response and criminal justice data systems. Additionally, NGA completed over 52 technical assistance requests responding to inquiries from 22 states and territories.
NCJP Deputy Director Simone Greene and NCJP Program Manager Anica Stieve were in attendance at NACo's Annual Conference. NCJP Deputy Director Simone Greene moderated this panel discussion at the Annual NACo Conference. This session explored examples of collaborative initiatives within county justice systems. By exploring innovative methods through partnerships, community engagement and diverse approaches to funding, the panel provided insights and strategies to drive meaningful improvements while fostering access, resilience and lasting impact.
On the afternoons of October 29-30, the NCJP team hosted a Byrne JAG strategic planning crash course training. This was previously offered in person and was adapted for the virtual setting.
I was connected with Ray Gordon from RI, who works on the SCIP side with the RI SAA. He mentioned he was starting a SCIP newsletter and I met with him on the 24th of October via Zoom to discuss his ideas and vision for the newsletter as well as to see what type of guidance and support I could provide. He's still in the development phase but wants to include program highlights, organization spotlights, staff spotlights, and potentially advisory board meetings. Also, he wants it to tie back to a SCIP webpage housed on their website.
NCJP staff helped MN with a JAG stakeholder needs assessment survey around a year ago. The survey was created in collaboration, disseminated, and then a final report was analyzed and sent over. MN reached out again in September to request that we open the same survey again--specifically, they hoped to gain some additional responses for categories of stakeholders that had low response rates in the first round of survey responses. The survey was opened that month and closed December 31. Currently, the data is being analyzed, and a report is being drafted based on the results.
