The mission of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is to provide leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development to support state, local, and tribal justice strategies to achieve safer communities. Established in 2008, the BJA National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) promotes that mission by facilitating the delivery of high-quality, strategically focused training and technical assistance (TTA) to achieve safe communities nationwide. To achieve this mission, BJA NTTAC works to improve the criminal justice system by providing rapid, expert, and coordinated TTA to support practitioners in reducing violent and drug-related crime, supporting law enforcement, managing offenders, and combating victimization.
The vision of BJA NTTAC is to:
- Provide guidance to grantees and non-grantee criminal justice professionals to replicate model programs and approaches;
- Increase knowledge and use of best practices, emerging technologies, and proven strategies; and
- Assist agencies and jurisdictions in identifying and addressing operational and programmatic needs.
TTA Services
The TTA services provided through NTTAC cover a broad set of topic areas including training, information dissemination, technical assistance, and facilitation of multi-agency and cross-jurisdictional teams and working groups. The services offered include assistance implementing evidence-based programs, curriculum development, data analysis, onsite and distance learning training, peer-to-peer visits, research and information requests, and strategic planning assistance. These TTA services support the work of criminal justice practitioners and agencies, elected officials, and community organizations.
New TTA Initiatives
BJA is committed to ensuring that the resources and services it provides are responsive to the needs of the criminal justice field. To address these newly emerging needs, BJA NTTAC provides TTA resources that can be tailored to address the most critical issues faced by state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies.
In addition to BJA NTTAC’s standard services areas, new TTA initiatives include:
- Crime Analysis on Demand
- Assisting Communities in Preventing and Deterring Crime Using the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Approach
- Training for Law Enforcement
- Community Corrections Agencies
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