Michigan State University, School of Criminal Justice (MSU) received the 2018 award for Category 1 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) provider. MSU will work with CNA (Category 2) and NCVC (Category 3) throughout the grant period to provide assistance to the national PSN program, BJA, OLP, EOUSA and any other entity requesting assistance implementing PSN strategies.
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Efforts initiated or completed during the third reporting period of the National PSN Category 1 award for MSU are included in this milestone. Robyn Carter, Ed McGarrell, and Heather Perez, are herein known as the "MSU team".
As of 6/30/2020, 56 GAPs were submitted online at: https://psntta.org/fy19gap/. Heather Perez reviewed all GAPs and provided a BJA final approval announcement to the Districts allowing the removal of the special condition in GMS. The GAP tracker is kept current and circulated among the partners and BJA.
As of 6/30/2020, all seven regions were receiving TTA from the TTA Team and/or SMEs. A TTA tracker is kept current and circulated among the partners and BJA. Items in the tracker come from formal TTA requests received through the https://psntta.org/tta-request-form/.
Heather Perez gathered weekly BJA Director updates for Kate McNamee's report-outs. A two-week projection is summarized for a look forward on activities, successes and innovations.
The partners created and began using a post TTA evaluation for recipients of PSN TTA activities. Results were included in TTA summaries/follow-up reports. The partners created and began using a post TTA evaluation for recipients of PSN TTA activities. Results were included in TTA summaries/follow-up reports. A template was also developed for TTA providers/trainers/SMEs.
The partners continued to build content on the psntta.org website.
The team transitioned to a bi-weekly call. The schedule seems appropriate. MSU maintains a dedicated conference call line and circulates a weekly agenda. CNA captures and circulates notes from the calls.
The regional TTA teams continued monthly calls. MSU team members remained Analysts for the Pacific, South Central and Midwest regions. Monthly and individual District calls occurred with those three regions.
The MSU team continued to develop tweets, newsletter content and webpage resources on PSN activities.
MSU continued to assist with National Conference planning. Suggested sessions and presenters was shared and/or updated with the Partners and BJA.
MSU continued to assist with coordination of the delivery of the Rich Hobson, Armed Offender training.
The MSU team continued to assist with the development or maintenance of the training catalog and its contents, https://psntta.org/tta-resources/ttacatalog/. Development of chronic violent offender, federal prosecution, social network analysis, and victim-witness intimidation trainings began. Training and resource materials are to be completed and available to the field by the next reporting period.
The MSU team continued to refine the “one-pager” on Victim/Witness guidelines. BJA and NCVC reviewed and approved the document.
Ed McGarrell participated in a Saginaw (MIE) crime analysis training.
Open DOJ solicitations were shared with the partners and the field to encourage multi-faceted/over-lapping violence reduction, community improvement funding and efforts.
Ed McGarrell and Heather Perez presented at the NCVC annual conference in Denver, Colorado on December 3-6, 2019. Two connections were made with MIE/Saginaw and IACP. PSN TTA (analytical support and Armed Offender training) were discussed and scheduled/planned with MIE. IACP had asked for access to the VRAT for their Law Enforcement-based Victim Services sites. After multiple discussions, IACP decided to hold off with the VRAT until the sites were further along.
MSU developed and recorded a Sustainability webinar with long-time SME Bob Hood. The Webinar has potential as a PSN resource as well as an Innovations Suite TTA resource as well. MSU will get BJA approval before posting online.
Heather Perez and Benjamin McCarthy continued to work with BJA, EOUSA, national trainers, OKW and the South Central region to deliver a regional, pilot Domestic Violence training. The onsite training was tentatively set for Spring 2020 in Oklahoma City. Due to COVID 19, the training was cancelled, modified and moved to an online format with a narrowed focus on federal prosecution of DV cases. The fuller, extended training is developed and can be delivered when appropriate. One webinar was developed for the overall field: https://psntta.org/tta-resources/webinars/domestic-violence-issues-and-…
Heather Perez continued to work with EOUSA to get maintain most current PSN POC contact information.
The MSU team contributed to and participated in the in the April 9, 2020, FY2020 PSN Grant Solicitation Webinar: https://psntta.org/tta-resources/webinars/the-project-safe-neighborhood….
The MSU team contributed to and participated in the January 15, 2020, “Building and Enhancing Project Safe Neighborhoods Partnerships and Strategies” webinar:https://psntta.org/tta-resources/webinars/project-safe-neighborhoods-ps….
Ed McGarrell and Heather Perez attended BJA’s COSSAP meeting in March in DC in an effort to connect PSN, Innovations Suite, and JCOIN. https://www.cossapresources.org/.
The MSU team assisted with gathering/providing materials for the NIJ PSN National Evaluation. Ed McGarrell was selected to sit on a review committee for the evaluation.
MSU worked with the Anniston PSP site on completing the VRAT.
Ed McGarrell participated in a Social Network Analysis training on June 24th with the MIE.
MSU continued to refine the legacy document, PSN “blueprints”. The document is under a second review by EOUSA with a due date of July 25, 2020.
MSU continued to review and provide feedback-"needs revision" or "approved"- on all received FY2018 Strategic Action Plans (SAP). During the reporting period, BJA approved 88 plans, 2 remained under revision by the sites, and 3 had not been received.
The MSU team kept current our PSN website: https://psn.cj.msu.edu/index.html.
The MSU team updated, McGarrell, E.F., H. Perez, R. Carter, and *H. Daffron. "Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN): Research Foundations. Bureau of Justice Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Report" found on: https://psn.cj.msu.edu/tta/resources.html
MSU continued to be provide assistance to Davenport/IAS on acquiring a Research Partner and on data and analysis.
MSU continued to be provide assistance to MT on data and analysis and risk assessment.
MSU provided assistance to the WAE RP on the cost of custom notifications.
MSU provided assistance to the GAN RP on final report review, summary documents, and suggestions for training/trainers for "community-based organization about culturally competent trauma counseling".
MSU team members submitted PSN session proposals to PSN, ASC, ACJS, and IACP, however all conferences were cancelled/postponed or are considering going to an online format and have not finalized sessions.
Onsite TTA was not allowed by BJA or MSU during this reporting period due to COVID 19.
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- General information regarding the request for TTA services, i.e., the who, what, where, when, and why.
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- The benefits or anticipated outcomes from the receipt of TTA services.
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