community engagement

    Webinar – Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice: Supporting Youth Across Systems

    Nationally, an estimated 78 percent of young people who have experienced homelessness report that they have also had at least one interaction with law enforcement, while 44 percent have spent time in a jail or detention facility. Participants will learn about ways that communities can better support young people who find themselves at the intersections of youth homelessness and juvenile justice to ensure that youth do not have unnecessary contact with the juvenile justice system and that if they do come in contact with the justice system, that they exit to safe, stable, and secure housing.

    Webinar – Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice: Supporting Youth Across Systems

    February 06, 2020

    Join Justice Clearinghouse for their webinar “Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice: Supporting Youth Across Systems” on February 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Studies show 78 percent of adolescents who have suffered from homelessness have also had at least one encounter with law enforcement. Of these young adults, 44 percent have found themselves in a jail or detention center.

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    Eighth Association of Prosecuting Attorneys' Safety and Justice Challenge Leadership Institute: Using Data and Technology to Advance Challenge Goals

    As a strategic ally in the MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge, the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is hosting its Eighth Prosecutorial Leadership Institute in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Webinar - Fostering/Maximizing Your Organization’s Community Engagement

    Many organizations confuse outreach with engagement or use the terms interchangeably. Learn about the stark differences between the two and, most importantly, how to maximize the return of investment with purposeful and meaningful engagement.

    Webinar - An Approach to High Lethality Domestic Violence Offenders: The Accountability Court Model

    In “An Approach to High Lethality Domestic Violence Offenders: The Accountability Court Model,” supervising officers, judges, and attorneys will be exposed to the important elements of risk assessment, monitoring, communication, and community stakeholders in the function of supervising high-lethality offenders in a high-lethality accountability court or on a specialized domestic violence high-risk caseload.

    Course objectives include:

    Read the National Police Foundation’s Best Practices Guide on Police Open Data

    December 13, 2018

    The National Police Foundation recently published its Police Data Initiative: Best Practices Guide (5-Part Series) – a resource for executives and members of local law enforcement agencies responsible for developing and releasing open data. Using real-world examples, the guide provides best practices on how to:

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    Learn about a National Initiative to Improve Police Responses to People with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities

    July 24, 2018

    In cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Vera Institute of Justice recently launched Serving Safely: The National Initiative to Enhance Policing for Persons with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities. This new program is designed to improve collaborative responses and outcomes for people with mental illnesses and intellectual and developmental disabilities who come into contact with the criminal justice system.

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    Nominate a Law Enforcement Officer for Exceptional Efforts in Community Policing

    April 12, 2018

    The Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing recognizes individual state, local, or tribal sworn, rank-and-file police officers and deputies for their exceptional efforts in effective community policing. Eligible candidates are officers and deputies in nonsupervisory positions that have demonstrated exceptional performance in one of three areas:

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    OJP Awards More Than $47 Million in Grant Funding to Combat Human Trafficking and Assist Victims

    October 12, 2017

    The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded more than $47 million in grant funding to investigate and prosecute human trafficking; support experienced providers in offering victim services; and strengthen community response to the sexual exploitation and forced labor of victims.

    The grants were awarded under nine OJP fiscal year 2017 programs, including:

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    Participate in National Coffee with a Cop Day on October 4!

    September 28, 2017

    Join the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) on Wednesday, October 4 to recognize National Coffee with a Cop Day. The Hawthorne, California Police Department designed and spearheaded this innovative program in 2011 with a simple goal: encourage community residents and law enforcement officers to casually interact, breaking down barriers to addressing crime and public safety.

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