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Healing Conversations is a transformative and vital series, where the power of empathy and emotional support converge with the pursuit of justice. Guided by a licensed therapist, this unique program has been thoughtfully designed to bolster the efforts of the Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program grantees. At the heart of "Healing Conversations" lies the recognition that unresolved trauma and collective pain continue to reverberate through generations affected by historical injustices.

This discussion explores the essential conflict resolution techniques to help navigate emotionally charged and highly sensitive topics effectively. As a group, we will discuss practical strategies to overcome emotional and psychological barriers, to improve collaboration on sensitive topics, with the goal of fostering cooperation and mutual understanding.

This conversation is foundational to the very tough work of having conversations that can resurface trauma and mistrust. We will focus on developing awareness of our triggers, how our reactions influence conversations, and how to create safe spaces that create trust and reduce harm.

This forum will focus on how the implementation of law enforcement-based victim services can build trust within your community. Explore innovative strategies, policies that inform practice, and key considerations. This training will afford participants the opportunity to gain an understanding of the challenges faced by victims of violent crime and explore evidence-based approaches to enhance support services.

On 12/9, held meeting to refine their strategic plan and KPIs and they will be reaching out for more feedback today or tomorrow, and then they schedule another meeting for january 7 to go over other needs

11/21/2024: Met to discuss need to develop a strategic plan which has SMART objectives/goals/outcomes, and KPIs. I sent along more resources about developing KPIs or LHD plans that have good KPIs. I will meet with them again to review their revised plan and go over new KPIs and SMART goals.

CSG Justice Center staff held 90 contacts (via phone and email) with FY18-FY23 Second Chance Act Category 3 grantees in the month of September (9 SCA Co-Occurring, 33 SCA Substance Use Disorders, 20 SCA Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry, and 21 SCA Pay for Success)

"Allison provided NACCHO’s guidance to develop a strategic plan which has some good ideas about what a plan could include, developing SMART objectives/goals/outcomes, and KPIs. Cristina might send along some more resources about developing KPIs or LHD plans that have good KPIs. Then handed off to Cristina

"They are particularly interested in streamlining (narrowing) their list of KPIs, table 3, p 19). Senior leadership told them that they wanted more prevention related vs infrastructure KPIs. I told them to make a strategy priority aligned to more of their violence prevention programming because these are about infrastructure. They decided that the revised strategic priority 2 will be more aligned with their OFR committee work.

"The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center and the Center for Health Care Strategies are excited to announce a six-month Medicaid and Corrections Policy Academy on behalf of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs. The Policy Academy will bring together teams of senior executive agency leaders from four to six states to develop multi-sector collaborative planning to leverage Medicaid for improving reentry outcomes for people in the justice system who have complex needs.