State Agencies

This drop in call for the law enforcement mental health learning sites was smaller than usual but the conversation was still valuable. Representatives from Harris, Miami-Dade, and Bexar counties spoke about their programs, shared updates, and conferred with their peers about some of the issues they have been facing. Staffing continues to be one of the biggest issues for these teams, as is maintaining relationships with facilities where they can drop individuals who need help stabilizing themselves.

The drop in call for the law enforcement mental health learning sites in December was slightly smaller than usual but still a productive meeting. The peer learning sites in attendance discussed hiring for new positions, recent technical assistance requests they received and responded to, crisis intervention training techniques, and the best resources to provide veterans.

The technical assistance (TA) provider met with the Law Enforcement Mental Health (LEMH) learning sites for their quarterly meeting. The discussion started with a round robin of updates, with the various representatives informing their peers and the TAÂ provider what was happening in each of their jurisdictions. The teams asked questions and provided information and linkages to similar work as applicable.

On Thursday, August 3, 2023, Beth Layman hosted a live Q&A session as a follow-up to the July 25, 2023 Credibility Assessments webinar, for which participants pre-submitted questions that were addressed during the live Q&A session.

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period July - December 2023 were 374

The PRC will operate an assistance request form on its website and will respond to assistance requests by engaging with jurisdictions, assessing what services are appropriate, and meeting the needs of the requesting organization as resources allow. All data regarding the interaction will be tracked in the PRC's information database. Full assistance cases will be reported as individual TTAs.
The PRC processed/closed 37 Request for Assistance cases between July - December 2023.

The forum serves to acknowledge and celebrate successes, exchange information, identify TTA needs, share resources and examine strategies to support your work as an Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program grantees. The monthly forum topics will be driven by you; Your knowledge, professional experience, and voice are vital to these conversations, and will be deeply appreciated by other grantees. As TTA providers, our role will primarily be to guide the process and provide input and resources as needed.

The training and technical assistance providers are to travel on-site to Birmingham, AL. The Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations training and technical assistance providers will travel to Birmingham, AL to meet with Gina Mallisham (Executive Director of Subrecipient) to provide one-on-one training regarding storytelling and the significance of racial community healing. The second day consists of The Morgan Project Bus tour to visit significant areas within the community.

Coordinated and managed the Byrne SCIP TTA webinar to include logistics surrounding Zoom meeting creation and registration, recording, outreach before and after to grantees, coordination between BJA and TTA providers, PPT content, and gathering questions from grantees.

In this fourth and final FY22 SCA CSCR LC session, RI International discussed the benefits of collaboration between crisis response systems and community stakeholders including law enforcement, health care providers, schools, and community-based organizations. RI International will outline strategies for building relationships and coordination with the crisis response organizations and collaborative initiatives within their communities that can meet the needs of people with behavioral health and other needs reentering from placement in a residential or correctional facility.