$10,001 - $15,000

Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) is committed to making sure that transgender people in their custody are supported as they prepare to transfer to facilities that align with their gender identity. As such, the WADOC requested technical assistance to develop workshops to support transgender people in this process. More specifically, the technical assistance will include the development of a series of pre-and posttransfer workshops for both trans men and trans women.

The goal of this TTA is to provide the Gary Police Department with direct access to a subject matter expert to assist with enhancement of their public information office with the goal to improve community relations and reduce violent crime.

The 2023 Police, Treatment, and Community (PTACC) Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Training Summit was held in Seattle, Washington on October 28-November 1, 2024. Over 400 people attended the summit, including COSSUP grantees. Attendees and presenters included law enforcement officers and other first responders, behavioral health practitioners, community-based service providers, deflection program managers, researchers, and officials from the local, state, and national levels.

Fiances and Significant Others Retreat provides educational sessions on coping with grief, debriefing sessions, recreational activities and very strong peer-support & connection from other survivors.

The pilot sites, contiguous states, and members of the Ashanti Alert Stakeholder Working Group (SWG) met in Pittsburgh, PA to discuss project progress, provide feedback on the National Ashanti Alert Network, and next steps. The Ashanti TA team coordinated and helped facilitate the meeting. In preparation for the meeting, a Powerpoint was developed along with a recording of the Network demonstration. Binders with several documents and resources were created for the attendees. The TA team helped develop the invitation, agenda, materials, and presentation and documented the proceedings.

The Bureau of Justice Programs (BJA) State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Information Sharing Technical Assistance Program is a collaborative effort with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in partnership with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and experts from the state and local community—including the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global) and the Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council (CICC).

• Intelligence Summit CICC Task Team Effort:
o On July 29, 2024, IIR staff provided a status briefing to the DHS Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Ken Wainstein.
o A project briefing was provided to the CICC membership during the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Intelligence Briefing hosted by BJA at the IACP conference in Boston in October 2024.

NSI Indicator Review Final Report: Graphics support was provided during this period to develop a graphic cover for the final combined report, titled Assessment and Review of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative (NSI) Indicators.

SASS Rebrand: In mid-December 2024, DHS requested graphics assistance with their effort to rebrand the Special Analytic Seminar Series deliverables (flyer, agenda, PowerPoint, badge template, web components, and certificate templates) in preparation for the mid-March 2025 SASS.

Intelligence Summit Task Teams—During this reporting period, IIR continued managing the CICC’s six Intelligence Summit Focus Area Task Teams. Below is a list of task team activity during this reporting period.

The 2023 Police, Treatment, and Community (PTACC) Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Training Summit was held in Seattle, Washington on October 28-November 1, 2024. Over 400 people attended the summit, including COSSUP grantees. Attendees and presenters included law enforcement officers and other first responders, behavioral health practitioners, community-based service providers, deflection program managers, researchers, and officials from the local, state, and national levels.