National Program or Policy Advancement

This 13-person focus group was conducted to better understand the needs of Community Supervision agencies.

Hosted a focus group to understand the needs of jails related to withdrawal management.

Upon receiving approval by BJA program officials, IIR staff-initiated planning efforts for a fieldwide webinar slated to occur in the next reporting period, including:
• A virtual forum on January 23, 2025, for all grantee sites focusing on effective crisis management strategies for hate crimes and community emergencies

During this reporting period, the Hate Crimes TTA Program team continued to identify lessons learned and relevant resources and collected information from the field for dissemination to the program sites during regular project check-in calls, through the issuance of special bulletins, and through invitations to virtual webinars and training opportunities. The Hate Crimes TTA Program disseminated special bulletins regarding the following items:
• July 11, 2024—Matthew Shepard James Byrd Solicitation Deadline Extended!

IIR program staff members continued conducting research and gathering content for inclusion in the Hate Crimes TTA Program newsletter, “Preventing Hate and Keeping You Up to Date.” During this reporting period, four newsletters were disseminated. IIR staff members publish the newsletter—which contains resources including national news and trends, research studies and reports, publications, training opportunities, and other useful tools to help support the efforts of awarded project sites and the broader field—using a LISTSERV tool that provides statistical data for reporting metrics.

TLPI's Tribal Justice TTA project includes Objective 6: Conduct THWC Survey of the Field (Wellness Court Strengths and Needs Assessment) and publish findings with associated tasks to prepare, disseminate, analyze, and publish results. Planning meetings occurred this reporting period to determine what measures need to be included and ensure this assessment is not a duplication of other efforts in the field. A draft has been completed.

TLPI's Tribal Justice TTA project includes Objective 5: Develop publications with Task 5.1 to Develop or update four publications. Significant progress was made this reporting period for the first update to the THWC: Tribal Ten Key Components. Work on 3 additional updated or new resources will continue next reporting period.

Over the past six (6) months, the IACP tracked 104 resource downloads across the CRIT informational websites we maintain.

CSG Justice Center staff met with the governor's chief of state about interest in R2030 on 9/6/24

CSG Justice Center staff held a meeting with DOC's Legislative Liason and with state legislators about Utah's Reentry Task Force and provided information about launching R2030 on 9/19/24.