Host Conference

During meetings with BJA, Center staff selected Reno, NV and Eugene, Oregon as two locations for the regional convenings. The third convening was decided to be virtual. The Reno convening will be held 2/8/24 and the Eugene convening will be held 3/5/24.

This event is open to children and stepchildren, ages 21 and up, whose firefighter parent has been or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland. In direct response to requests from adult children within the Fire Hero Family community, the Adult Children's Retreat, the first NFFF event that specifically serves adult children (ages 21+) of fallen firefighters focuses on promoting healing, resilience, and connection with others who are walking a similar path.

This event is open to adult men ages 18+ in the Fire Hero Family community (husbands/male life partners, fathers/stepfathers, sons/stepsons, brothers/stepbrothers) whose firefighter has been honored or is approved to be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. For many men sadness can be a difficult emotion to navigate and emotional processing occurs differently in men than women. Men feel they must handle their emotions alone or they will show signs of weakness. Instead of emotional expression, men benefit greatly from doing things.

13th Annual Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Enhancement Training -

This convening brings together Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Parents and Their Minor Children grantees from across the country. Over the day and a half scheduled, we will cover topics that grantees have identified as a need for their programs or wish to learn more about.

"To offer training and support to these grantees on a national level, BJA, with the support of its technical assistance provider The Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSGJC), convened a National Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program Symposium on September 13th and 14th, 2023.

This meeting brings together all SAKI grantees to provide guidance towards 1) acheiving goals and objectives of their awards, 2) identify effective ways to incorporate sexual assault as part of violent crime reduction strategies in their respective jurisdictions and 3) learn strategies on how to establish multidisciplinary teams to support violent crime response.

States face numerous and pressing criminal justice challenges that directly impact communities and agencies across multiple levels of government. State leaders – Governors, legislators, and agency officials – play a critical role in ensuring public safety by: setting priorities, identifying policies and programs to achieve them, and allocating finite resources that impact every area of the justice system.

Submitted conference cost submission form for conference approval (CCR was not approved)

Facilitated a planning committee meeting to elicit topics of interest from involved states and promote ownership of proposed March 2024 RH Convening