Tribal Justice

2023 COSSUP National Forum Tribal Sessions
Session Title
Best Practices for Implementing Peer Recovery Support Services with Alaska Native Populations
Session Details

Office-based TA via email and zoom re: joint jurisdiction Courts, opening a civil court, training for new and prospective no-lawyer tribal judge and feedback on civil procedure code (will be provided to us upon completion) Catawba Nation Megan George & Meredith Jolin in the zoom meeting, Megan George, email: megan.George@catawba.com Meredith Jolin, email: meredith.jolin@catawba.com, 996 Avenue of the Nations, Rock Hill, SC 29730, Office: (803) 984-0393.

The following activities occurred during this reporting period:

• The 2023 COSSUP National Forum was held on August 29-31, 2023. There was not a specific rural track, but more than 70 workshops were offered, many of which focused on topics relevant to rural jurisdictions working to facilitate public health and public safety partnerships to address drug use in their communities.

TTA Need: The National Criminal Justice Training Center has been supporting Nez Perce Tribe, a FY21 COSSUP grantee, through onsite training and ongoing project implementation support in developing their tribal law enforcement/prosecutor based youth diversion program. NCJTC is currently collaborating with the Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) to support Nez Perce in the policy and procedure development stages for their new program.

• During this reporting period, IIR staff members provided complete logistical support to the following meetings and events:
Reaching Rural Meeting—December 6-8, 2023
OFR: Next-of-Kin Virtual Training—December 13, 2023

• Planning is under way for several meetings and training events to be held during the next reporting period:
Reaching Rural Meeting—April 2024

The following activities occurred during this reporting period:

The following Community of Practice activities occurred during this reporting period:

• Hosted State Agency Community of Practice meetings (Quarterly, August and November 2023)

• Hosted OFR Data System User Group meetings (July – September, November 2023)

• Hosted Next-of-Kin Interview Learning Community convenings (September 2023)

The following activities occurred during this reporting period:

• Supported access to the IIR OFR Data System on the REDCap server for six new OFR sites.

• Hosted next-of-kin interview training for 41 professionals (December 2023)

• Facilitated an all-day workshop in Helena, Montana on OFR (August 2023)

• Hosted state infrastructure planning calls with nine states (July – December 2023)

This eight-part series will feature each COSSAP TTA provider and rural community partners/ COSSAP grantees to demonstrate how COSSAP TTA providers can support rural jurisdictions and the innovative work made possible by rural partnerships. The COSSAP TTA program offers a variety of learning opportunities and assistance to support BJA COSSAP grantees and other local, tribal, and state stakeholders to build and sustain multidisciplinary criminal justice responses to illicit substance use and misuse.