Environmental Design

NCJA is supporting BJA in convening the State Administering Agencies, Governors’ Criminal Justice Policy Advisors, state corrections officials, and representatives from 10 Public Safety Partnership (PSP) sites (formerly known as Violence Reduction Network (VRN) sites). The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 2 in Long Beach, CA. About 70 people are expected to attend.

Baton Rouge, Denver, Langley Park, Minneapolis (Little Earth), Madison, and Meridian BCJI sites attended the Smart Suite Fellows Academy in July 2017. Jason Cooper attended as well and hosted a conversation between sites.

TA leads conducted needs assessments for each of the ten FY16 sites in order to create a baseline of TTA for each individual site. TA lead documented their findings and produced a report (memo) for BJA and site.

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) partners with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to provide a range of training and technical assistance services to all BCJI grantees. The technical assistance LISC provides is organized around several main themes that are critical to the BCJI model. (1) Use data and research to guide program strategy (2) Engage community members in shaping crime prevention and revitalization efforts (3) Tackle problems from multiple angles through cross-sector partnerships (4) Integrate crime control efforts with revitalization strategies

TA lead and Director conducted an official site visit of the Boston, MA site. Met with program staff and coordinator of project to discuss the planning process and provide guidance around data collecting and research methodology. Also met with local residents, community stakeholders, and service providers.

LISC provided peer learning funds for the Worcester BCJI site to attend the two-part SafeGrowth Training in Chicago, IL during summer 2017. The Providence BCJI sites attended as well and used funding from their grant.