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St. Louis BCJI site visited Baltimore and Washington DC to engage in peer to peer learning, gather best practices and lessons learned from sites
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The 2017 National Forum on Criminal Justice: is a true partnership among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and people in the private sector who are dedicated to the ideal of equal justice for all. This conference showcases programs, research and technologies that help justice practitioners and decision makers in states, local communities and tribal nations address pressing public safety issues.
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LISC TA lead Matt Perkins visited Shreveport BCJI site to discuss overview of BCJI status, meet with research partners, host a community conversation forum, meet with community partners and the police department, and conduct a site tour.
20170410-102435-05
The following sites attended the Smart Suite Fellows Academy in Denver, CO: Baton Rouge, Denver, Langley Park, Little Earth, Madison, Meridian
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The St. Louis BCJI team conducted site visits to the Washington, DC and Baltimore BCJI sites after the 2017 Grantee Meeting.
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Matt Perkins and Jason Cooper of LISC hosted a call for FY15 planning sites covering the topic of "What's Next? Planning after the Planning is Done for FY2015 Planning Only sites," with guest speakers from previous planning only sites that were successfully awarded implementation grants. The call focused on opportunities to leverage BCJI planning funding to apply for other grants and opportunities to move forward with implementation while waiting on Implementation award status.
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In conjunction with the Building Partnerships for Crime Reduction Symposium, LISC hosted a two-day grantee meeting to provide peer learning opportunities for sites, as well as to learn from multiple presentations by subject matter experts. FY2016 Planning and Implementation sites were required to attend, while all other sites were invited.
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Matt Perkins visited St Louis for a BCJI community presentation and attended a presentation of the OJP Diagnostic center on March 30
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Jason Cooper visited Rockdale County from March 9th-10th to discuss project plan and site leadership.
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LISC will be holding a half-day symposium featuring the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program and our approach to community safety partnerships on March 22nd in Washington, DC. This presents an opportunity to educate key local and national leaders about our strategy and cultivate their support, much as we did in January 2014 with our Safe Streets, Strong Communities symposium at the Ford Foundation.