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National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) Center for Justice Planning

Link

https://www.ncja.org/strategic-planning

Sponsor

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Description

Provides training and technical assistance to help state administering agencies (SAAs) and local Criminal Justice Planning Boards (CJPBs) administer Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) grant awards to strengthen state and local criminal justice systems. Offers resources and guidance in a range of areas related to the management and effective use of Byrne JAG funding to address criminal justice and public safety needs.

What This Program Offers

The NCJA Center for Justice Planning can provide:

  • Technical assistance (TA) to SAAs for statewide strategic planning and implementation of evidence-based policies and practices. TA can be requested at 3 levels of intensiveness.
  • Collaborative opportunities such as training, direct guidance, planning sessions, and on-site and virtual support
  • Support for strategic planning, including peer-to-peer learning, regional calls, national conferences
  • Information resources, toolkits, guidebooks, multimedia content publications, podcasts, webinars, and videos

Assistance may cover, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Direct assistance with all areas of developing a strategic plan
  • Developing SMART goals and performance metrics
  • Facilitating stakeholder and local planning board engagement
  • Assisting with stakeholder engagement efforts
  • Developing surveys
  • Facilitating focus groups and planning sessions with your state planning bodies
  • Researching promising programs and nationwide trends
  • Developing peer-to-peer learning connections
  • Providing subject matter experts in areas such as data sharing, braided funding, grants management, violence reduction, strategic intercept model (SIM) mapping, local justice system engagement, behavioral health programming, equity, and more

Who Can Receive Services from This Program

Eligible participants include:

  • State administering agencies (SAAs) managing an Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program and the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP)
  • Criminal Justice Planning Boards (CJPBs)

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

Application

There is no application process to receive assistance. For additional information or to request technical assistance, contact the Center for Justice Planning at strategicplanning@ncja.org.

Strategic planning TA request form

Topics

Attorneys and Courts • Community Planning and Coalition Building • Crisis Response • Jails and Prisons • Juvenile Justice • Law Enforcement • Mental Health • Re-entry and Community Supervision • Substance Use Disorder