Application deadline: April 10, 2009
The International Association of Chiefs of Police Victim Services Committee and LogIn, Inc., are sponsoring the Excellence in Victim Services Award to honor law enforcement agencies that have made exemplary efforts to place victims at the center of their public safety efforts and response to crime. (BJA)

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Act provides more than $2.76 billion for state and local law enforcement and other criminal justice and juvenile justice activities that prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. Learn more on OJP's Recovery Act Web page. (OJP)

Application deadline: April 1, 2009
OVC is accepting applications for State Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA) grants to develop SVAAs in states where one does not exist. Up to six first-year awards of $35,000 are available for this 3-year project. This initiative focuses on developing comprehensive, academically based education and training for victim assistance professionals who work with crime victims. (OVC)

Application deadline: April 6, 2009
OVC is seeking applications for the Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Program. This grant offers $500,000 to a nonprofit organization that can provide culturally relevant hands-on training and technical assistance to American Indian and Alaska Native grantees. (OVC)

Application deadline: April 6, 2009
OVC will award up to $2.5 million to federally recognized tribes and nonprofit tribal organizations through the Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Program. This funding will help American Indian and Alaska Native communities improve the overall handling of child abuse cases. (OVC)

Application deadline: March 17, 2009
OVC is seeking applications for the National Field-Generated Training, Technical Assistance, and Demonstration Projects solicitation. This grant offers awards of $50,000 to $500,000 to private, nonprofit organizations or public agencies. All initiatives must focus on advancing rights and services to crime victims in a variety of areas, including child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, and stalking. (OVC)

Application deadline: April 13, 2009
Through the Social Science Research in Forensic Science solicitation, NIJ seeks to examine the impact of forensic advances on the criminal justice system and the impact of policy changes to adapt to the increased use of DNA. Specific areas of interest include rape kit backlogs, rape kit reporting practices, and arrestees in DNA databases. (NIJ)

On February 10, 2009, OJJDP conducted an audio conference call for applicants for its FY 2009 Tribal Juvenile Accountability Discretionary Grants (Tribal JADG) Program. A transcript of the call is available online. During the call, OJJDP Program Managers highlighted information found in the solicitation and responded to applicants' questions. (OJJDP)

The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) has published its "2008 Annual Report to the President and Congress" (NCJ 223723, 65 pp.). The report addresses significant issues facing our nation's juvenile justice system. Primary among its concerns, FACJJ urges reauthorization of the JJDP Act. (OJJDP)

"Technical Report for the Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007" (NCJ 225862, 72 pp.) is a companion document to "The Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007." This report provides updates to estimates published by ONDCP in 2004, using the same Expected Purity Hypothesis modeling methodology that produced the estimates given in the 2004 report; it also discusses the latest results. (ONDCP)

"The Code of the Street and African-American Adolescent Violence" (NCJ 223509, 26 pp.) presents research exploring Yale University professor Elijah Anderson's "code of the street" theory. In this report, researchers discuss developmental relationships between neighborhood and family characteristics, reported experiences with racial discrimination, expressed street code values, and self-reported violent behavior in young people. (NIJ)

"The Judicial Oversight Demonstration: Culminating Report on the Evaluation" (NCJ 224201, 32 pp.) presents findings of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration (JOD) national evaluation. JOD was designed to test the feasibility and impact of a coordinated response to intimate partner violence that involved the courts and justice agencies. The report presents an overview and specific findings from JOD and comparison sites. (NIJ)

"The Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007" (NCJ 225861, 144 pp.) updates estimates of the price and purity of five specific illicit drugs published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy in 2004: powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana. (ONDCP)

OVC has launched the Victim Impact: Listen and Learn curriculum. This online resource uses a victim-centered approach to help offenders understand the impact of crime on victims. It contains 13 training units that address crimes such as robbery, assault, homicide, and drunk driving. Downloadable content includes training units, curriculum DVD clips, and a customizable agenda. (OVC)

The 2009 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW) Resource Guide is available online. This guide was developed to help communities promote awareness of crime victim issues; it includes camera-ready art files, public awareness posters, the 2009 theme DVD, and much more. NCVRW will be observed April 26 to May 2, 2009. (OVC)

The NIJ Conference 2009 will be held June 15-17, 2009, in Arlington, Virginia. For more than a decade, this conference has brought together criminal justice scholars, policymakers, and practitioners at the local, state, and federal levels to share the most recent findings from research and technology. (NIJ)

On March 23-26, 2009, the National Children's Advocacy Center will hold its 25th National Symposium on Child Abuse in Huntsville, Alabama. OJJDP will sponsor conference workshops on topics such as child abduction, human trafficking, interviewing child abuse suspects, and child death investigations. (OJJDP)

The Fifth National Sexual Assault Response Team Training Conference will be held May 27-29, 2009, in Seattle, Washington. This OVC-funded event, administered by the Sexual Assault Resource Service, is cosponsored by the National Institute of Justice and 15 other agencies. The conference will feature 57 workshops, 5 keynote speakers, and an interactive improvisational closing performance. (OVC)

Register for OVC's upcoming training workshops, including Responding to School Violence, March 18-19, 2009, in San Jose, California, and Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training, April 14-15, 2009, in Austin, Texas. To view course descriptions and learning objectives or to register, visit the OVC TTAC Web site. (OVC)