National Criminal Justice Reference Service NCJRS is administered by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice JUSTICE INFORMATION March 15, 2009 Volume 15, Number 6. Access this issue online at: http://www.ncjrs.gov/justinfo/Mar1509.html JUSTINFO, published the 1st and 15th of each month, highlights information from the NCJRS sponsoring agencies. ************************************************************************* CONTENTS Announcements - Candidates Sought for Peer Review Process (BJA) - Keynote Speaker Announced for NIJ Conference (NIJ) Funding Opportunities - Apply for State Victim Assistance Academy Grants (OVC) - Apply Now for Local Justice Funding (BJA) - CJA Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Announced (OVC) - Funding Available for Prisoner Reentry Programs (BJA) - Funding Available for Sex Offender Management Training (SMART) - Funding Available for State Justice Activities (BJA) - Funding for Indian Country Program Available (OVC) - Improving Sex Offender Registration and Notification Programs (SMART) - OJJDP Solicitation Seeks To Expand ICAC Task Force (OJJDP) - Recovery Act - National Field-Generated Solicitation Released (OVC) - Reducing Convicted Offender/Arrestee DNA Backlogs (NIJ) - Reentry Resource Center Funding Available (BJA) Publications - Latest Geography and Public Safety Issue Released (NIJ and COPS) - Law Enforcement Training Academies Profiled (BJS) - March Community Policing Newsletter Available (COPS) - Report Discusses Intervention Strategies for Disproportionate Minority Contact (OJJDP) - Report Discusses Staffing Considerations for Prisons (NIC) Online Resources - Providing Services to Victims of Bullying (OVC) - SMART Office Posts Sex Offender Registration Updates (OJJDP) - Training Materials Available for DFC Program Applicants (ONDCP) - Web Forum Helps Fight Meth Use (ONDCP) Conferences and Trainings - Enroll To Attend OVC Workshops (OVC) - Youth Court Training Program Scheduled for March (OJJDP) ************************************************************************* *** Announcements *** Candidates Sought for Peer Review Process BJA is seeking peer reviewers to review and score grant applications for its solicitations. Those who are interested should submit an up-to-date resume or curriculum vitae to Byrne.Discretionary@usdoj.gov. (BJA) For more information, visit: mailto:Byrne.Discretionary@usdoj.gov ============================================================ Keynote Speaker Announced for NIJ Conference Clea Koff, author of "The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo," will be the keynote speaker at The NIJ Conference 2009. She will tell her riveting, intimate story of the missions she undertook on behalf of the United Nations. (NIJ) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/events/nij_conference/welcome.htm ************************************************************************* *** Funding Opportunities *** Apply for State Victim Assistance Academy Grants 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) For more information, visit: http://www.ovc.gov/fund/pdftxt/FY09SVAAInitiative_new.pdf ============================================================ Apply Now for Local Justice Funding Application deadline: May 18, 2009 BJA is seeking applicants for the Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program: Local Solicitation. Funding will be awarded to eligible units of local government and federally recognized Indian tribes in their efforts to combat violence against women, improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, and support youth mentoring, among other activities. (BJA) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryJAG/recoveryjag.html ============================================================ CJA Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Announced Application deadline: April 6, 2009 OVC is seeking applications for the Training and Technical Assistance for Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian 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) For more information, visit: http://www.ovc.gov/fund/pdftxt/FY09CJATTACompetitive.pdf ============================================================ Funding Available for Prisoner Reentry Programs Application deadline: April 20, 2009 BJA is accepting applications for the Second Chance Act Prisoner Reentry Initiative grant. This program is designed to deliver effective programs and services to offenders to ensure successful transition back into communities. (BJA) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/SecondChance.html ============================================================ Funding Available for Sex Offender Management Training Application deadline: March 18, 2009 SMART is soliciting applications for its Comprehensive Approaches to Sex Offender Management Training and Technical Assistance Program. The goal of this program is to provide effective training to probation, parole, and other personnel who provide supervision, case management, or relapse prevention to nonincarcerated sex offenders or who are responsible for sex offender registration and compliance. (SMART) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/funding/fy09casom.pdf ============================================================ Funding Available for State Justice Activities Application deadline: April 9, 2009 BJA is requesting applications for the Recovery Act: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Formula Program: State Solicitation. Applicants are limited to states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. Funding may be used to fight Internet crimes against children and assist victims of crime, among other activities. (BJA) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryJAG/recoveryjag.html ============================================================ Funding for Indian Country Program Available 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) For more information, visit: http://www.ovc.gov/fund/pdftxt/FY09CJACompetitive.pdf ============================================================ Improving Sex Offender Registration and Notification Programs Application deadline: March 30, 2009 Funding is available for the SMART Office Fiscal Year 2009 Support for Adam Walsh Act (AWA) Implementation Grant Program. Funds from this program will help state and tribal jurisdictions develop and/or enhance programs designed to implement requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act under AWA. Up to $300,000 will be awarded to qualified applicants. (SMART) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/funding/SMART_FY09_AWA.pdf ============================================================ OJJDP Solicitation Seeks To Expand ICAC Task Force Application deadline: April 8, 2009 OJJDP has announced its Recovery Act Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program Grants solicitation. The program seeks to maintain and expand state and regional Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task forces to address technology-facilitated child exploitation. (OJJDP) For more information, visit: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/funding/FundingDetail.asp?fi=119 ============================================================ Recovery Act - National Field-Generated Solicitation Released Application deadline: March 26, 2009 OVC is seeking applications for the Recovery Act - National Field-Generated Training, Technical Assistance, and Demonstration Projects (NFG) solicitation. Through Recovery Act - NFG, OVC will make awards ranging from $50,000 to $500,000 to support training, technical assistance, and demonstration projects. Please see the OVC Recovery Act Web page for updates to help you apply for and administer your grant. (OVC) For more information, visit: http://www.ovc.gov/fund/dakit.htm#FY2009tta http://www.ovc.gov/fund/Recoveryfunds.html ============================================================ Reducing Convicted Offender/Arrestee DNA Backlogs Application deadline: April 17, 2009 Funding is available for the Convicted Offender and/or Arrestee DNA Backlog Reduction Program. This program offers an opportunity for states with existing laboratories that conduct analyses of convicted offender and/or arrestee DNA samples to reduce their backlog of such samples through in-house DNA analysis or by sending samples to accredited fee-for-service laboratories for DNA analysis. (NIJ) For more information, visit: http://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl000868.pdf ============================================================ Reentry Resource Center Funding Available Application deadline: April 20, 2009 BJA has released the FY 2009 Second Chance Act National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center grant announcement. Applicants are limited to national nonprofit organizations that provide technical assistance and training to, and have special expertise and broad, national-level experience in, offender reentry programs, training, and research. (BJA) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/SecondChance.html ************************************************************************* *** Publications *** Latest Geography and Public Safety Issue Released The current issue of the quarterly "Geography and Public Safety" (NCJ 225752, 20 pp.) newsletter is now available. This issue examines how police can use geographic information systems and statistical analysis to create police districts that balance officer workloads and allocate resources more effectively. Other articles discuss tactical deployment, redistricting, and NIJ's Geography and Crime Project. (NIJ and COPS) For more information, visit: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ResourceDetail.aspx?RID=507 ============================================================ Law Enforcement Training Academies Profiled "State and Local Law Enforcement Training Academies, 2006" (NCJ 222987, 12 pp.) presents findings from the 2006 BJS Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies, updating the results of the initial census conducted in 2002. A total of 648 academies were providing basic training to entry-level recruits at yearend 2006. (BJS) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/slleta06.htm ============================================================ March Community Policing Newsletter Available The March issue of "Community Policing Dispatch" features an overview of the COPS Hiring Recovery Program. Other articles discuss a California police department's approach to its community's foreclosure crisis, the role of mediation in police-citizen disputes, and the COPS Office Child Sexual Predator Program. (COPS) For more information, visit: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/March_2009/index.htm ============================================================ Report Discusses Intervention Strategies for Disproportionate Minority Contact "Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: A Compendium" presents information shared at a 2008 juvenile justice symposium that was sponsored by Georgetown University's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. (OJJDP) For more information, visit: http://cjjr.georgetown.edu/pdfs/cjjr_ch_final.pdf ============================================================ Report Discusses Staffing Considerations for Prisons "Prison Staffing Analysis: A Training Manual With Staffing Considerations for Special Populations " (ACCN 022667, 233 pp.) provides guidance that will enable an agency staffing administrator to set up a staffing analysis unit and produce a staffing analysis report for an entire agency. It also addresses special considerations in the staffing of facilities for women and medical and mental health units. (NIC) For more information, visit: http://nicic.org/Downloads/PDF/Library/022667.pdf ************************************************************************* *** Online Resources *** Providing Services to Victims of Bullying On March 18, 2009, in commemoration of National Youth Violence Prevention Week, OVC and OJJDP will host an OVC Web Forum Guest Host Session on best practices for providing services to students who have been victims of bullying. Join Dr. Susan Limber and Dr. Patricia Agatston, coauthors of "Cyberbullying: Bullying in the Digital Age," at 2 p.m. ET for the live discussion. (OVC) For more information, visit: http://www.nationalsave.org/main/YVPC.php http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum ============================================================ SMART Office Posts Sex Offender Registration Updates On February 23, 2009, the Office of Justice Programs' Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) Office posted the latest edition of its Sex Offender Registration Law Update series. (OJJDP) For more information, visit: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/caselaw/2009_0223.pdf ============================================================ Training Materials Available for DFC Program Applicants Training sessions and frequently asked questions from the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program FY 2009 Grant Application Workshops are now available for download. These materials will help applicants respond to the FY 2009 Drug Free Communities Support Program Request for Applications. (ONDCP) For more information, visit: http://www.ondcp.gov/dfc/fy09grant_application_workshop.html ============================================================ Web Forum Helps Fight Meth Use The DiscussMeth Web Forum was created as a place for sharing ideas, asking questions, and helping create a shared sense of mission in the fight against meth. Users can register online to read or join in discussions regarding treatment or prevention of meth abuse, or enforcement of meth laws. (ONDCP) For more information, visit: https://forum.methresources.gov/ ************************************************************************* *** Conferences and Trainings *** Enroll To Attend OVC Workshops Register for OVC's upcoming training workshops, including Sexual Assault Advocate/Counselor Training, April 14-15, 2009, in Austin, Texas, and Curriculum Design for Victim Service Providers, May 5-6, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. To view course descriptions and learning objectives or to register, visit the OVC TTAC Web site. (OVC) For more information, visit: https://www.sei2003.com/ovcttac2009/SexualAssault.asp https://www.sei2003.com/ovcttac2009/CurriculumDesign.asp https://www.ovcttac.gov/trainingCenter/training.cfm ============================================================ Youth Court Training Program Scheduled for March On March 30-31, 2009, the Global Issues Resource Center will conduct a National Training on Implementing and Enhancing a Local Youth or Teen Court Program in Cleveland, Ohio. The training is designed for government and nonprofit professionals who are interested in establishing a youth court or staff seeking to enhance their knowledge. 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