The conference highlighted the past successes and considered future directions of State and local efforts to implement statewide drug control and system improvement strategies under the BJA Formula Grant Program. The conference emphasized the need to maintain and expand partnerships between the planning and analytical branches of the State governments by focusing on management and administrative issues of the Formula Grant Program, the evaluation of drug and violent crime programs, and strategies for assessing the impact of violent crime at the State and local levels. It also emphasized issues related to community mobilization and the coordination of resources for managing offenders. Text and summaries of conference sessions and appended list of participants, members of planning committee, and national planning group