Hosted by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar is Part 3 of the series on community-based violence intervention. Participants will learn about the management of community-based violence intervention programs, including partnerships and relationships with public safety and social service agencies; credible messengers/staff members with experience in violence and victimization; and lessons of success and failure. Participants will learn about the hiring, vetting, and training of staff members; requisite qualifications; and ensuring staff safety.

When: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:13 p.m., ET

Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance is seeking applications for grant funding under the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Grant Program. The STOP School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a positive school climate. Eligible applicants may submit one application that includes proposals for one or both of the following areas:

• Train school personnel and educate students on preventing student violence against others and themselves, including anti-bullying training. 
• Develop and implement multidisciplinary threat assessment and/or intervention teams and/or operate technology solutions such as anonymous reporting systems for threats of school violence, including mobile telephone applications, hotlines, websites, or other school safety technology solutions for accurate identification of danger (without resort to discriminatory stereotypes or violating privacy).

Grants.gov Deadline: August 13, 2021
Application JustGrants Deadline: August 18, 2021

Published in partnership between the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report provides the most recent data on school crime and student safety from national surveys of students, teachers, principals, and post-secondary institutions. The report highlights select findings from 22 indicators on various school crime and safety topics, including violent deaths and school shootings; nonfatal student and teacher victimization; school environment (such as bullying and incident and discipline problems); gangs and hate-related speech; fights, weapons, and illegal substances; student perceptions of school safety; discipline, safety, and security practices; and campus safety and security.

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and published in partnership between the National Police Foundation (NPF) and the Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Program, this publication discusses the challenges of high-stress police operations like crowd management. Crowd management often challenges officers to push their bodies beyond normal limits, leading to poor performance, fatigue, insomnia, and injury. In the summer of 2020, many officers repeatedly worked shifts that at times exceeded 12 hours, for 10 to 12 days straight, leaving little time for appropriate nutrition, rest, exercise, recovery, or sleep. In light of the current environment, NPF has developed this brief guide for law enforcement agencies on ways to recognize and protect the physical and mental well-being of officers during responses to intense and protracted protests and demonstrations. This guide offers educational information and practice considerations for sworn officers of all ranks, particularly frontline officers and mid-level supervisors, as well as their families, to better protect officers’ mental and physical well-being during times of heightened stress. 

Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance and hosted by the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), this webinar will discuss effective ways to finance and sustain correctional medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs from the perspectives of four experts in the field. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone), used as part of MAT, are the gold standard of care for people with opioid use disorders and should be offered in all correctional settings. However, jails face challenges in financing and sustaining correctional MAT programs, including securing leadership buy-in and support, overcoming reimbursement barriers, and understanding how to effectively negotiate provider contracts. Despite these challenges, a growing number of jails have successfully implemented and sustained MAT programs by leveraging financial and nonfinancial resources and strategies. 

When: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., ET