Presented by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the National Gang Center, this webinar serves as the second in the “Community Violence Intervention—Addressing Gangs” series. It will focus on street outreach as a core strategy in community violence intervention.  Street outreach workers are critical in engaging gang-involved youth and working in the community.  Their role goes beyond referrals to service and involves intentional relationship-building with youth, families, and communities to support reductions in gang violence and victimization.  At the conclusion of this webinar, registrants will be able to: 

• Explain the role of street outreach as a community violence intervention strategy in the context of the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model.
• Recognize best practices in conducting effective street outreach.
• Recognize strategies for identifying, engaging, and assessing gang-involved youth and their needs.

When: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., ET

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is hosting a tribal-specific national training for tribal problem-solving courts. The Virtual Enhancement Training features wellness court best practices and innovative strategies. The training will be oriented around the Tribal Ten Key Components and the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) National Drug Court Standards. The Enhancement Training focuses on tribal issues, including jurisdictional and legal issues unique to Indian country; the incorporation of custom and tradition into the phases, case management, treatment curriculums, and tangential services; and the peer-to-peer sharing of successful healing to wellness courts models in operations. Training topics will cover the adult criminal, juvenile delinquency, family dependency, and veterans’ models.

When: Monday – Friday, June 21–25, 2021

Hosted by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) and funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this webinar will discuss the importance of vetting providers, soliciting internal and external feedback, including numerous options for employees to choose from, including families and support systems, and ensuring that programming is evaluated continuously for efficacy. This webinar will also discuss the importance of meaningful partnerships with subject-matter experts and the ethical obligation to ensure that wellness programs, no matter how well-intentioned, do not harm the agency.

When: Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m., ET

The Bureau of Justice Assistance National Training and Technical Assistance Center (BJA NTTAC) checklist provides standard best practices that agencies of all sizes can implement in their crime analysis units. The checklist includes questions and recommendations that may help an agency increase the unit’s effectiveness and capacity. Specifically, it includes recommendations for staffing, communication, crime analysis products, technology, and resources. 

Hosted by the Justice Clearinghouse and funded by the National Sheriffs’ Association, this webinar will discuss the need for community building and motivational conversation. Motivational conversation is a method where building relationships through the use of well-placed questions will lead to better relationships with the public. The necessity for good relationships between the criminal justice system and the public is vitally important. Participants can build good relationships with communities by understanding how those relationships are influenced by several different perspectives.  

When: Thursday, June 24, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., ET