SAO Part of City Coalition Awarded $5 Million in Federal Grant Funds to Develop Programs for Youth in Communities Affected by the Civil Unrest READ MORE
Brooklyn
No Relevant News to Report.
Chicago
No Relevant News to Report.
Houston
Sherriff's Office Program Targets Homeless, Pandhandlers Along FM 1960 READ MORE
Los Angeles
Free Community College and Dual Enrollment: Two New Programs to Give LA Unified Students "Unfettered Access to College" READ MORE
San Diego
New Center Aims to Curb School to Prision Pipeline READ MORE
San Francisco
SF Homeless Team up to Keep Streets Clean READ MORE
St. Louis
New Missouri Gun Law Changes the Rules, But Some Restrictions Remain READ MORE
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This newsletter was supported by Grant No. 2014-YX-BX-K001 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Announcements:
White House Hosts Historic Meeting on LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
California State Governor Jerry Brown Signed Assembly Bill 2524, the OpenJustice Data Act of 2016. The new law will make criminal justice data collected by California Dept. of Justice available to the public through the Department's OpenJustice Web Portal.
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is hosting the webinar "Police-Mental Health Collaboration Programs, a Different Way of Policing" on Wednesday, September 28 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. EDT
For more information and to register for the webinar, please click here.
David Adams
Senior Policy Advisor
Bureau of Justice Assistance
US Department of Justice
david.adams@usdoj.gov
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Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
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Margo Badawy
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Smart Prosecution Initiative
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
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Washington, DC 20036
margo.badawy@apainc.org
Kristi Sipila
Project Associate
Smart Prosecution Initiative
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
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Washington, DC 20036
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