JUSTINFO Newsletter: June 1, 2019

Announcements

• Nominations are now being accepted for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor – emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and law enforcement are eligible for the nation's top public safety award | BJA

Funding

• Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program | Due: 6/7/2019 | BJA
• Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) Statewide Expansion and Response | Due: 6/27/2019 | BJA
• Partnerships to Support Data-driven Responses to Emerging Drug Threats | Due: 6/27/2019 | BJA
• Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking | Due: 7/1/2019 | OVC
• Building State Technology Capacity and Elder Abuse Hotlines | Due: 7/8/2019 | OVC
• Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims | Due: 7/11/2019 | OVC
• Project Beacon: Increasing Services for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Sex Trafficking | Due: 7/15/2019 | OVC
• Data-led Governing: Raising the Bar for States' Criminal Justice Policy and Practice | Due: 7/16/2019 | BJA
• Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist Program | Due: 7/25/2019 | OVC
• Specialized Services and Mentoring for Child and Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation | Due: 7/29/2019 | OJJDP
• Strengthening Investigative Tools and Technology for Combating Child Sexual Exploitation Program | Due: 7/29/2019 | OJJDP
• Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program | Due: 7/29/2019 | OVC
• Find additional, already announced opportunities and access resources in the OJP Funding Resource Center | OJP
• Stay informed with Funding News from NCJRS – be sure to select "Grants/funding" as an area of interest in your customer profile | NCJRS

Publications

• Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve to Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience | NIJ
• Employing Research to Understand Violence Against Women | NIJ
• Recidivism of Sex Offenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14) | BJS
• TECHBeat, May 2019 | NIJ

Online Resources

• Blog: Extraordinary Valor | OJP/BJA
• Blog: Heroes Honored on Behalf of Missing, Exploited Children | OJP/OJJDP
• In preparation for LGBT Pride Month in June, learn about resources available through OVC TTAC | OVC
• June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day; OVC TTAC offers helpful resources | OVC
• Watch: Opioid Crisis: NIJ Resources for First Responders | NIJ
• Watch: Understanding the Opioid Crisis Case-by-Case: Overdose Fatality Reviews in Wisconsin | NIJ

Webinars

• Connecting the Dots: Lessons Learned from a Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Systems Improvement Initiative | OJJDP
  June 4, 2019, 1:30 p.m. ET
• Innovative Programming for Veterans in the Criminal Justice System | BJA
  June 6, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• FY 2019 Law Enforcement-Based Victim Specialist Program | OVC
  June 6, 2019, 3 p.m. ET
• FY 2019 Enhancing Community Responses to the Opioid Crisis: Serving Our Youngest Crime Victims | OVC
  June 10, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• FY 2019 Building State Technology Capacity and Elder Abuse Hotlines | OVC
  June 11, 2019, 3 p.m. ET
• Expert Q&A: Identifying Signs of Elder Abuse or Neglect | OVC
  June 12, 2019, 2 p.m. ET
• More than Half: Brain Injury Among Justice-Involved Youth | OJJDP
  June 12, 2019, 2:30 p.m. ET
• Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Meeting | OJJDP
  June 13, 2019, 10 a.m. ET
• Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking | OVC
  June 13, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• AMBER Alert in Indian Country | OJJDP
  June 18, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• Project Beacon: Increasing Services for Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Sex Trafficking | OVC
  June 19, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• FY 2019 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program | OVC
  June 20, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• FY 2019 Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program | OVC
  June 27, 2019, 1 p.m. ET
• Research for the Real World: Law Enforcement Stress & Trauma | NIJ
  June 28, 2019, 10 a.m. ET

Events

• National Crime Victim Law Conference
  June 6–7, 2019, Portland, OR
  OVC resources available at event
• National Law Enforcement Training on Child Exploitation
  June 11–13, 2019, Atlanta, GA
  Visit the exhibit area for BJA, NIJ, OJJDP, and SMART resources
• National Sheriffs' Association Annual Educational & Technology Expo
  June 15–19, 2019, Louisville, KY
  Visit the OJP exhibit for BJA, BJS, NIJ, OJJDP, OVC, and SMART resources
• SMART 2019 National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability 
  July 17–18, 2019, Chicago, IL
  Join the SMART Office to learn about tools, techniques, and information vital to monitoring sex offenders and combating sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
• See Justice Events to find additional events by location, date, topic, or sponsor | NCJRS