Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $305,000)
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) will serve as the Coordinator of the Bureau of Justice Assistances (BJA) Criminal Justice Forecasting Group (CJFG). The CJFG provides guidance regarding regional and national issues that may emerge as tomorrows criminal justice problems and to identify criminal justice policy, training, and technical assistance planning efforts in response to emerging issues. IIR will provide logistical coordination for four (4) CJFG meetings for 25 to 30 members during the 24-month project period and will assemble and analyze forecasting group discussions for each of the four meetings and develop policy statements of practice for the criminal justice community and disseminate via Webcasts, meeting briefs, and other mechanisms, as appropriate, during the 24-month project period. The results of these meetings and the supporting findings will be presented to BJA via briefings and reports. NCA/NCF