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This Cooperative Agreement award for $499,982.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), will enable the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) to develop a guidance document on how to interview people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). IACP will partner with The Arc of the United States, an IDD-focused...

The Virginia Center For Policing Innovation was awarded a $275,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The award will support the development of an eLearning course on intellectual and developmental disabilities for law enforcement from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023. The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants...

The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI), in partnership with CIT International, Inc., has been awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The purpose of this 2-year award is to establish the Mid-Atlantic Regional De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training Center (MARC) and deliver a comprehensive...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The grant will fund the development and piloting of specialized model lesson plans to promote law enforcement safe encounters with persons in crisis, aligning with national standards and evidence-based practices. Key...

The Arc of New Jersey, Inc. was awarded a $113,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program. This funding will support the development and implementation of healthy sexuality education curricula and community-based programs aimed at preventing sexual violence against individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. On October 1, 2022, The Arc of New Jersey received this...

The Autism Society of America Nassau Suffolk Chapter will provide first responder training services through a $250,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Funded under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), which supports improving criminal justice system functioning and preventing juvenile delinquency, the Chapter will conduct training events across New York State from October 2022 through September 2023....

The federal Project Grant award of $350,000.00 from the Executive Office of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under CFDA Program 95.005 "Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance" will support the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), doing business as All Rise For Justice, in delivering comprehensive training, technical assistance, and educational resources to enhance drug court operations, substance use disorder interventions, and...

The Disability Law Center of Virginia will provide $500,000 in training, consultation, and outreach services to end violence against women with disabilities through September 2024 under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. The goal of the Education, Training, and Enhanced Services to End Violence Against and Abuse of Women with Disabilities program (CFDA 16.529) is to create sustainable improvements in how organizations respond to...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to provide comprehensive mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement personnel across the United States. The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization specializing in law enforcement training, will develop and deliver virtual and in-person courses covering crisis...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $2,000,000.00 and provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), aims to develop, implement, and pilot test a standards-based approval process and online platform for law enforcement de-escalation training programs. The National Policing Institute (NPI) is the primary awardee, and they are partnering with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) on this project. The...