Local initiatives support corporation will use FY24 CPD funding develop a series of informational webinars with companion videos and ancillary knowledge-sharing resources through the lessons from…

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) was awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will be used to develop a series of informational webinars, companion videos, and other knowledge-sharing resources through the Lessons from Community Responders project. This project will provide information on best practices and lessons learned from three existing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations in Mifflin County, PA, Providence, RI, and Richmond, VA. These partnerships involve community responders working to complement police responses for behavioral health calls and violence intervention. The project aims to help law enforcement agencies across the country build and maintain successful working relationships with community-based partners as the number of such partnerships continues to expand.

Local initiatives support corporation will use FY24 CPD funding develop a series of informational webinars with companion videos and ancillary knowledge-sharing resources through the lessons from community responders project. This project will provide information on best practices and lessons learned from three partnerships between law enforcement agencies and community responders based at local community-based organizations (CBOS). These existing partnerships are in mifflin county, PA, providence, RI, and richmond, VA, and involve community responders working to complement police responses for behavioral health calls for service and violence intervention. As the number of partnerships between law enforcement agencies and CBOS continues to expand, there is a need across the country for resources to help agencies understand how to build and maintain working relationships with these partners. Lessons from community responders will share the history of three such cities, provide background on how partnerships developed, how they were maintained and how partners evolved to work with one another in a successful manner to reduce crime, victimization, and disorder.