Justice Trends & Promising Practices
NCJA strives to help Byrne JAG administrators and recipients and other justice stakeholders stay up-to-date with what’s happening and what’s working in criminal justice practice, policy and reform. This page contains resources describing ways that states and localities might invest Byrne JAG awards—both trending topics and programs that have shown promise.
The content and links below are organized along the nine Byrne JAG program areas across which funds may be invested, as defined by the legislation that codifies the program. They encompass nearly every aspect of justice system operation, making Byrne JAG an extremely flexible program.
This page will grow and change as we add more resources!
Spending Purpose Areas
Byrne JAG Program Areas FFY 20 Investments - See how states and territories invested Byrne JAG funding across all program areas in 2020.
Law Enforcement
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Promising Practices: The New Castle County Police Department’s Holistic Officer Wellness Program
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 07: Community Violence Interventions (CVI) with Gillian Caplan
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The NCJA Podcast: Engaging Stakeholders Using a Relationship-Based Approach
Prosecution and Court, including Indigent Defense
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Nationwide Justice Trends: Prosecution, Courts and Indigent Defense
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Promising Practices: How States Use Byrne JAG Funding to Support Diversion Programs
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 06: Diverting Justice-Involved Youth with San Joaquin County’s (CA) Project Navigate Constructive Change
Prevention and Education
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Promising Practices: Handle With Care: Meeting the Needs of Children Who Experience Trauma
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Promising Practice: Community Violence Intervention Programs
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Promising Practice: Targeted Interventions to Combat Gun Violence with Chicago's READI Program
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Promising Practices: Seattle's A Beautiful Safe Place for Youth
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Promising Practices: Aim4Peace: A Promising Violence Prevention Program
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Promising Practices: Using Kauhale Communities to Support People Experiencing Homelessness in Hawaii
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 09: Adverse Childhood Effects (ACEs) in Maryland with Glenn Fueston
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Promising Practices: Gun Violence Prevention Programming: Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital
Corrections, Community Corrections, and Reentry
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Nationwide Justice Trends: Corrections and Community Corrections
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Promising Practices: Creating Opportunities for Stable Employment - The Last Mile
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 05: Connecticut’s WORTH Female Correctional Unit—a Promising Practice in Reentry
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Promising Practices: Washington's Trades Related Apprenticeship Coaching (TRAC) Program
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Employing Credible Messengers to Reduce Juvenile Recidivism Rates: The Arches Program
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Promising Practices: Using the Scandinavian Prison Model for Successful Reintegration
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Promising Practices: Supporting Rural Reentry: Benevolence Farm, a Promising Reentry Initiative
Drug Treatment and Enforcement
Planning, Evaluation and Technology Improvement
- Nationwide Justice Trends: Planning, Evaluation, and Technology Improvement
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Promising Practices: How States Use Byrne JAG Funding for Information Sharing and Data Management
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 02: Community Coalitions with Dale Woolery and Dennis Wiggins (Iowa)
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 04: Pennsylvania's Virtual Strategic Planning Success with Mike Pennington and Samantha Koch
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 03: Key Elements for Creating an Effective Byrne JAG Strategic Plan with Allison Badger
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 10: Local CJ Planning Board Engagement Strategies in Oregon and Virginia
Crime Victim and Witness Programs (other than compensation)
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 18: Trauma Recovery Centers: A Comprehensive Response for Victims of Violent Crime
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 24: An Overview of Restorative Justice Principles
State Crisis Intervention Programs
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Promising Practices: The Role of Crisis Intervention Teams and the Success of the CAHOOTS Model
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 22: Oklahoma's Youth Mobile Crisis Response System: A Promising Model of Crisis Intervention
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The NCJA Podcast Episode 25: Veterans' Treatment Courts: Sharing the Success in Adams County, Colorado
Do you fund, operate or know of a Promising Practice we should highlight? Reach out to us at strategicplanning@ncja.org.
Innovation Labs
NCJA’s Innovation Labs bring together state administering agency (SAA) staff and stakeholders from across the country to brainstorm solutions to common challenges, discuss promising practices and develop recommendations.
This lab provided working sessions for discussing resource development, best and promising practices, and program implementation to identify ways for SAAs to diversify where they allocated their spending and strategies for working with subawardees to ensure all sectors of the criminal justice system are represented.
This lab provided working sessions for discussing resource development, best and promising practices, and program implementation to improve data sharing and increase understanding of and ability to meet federal reporting requirements in participants’ states.
This lab provided working sessions for discussing resource development, best and promising practices, and program implementation to identify ways for SAAs to innovate within the law enforcement program area, which can include innovating within programming itself as well as making changes to the grants cycle.
This webpage was created with the support of Grant No. 2019-YA-BX-K002 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the 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 SMART Office, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.