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Purpose: The Racial and Ethnic Disparities Subcommittee sits within the Governor's Crime Commission's Juvenile Justice Planning Committee. Its members are juvenile justice partners and educators who advise efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system. Establishment of the R/ED Subcommittee supports efforts to maintain compliance with the R/ED core requirement found at 34 U.S.C. §11133(a)(15).

Meeting of the Criminal Justice Improvement Committee, which focuses on reducing and discouraging violent crime; enhancing all aspects of criminal justice processing; and advancing justice system operations. The committee administers federal grants including the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, Project Safe Neighborhood and the State Crisis Intervention Program. 

Agenda1:00 p.m. Call to order, roll call approval of 4/10/2025 minutes, ethics reminder Deana Joy, chair 1:15 p.m. GCC Staff Updates 1:30 p.m. DSS Update Kathy Stone, DHHS 1:45 p.m. CJA membership update, vote on new members CJA Task Force/GCC Staff 2:00 p.m. Presentation: Child Abuse Resource, prosecutor update Donna Rainwater, Conference of District Attorneys 

Meeting of Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program and Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Program committee.10:00 a.m. Call to Order and Roll CallEthics Reminder Approval of March 18, 2024 CJI-SCIP Combined Minutes(CJI approved at their May 8, 2025 meeting)Chief Dan House, Chair10:10 a.m. Federal Updates Caroline FarmerGCC Executive Director

Press Release in English  Hoy jueves, el gobernador Josh Stein se dirigió a la Comisión del Gobernador contra el Delito (Governor’s Crime Commission, GCC), para reseñar las prioridades en las que su administración quisiera que esta Comisión, un organismo asesor integrado por 44 miembros, se enfocara durante el próximo año.

On Thursday, Gov. Josh Stein addressed the Governor’s Crime Commission, outlining the priorities his administration would like the 44-member advisory body to focus on over the next year.

Alguacil Charles Blackwood encabezará la Comisión de 44 integrantes, el principal organismo asesor del Gobernador y Secretario de NCDPS, en materia del delito y la justicia penal.

Press Release in English  Ayer lunes, la Comisión de Compensación a Víctimas del Delitos votó por la aprobación de US$446,169 en fondos de reembolso para las víctimas de delitos violentos que han solicitado asistencia económica para cubrir costos médicos elegibles, salarios perdidos u otros gastos en los que tuvieron que incurrir por haberse cometido un delito en su contra dentro de Carolina del Norte.

Agenda (updated Sept. 3, 2025)9:00 a.m. Call to order, roll call, ethics reminder, approval of minutesSheriff Charles S. Blackwood, chair9:10 a.m. GCC UpdatesCaroline Farmer, executive director, Governor’s Crime Commission9:20 a.m. Traffic stop updateMichelle Beck, director, Criminal Justice Analysis Center9:30 a.m. Committee report on grant applicationsChief Dan House, chair of GCC's Criminal Justice Improvement Committee 9:40 a.m. VoteSheriff Blackwood, chair