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Governor Josh Stein will address the first meeting of his Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force on Oct. 14.

Click the register button to join the virtual meeting. Agenda1:00 p.m. Call to order, roll call, approval of minutes, ethics reminderDeana Joy, chair1:15 p.m. GCC Staff Updates GCC staff1:30 p.m. Domestic Violence Awareness MonthTrishana Jones, director of Youth Exposure to DV and Special Projects; co-director of Adaptive Care and Youth Services Team, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence2:00 p.m. DSS Update Kathy Stone, DHHS

Co-chairs Leslie Cooley Dismukes, secretary of the Department of Adult Correction, and Siarra Scott, director of the NC Office of Violence Prevention, will lead the first meeting of the 20-member Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force. 

Agenda9:00 a.m. Welcome and trends within GCC grants9:15 a.m. GCC calendar and review process: "Deadlines and Expectations"9:30 a.m. DOJ grant overview: "How Can Funds Be Used?"10:00 a.m. Break10:05 a.m. EBS grants management platform demo11:05 a.m. Lunch12:05 p.m. Crime Victim Services Team: Violence Against Women Act, Victims of Crime Act funding1:10 p.m. Juvenile Justice Team: Children's Justice Act, Title II funding1:50 p.m. Criminal Justice Improvement Team: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant

New grant recipients should attend this virtual workshop, led by the grants management team at the Governor's Crime Commission. Login details and the agenda will be shared via email.Topics will include performance reporting requirements for: 

Agenda1:00 p.m.Call to order and roll call, ethics reminder, approval of committee minutesChief Dan House, chair1:10 p.m.Federal updatesCaroline Farmer, executive director, GCC1:20 p.m.Staff updates, RSAT priority, CVI update, SCIP program prioritiesSandy Dixon, MK Smith, staff, GCC1:35 p.m.Discussion and voteChief House2:50 p.m.Old and new businessChief House3:00 p.m.AdjournChief House

Agenda1:00 p.m.Call to order, roll call, ethics reminder, approval of minutesChief Patrice Andrews, chair1:15 p.m.GCC staff updatesGCC staff1:25 p.m.2026 grant funding prioritiesGCC staff2:50 p.m.Old and new businessChief Andrews3:00 p.m.AdjournChief Andrews

1:00 p.m. Call to order, roll call, ethics reminder, approval of 5/13/2025 minutesJudge J. Corpening1:15 p.m. Subcommittee report out Deana Joy, CJA Task Force chairDavid Addison, R/ED Subcommittee chair

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.