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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. 

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