Children's Justice Act
What is "Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Programs"?
The Training and Technical Assistance for Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Programs is a discretionary grant program from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime.
What is the Training & Technical Assistance (T&TA) Project?
The Training and Technical Assistance for Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Programs is a discretionary grant program from the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime. The T&TA Project's purpose is to provide hands-on support and services to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) grantees who have received funding through the CJA Partnerships for Indian Communities Discretionary Grant Program.
Goals of Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA):
(1) Provide culturally relevant services to CJA grantees.
(2) Assist CJA grantees to improve the investigation, prosecution, and handling of child abuse cases.
3) Assist CJA grantees to increase support for child abuse victims and lessen trauma for child victims.
What T&TA Provides:
Unified Solutions is committed to supporting American Indian and Alaska Native communities by providing quality, innovative, professional, and culturally appropriate T&TA services. Our services are intended to aid communities as they respond to child victims of crime in Indian Country, increase program capacity, and establish sustainable practices.
T&TA Resource Library:
Along with our online Resource Library, Unified Solutions maintains an in-house library at its main office in Tempe, Arizona. The library includes books, newspaper and journal articles, audio/visual materials, legal codes, program management resources, training curriculum, newsletters, and fact sheets. Researchers are available to offer assistance by calling 1-877-438-4400 or by email request at: research@unified-solutions.org
Educational Publications & Newsletters:
Unified Solutions continually strives to research topics, issues, laws, and professional practices related to the CJA Project.
The research conducted supports the development of training materials and is a free-of-charge service to each of the grantees. Also serving as program support, Unified Solutions prepares a bi-weekly electronic bulletin filled with the latest training, funding, and grant-related announcements.
In addition, our nationally recognized and nationally distributed bi-monthly T&TA Newsletter is also a free publication that contains educational research articles, funding opportunities, training opportunities, and the latest information and announcements related to T&TA.
Teleclasses:
A series of monthly tele-classes is provided through our toll-free conference line. Each tele-class is a focused, concise training, determined directly by the needs assessments of the grantee community. In addition, Unified Solutions has developed an original 16-week teleclass series, Leadership Skills for Program Managers in Indian Country, designed to provide participants with culturally relevant tools and skills to achive the goals of their programs.
Budget Assistance & Sustainability Support:
We provide services and resources to assist Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Programs with budget reporting and sustainability efforts in order to promote successful management, continued growth, and program sufficiency.
Annual Symposium:
An annual symposium will be planned and hosted by Unified Solutions. Our approach to planning for each symposium is based on current trends and issues in Indian Country, evaluation of CJA grantee needs assessments, and all other forms of grantee communication that respond to CJA project goals and objectives.
One-on-One Technical Assistance:
We are available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Arizona) at our office in Tempe. We can be reached by e-mail, telephone, or fax.
Other Resources you might find helpful:
CJA Project Brochure
Online Training Calendar
Indian Health Care Center Locations
Local Law Enforcement Office Locators
Workbooks, Training Manuals
Information about allowable costs for grantees' programs
Child Abuse Reporting Agencies
OVC and TTAC Contact Information
ON-SITE Training & Program Support
An individualized and culturally appropriate response will be taken by our highly dedicated staff and faculty with expertise in each area of child abuse systems to ensure responsiveness to on-site training needs. All project-related training will be provided to grantees free of charge and by professionals who understand your unique community needs and systems of response. Staff and faculty can also assist grantees with program development through our on-site and personalized approach to each community.
Training Topics Include:
• Child Abuse Investigations
• Forensic Interviewing
• Child Abuse
• Court Preparation for Professionals
• Evidence Collection
• Report Writing
• Coordinated Community Response
• Requirements & Techniques for Interviewing Child Victims
• Protocol Development
• Working With Disabled Child Victims
• Maximizing Resources for Child Victims and Families
To ensure program staff and project partners continue to establish a "circle of care" approach to child abuse, we also offer training for program development and capacity such as:
• Needs Assessments
• Formative and Summative Evaluations
• Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout
• Leadership Skills
• Volunteer Recruitment & Training
ON-LINE Training & Program Support Tools
Unified Solutions understands that technology has become the most efficient mode of communication. We have recently migrated our interactive website to a secure Learning Management System (LMS) where you will be able to post questions, share resources, receive the latest project updates, support fellow grantees and access interactive training modules as we work collaboratively to promote children's justice.
4 Ways to make a Training Request
1) Complete this online request form.
2) Download the T&TA form and FAX it to 1-480- 966-3599 or
3) Email the completed form or a general request to: training@unified-solutions.org
4) Call us toll-free at: call us toll-free at 1-877-438-4400
Help Us Help You Complete this Online Children's Justice Act (CJA) Partnerships for Indian Communities Grant Programs Self Assessment Tool to help us insure that we are providing you with the best support options available for your individual organization.
For more information about the assessment, please contact your Unified Solutions Project Director, Melissa Riley toll-free at 1-877-438-4400 or by email at: melissa@unified-solutions.org.
New Product Launch November, 2011
The Unified Solutions E-Learning Portal is now up and running with new content being developed everyday. This new training mechanism will be beneficial in so many ways and we are excited about the opportunities we see that it brings.
UP TO DATE CONTENT: Our course material can easily be updated and made current in our ever changing environment of the 21st Century. As laws or policies change, we can address that quickly in our course content and keep all participants who have already taken the training up to date as well.
TRAINING YOU NEED, WHEN YOU NEED IT: Current and appropriate training will be available to your organization when you need it most. Let us help you get your new staff members up to speed as quickly as possible, address attrition based turnover, and address new issues quickly and efficiently.
CONSISTANCY OF MATERIAL: The developed content for this portal will be consistant across all participants and will be easily contain the same supporting materials as the Leader Lead training sessions.
REDUCTION IN TRAVEL SPENDING: As budgets are being squeezed and policies restricting organizational meeting and travel funds are being implemented, online content will developed to mirror our leader lead training sessions as much as possible.
