JOHNSON CITY!
Mar 1, 2013 – Feb 28, 2016
Strategic Project
Design: Session #2
Evidence-based Strategies:
TCCR Projects to Reduce Violent
and Drug-Related Crime
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
PURPOSE
of the
TCCRP
(again)
To demonstrate with actionable data how
effective community collaboration can be
for preventing violent and drug-related
crime, revitalizing crime-ridden areas,
enforcing community standards on such
crimes, and preventing re-arrests and
probation violations among offenders in
selected areas of the community.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
REVIEW: 2 Training Sessions
• Training Sep 21: Requirements & basics
– Crime data, Census, surveys, EBS, brief
leaders and formulate major strategy ideas.
• Training Oct 31: Major strategies, goals
and recruiting primary partners
– Crime mapping, zones & target pops, goals,
objectives, part of application worksheets.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
PREVIEW: 2 Working Sessions
• Working Nov 15: Fine tune strategies
– finish the Logic Model (project design)
• Working Dec ??: Finish the application
• Final Application due:
• Awards & Initiation:
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
Jan 31, 2013
Feb 28, 2013
October 31, 2012
HOMEWORK since 9/21/12...
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Collect crime & Census data.
Do opinion surveys.
Conduct EBS search.
Preview the grant application formats.
Prep city leaders: Support key directions.
Identify major strategic directions.
Think about strategy partners.
Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
GOALS for today
1. Review progress on design work.
2. Preview Application Narrative.
3. Brainstorm strategic directions.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
You will know how to develop a Problem
Statement for the Application:
– Crime & demographics data.
– Opinions of residents & community leaders.
– Possible target populations & zones.
– Suitable Evidence-Based Strategies.
– Possible strategies that fit Johnson City.
– Potential partners within Johnson City.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
JOHNSON CITY’S PROGRESS...
1. What do the crime & Census data tell
you about where the targeted crime is,
and who the offenders are?
2. What did the opinion surveys teach
you?
3. What did your EBS search reveal?
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
JOHNSON CITY’S PROGRESS...
4. What did your city leaders say about
key directions & possible strategies?
5. Which partners are you considering for
each strategy?
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Data, Surveys, EBS, Directions
• Pre-enforcement Prevention.
• Neighborhood Revitalization.
• Enforcement.
• Offender Intervention.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
APPLICATION Narrative
• Online Narrative Fields in 6 Sections.
• Instructions (5 pages).
• Worksheets:
– 6 Required as Attachments,
– 2 Optional as Attachments.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
APPLICATION Narrative
SECTIONS:
1. Crime Data,
Problem Statement,
Targets
2. Purpose of TCCRP
3. Inputs: Info,
Partners, Resources
4. Activities
5. Intended Outputs
6. Data Collection &
Evaluation
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ATTACHMENTS:
G. Crime Data W’sheet
H. EBS Worksheet
A. Crime Maps
B. TCCRP Coalition
C. Contributing Causes
D. Logic Model
E. Milestones Table
F. Abstract
Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
1. PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Crime Data Analysis Worksheet (G).
• Community Crime Mapping (A).
• Target Population Data.
• Target Populations.
• Selection of Neighborhoods.
• EBS Search (H).
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
2. Project PURPOSE
• Contributing Factors (Root Causes - C).
• Goals or Intended Results (C).
• Composition of TCCR Coalition (B):
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
3. 4. 5. Project LOGIC MODEL
• Goals  Objectives  Outcomes.
• INPUTS: Info, Partners, Resources.
• Activities  Intended Outputs.
• Data Sources for Measures.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
6. Project DATA COLLECTION
• Milestones for Start-up Months (E).
• Progress Monitoring & Milestone Reports.
• Output Data Collection & Reporting.
• Outcome Data Collection & Reporting.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Project GOALS & OBJECTIVES
• Pre-enforcement Prevention.
• Neighborhood Revitalization.
• Enforcement.
• Offender Intervention.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
HOMEWORK for November
• Polish crime maps, review root causes &
Evidence-Based Strategies that fit.
• Refine major strategies; identify objectives.
• Identify COLLABORATORS (key partners).
• Brief potential partners & invite them to
November session.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
WORKING SESSION: November
COLLABORATORS OUTLINE LOGIC MODEL:
• Problem Statement, strategy goals/objectives.
• Resources available for the activities required.
• Decisions about funded and unfunded
partners and their contributions.
• Baselines & measures of success.
We will plan for follow-up TA before the next
working session in December.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
HOMEWORK for December
PREPARE REMAINING WORKSHEETS FOR THE GRANT
APPLICATION (draft). TA AS NEEDED.
WORKING SESSION with Core Partners:
• Review the draft worksheets and logic model: i.e.,
goals, objectives, intended outputs and outcomes.
• Negotiate roles, measures of success, reporting.
• Outline the start-up schedule (milestones).
• Outline the Abstract.
FINALIZE GRANT APPLICATION: Due January 31, 2013!
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Lessons from 6 TCCRP cities:
1. Sharing is seldom comfortable.
2. Clear up key definitions.
3. Outputs are NOT Outcomes!
4. Short-term versus long-term outcomes.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Lessons from 6 TCCRP cities:
5. Partners match the design not vice versa.
6. Community leaders buy in.
7. Full-time project director: OWNERSHIP!
8. Baseline incidence and arrest data.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Lessons from 6 cities
(cont’d):
9. Evaluator early: strategies; data tools; reporting.
10.Process analysis. Descriptive evaluation.
11. A slow start will hurt you...
12. NOT a typical grant! Design, partnerships,
outcomes.
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012
Thanks!
Questions, Discussion
Please be sure to complete a session
evaluation form!
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Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs
with Performance Vistas, Inc.
October 31, 2012