North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission

 

The Governor's Crime Commission serves as the chief advisory body to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety on crime and justice issues. District Attorney Scott Thomas is the Chair of the Crime Commission. 

The Governor's Crime Commission (GCC) has 44 members, including heads of statewide criminal justice and human service agencies, representatives from the courts, law enforcement, local government, the General Assembly, and private citizens. For a listing of Governor's Crime Commission members and their Program Planning Committee assignments (Click Here).

The GCC sets program priorities, reviews applications and makes recommendations to the Governor for the state's criminal justice and juvenile justice federal block grants. Federal block grants are awarded each year to government, education and social service agencies to start new and innovative programs in the following areas:

Program Planning Committees

• Criminal Justice System Improvement
• Crime Victims' Services
• Juvenile Justice Planning

Governor's Crime Commission Division

A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

It is hard to believe that summer is about to end. We have been very busy at the Governor's Crime Commission with grant award workshops and preparing grant awards for distribution.

Most of our federal funding has been received and grant awards have been mailed. For those of you receiving grant awards, please ensure you include all required documentation when returning your signed award in order to expedite the start of your grant. There are still two sources of federal funding which have not been received. This has caused a further delay in mailing grant awards. If you have not yet received a grant award and have questions, please feel free to contact us.

Although implementation has been delayed, we remain excited about the new Grants Enterprise Management System (GEMS). We have been advised, and remain hopeful, that the system will be operational by the end of September. We will keep you updated as additional information is received.

Currently preparations are taking place for the upcoming grant writing workshops.  These workshops will take place in various locations across the state during the month of October. A detailed schedule as well as registration information will be posted soon at www.ncgccd.org. Following each workshop, the Governor's Crime Commission will host a series of community forums. These forums are being conducted to obtain input about local criminal justice issues impacting the areas. Additional information will soon be posted! Be sure to check the website often for more updated information.

The 2010 Safe Communities Conference sponsored by the Governor's Crime Commission will take place December 1-3, 2010 at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. Registration is now open for this conference! Visit the Governor's Crime Commission website for additional information.

Gwendolyn W. Burrell
Executive Director
Governor's Crime Commission

GCC Highlighted Events, Publications and Links  

The Governor's Crime Commission Offers Free Internet/Social Networking Safety Courses for Parents, College Students, Teens, Tweens and Children.

United States Justice Department, Office of Justice Programs Announces Web-Based Resource for Criminal Justice Field

 

 

 

 

This web site is funded in part, through a grant from the  U.S. Department of Justice.  Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or endorse, this web site.

 

 

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