NCJ Number
147481
Date Published
1994
Length
85 pages
Annotation
This summary of the State and Local Conference on Responding to Change and Meeting Future Needs, held November 3-6, 1993, in Philadelphia, highlights State and local efforts to implement statewide drug control and system improvement strategies designed to respond to the dynamic nature of violent crime and drug abuse problems.
Abstract
The conference also challenged participants to develop new ideas and set the future direction of national, State, and local initiatives. The overall goal of the conference was to address programmatic and policy issues related to the development and evaluation of State drug-control strategies. The conference emphasized the need to maintain and expand partnerhips between the planning and analytical branches of State governments by focusing on management and administrative issues of the Formula Grant Program, evaluation of drug and violent crime programs, strategies for assessing the impact of violent crime at the State and local levels, community mobilization issues, and the coordination of resources for managing offenders. The conference consisted of plenary sessions, workshops, and open forums that dealt with programmatic and strategy development and implementation issues. This report provides summary information on the conference sessions.