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_________________page 1_________________page 1_________________page 2_________________page 2_________________page 2_________________page 3_________________page 4_________________page 5_________________page 6_________________page 7_________________page 8_________________page 9_________________page 9Table of ContentsGrant PurposeGrant ImplementationIDVA Award ProcessLocal Pass-ThroughJAG-Eligible SubgranteesJAG-Eligible Subgrant Optional OpportunitesJAG-Ineligible SubgranteesLethal Means Training and Education Outreach ProgramIndiana Lethal Means Safe Storage ProgramData Collection and AnalysisGrant Budget OverviewIndiana Crisis Intervention Advisory Board Indiana Crisis Intervention Advisory Board MembershipBYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

BYRNE SCIPIndiana PlanGrant ImplementationIDVA will utilize the Byrne SCIP grant funding to deliver programming and subgrantopportunities across the state.JAG-eligible municipalities can solicit funding to initiate new or enhance, existingcommunity programs combating suicide, gun violence, overdose, and violent deaths by (1)Requesting funding for self-identified opportunities to address the program objectives and(2) Review four optional grant opportunities outlined in the JAG-Eligible section of this plan.The municipalities have no obligation to request funding for the four suggested programs,they are provided to encourage thought and possibilities. JAG-ineligible municipalities will have the opportunity to request funds to either create orenhance Veteran Treatment Courts. IDVA will also implement a targeted outreach program focused on delivering educationand training to the gun ownership community based on the recognition of suicidalbehaviors and supporting mental wellness. The outreach will be delivered directly to theIndiana gun community.Additionally, IDVA will provide an Indiana Lethal Means Safe Storage Plan based onevidence-based lethal means storage initiatives, data, and programs. The process willdevelop a safe storage pilot program to be initiated with the IDVA Byrne SCIP plandistribution.Grant PurposeThe core mission of the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) is to Support, Serve,and Advocate for the Indiana Veteran Community. This is achieved by inspiring,empowering, and investing in Indiana’s local communities. The Indiana VeteranCommunity consists of service members, veterans, families, caregivers, service/resourceproviders, and local government. These efforts provide IDVA with unique and trusted accessto the state’s diverse communities and citizens.IDVA has an established practice in grant administration via the Grants for Veteran Serviceprogram. This statewide experience provides a familiar opportunity to promote anddistribute the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP) opportunity tocommunities across Indiana. The understanding and partnerships IDVA has fostered incurating community-driven programs to address veteran suicide and mental healthwellness provide a foundation of knowledge in addressing suicide, gun violence, overdose,and violent death. IDVA intends to utilize the Byrne SCIP to support municipal efforts by offering innovativecommunity-based funding opportunities, bringing educational outreach to the state's gunownership communities, and providing a comprehensive safe storage plan for all thediverse populations of the state, while maintaining a detailed analysis of the Byrne SCIPgrant progress.1

Local Pass-ThroughIDVA is required to award a minimum of $2,046,706.00 (40% of the allocated grantfunding) to governments within the state of Indiana. The requirement is to perform a directlocal pass-through to Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grant JAG-eligible localgovernment units and JAG-ineligible community state courts. IDVA will allocate 50.6% offunds (10.6% over the minimum) for JAG-eligible and JAG-ineligible local governmentunits. The JAG-eligible pass-through will consist of $1,677,678.00. The JAG-ineligible pass-through will consist of $910,735.00. The 50.6% pass-through total is $2,588,413.00.JAG-Eligible Subgrantees ($1,677,678.00)JAG-eligible subgrantees are defined as organizational units of government (such as acity, county, township, town, or certain federally recognized American Indian tribes) thatare eligible to receive funding based on (1) the state’s share of the national population and(2) the state’s share of the country’s Part 1 violent crime statistics as reported by theFederal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.IDVA will require JAG-eligible subgrantees to submit project applications in response tothe IDVA solicitation. Those projects will be scored by a grant-scoring committee that willmake recommendations of award or denial to the CIAB which will have final authority overaward or denial decisions.JAG-eligible subgrantees may receive funding to support a range of programs to enhanceexisting programs and/or initiate new programs and initiatives. IDVA will present fouropportunities to the subgrantees based on the programmatic impact they may have oncertain Indiana communities. The following four suggested grant opportunities are offeredas possibilities for community fit and are not required for application. The subgrantees willbe encouraged to consider these possible areas of opportunity as described or as theysee fit to adapt to their specific community needs.The total of $1,677,678.00 will be divided and distributed among the JAG-eligible localgovernment units approved Byrne SCIP pass-through applications. 2IDVA Award ProcessIDVA will work with the Indiana Byrne SCIP Crisis Intervention Advisory Board (CIAB) todevelop the programmatic aspects of the grant solicitations. Solicitations will be releasedfor the IDVA Byrne SCIP grant opportunities. Applications will be sent to IDVA for initialreview. Information and recommendations on each application will be sent to the CIAB forfinal decisions. Subsequently, award and denial letters will be sent to all applicants. Grantagreements will be completed and signed by the awarded entities, IDVA, and all requisitestate agencies. Lastly, IDVA will hold a meeting for awarded applicants to discuss details ofcompliance, monitoring, reporting, and reimbursements. BYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

The four optional subgrant opportunities are:Enhancing/expanding Indiana municipality’s ability to report violent death data to theIndiana Violent Death Reporting System (INVDRS).The subgrantees will have the opportunity to request funding for personnel, equipment, andtechnology to enhance or create an optimum INVDRS reporting system. Many Indianafrontline investigators including county coroners, local law enforcement, and medicalexaminers face barriers to reporting to INVDRS. Barriers such as personnel, equipment, andtechnology reduce the ability for accurate and timely reporting. Violent death data andcircumstance reports are essential for understanding, planning, and implementingpractical and effective violent death prevention efforts at all levels of community andgovernment. Creating/expanding community crisis teams.Community crisis teams consist of Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention. Theseoperations build trust between a community and law enforcement, bringing them togetherto operate a community system of care.Community Prevention Teams focus resources and efforts on implementing upstreamlethal means of violence and suicide programs and initiatives. These practices are basedon curating connections among peer groups and at-risk groups and connecting publicservices to underserved communities on a human level.Community Intervention Teams are crucial for crises where communication and reactionare critical for de-escalation and peaceful outcomes. Intervention teams reduce violenceand injury for first responders, victims, and others involved and positively affect encounteroutcomes.Community Postvention Teams provide an immediate and crucial response for familiesand victims. Postvention teams are not just imperative for providing initial care, but also forthe follow-up services, which are essential for reducing post-traumatic outcomes.JAG-Eligible Subgrant Optional Opportunities3“Data elements collected provide valuable context about violent deaths,such as relationship problems; mental health conditions and treatment;toxicology results; and life stressors, including recent money, or work-related, or physical health problems. Decision-makers and programplanners can use this unique source of comprehensive information todevelop and tailor violence prevention efforts.”Morgan Sprecher,Indiana Violent Death Reporting System (INVDRS) Epidemiologist,Division of Trauma, and Injury Prevention.1.2.BYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

JAG-Eligible Subgrant Optional Opportunities (continued)4First responder body camera programs.The subgrantees will have the opportunity to request funding for enhancement or initiationof body camera usage. Grant funds can be requested for purchasing cameras,accessories, software, communication and technological enhancement, monitoring, andpersonnel required for the implementation of body camera programs.Veteran Specialty Courts.The subgrantees will have the opportunity to request funds to enhance/expand existingveteran court activities and programs, or to establish a veterans court program in countycourts that currently do not provide one.JAG-Ineligible Subgrantees ($910,735.00)JAG-ineligible subgrantees, or less-than-$10,000 jurisdictions, are defined as state courtsthat provide criminal and civil justice services.JAG-ineligible subgrantees will be awarded the minimum of $369,028.00 as determined bythe JAG formula and award calculation process set forth by the Bureau of Justice Statisticsplus an additional $541,707.00 from the state share for a total of $910,735.00 for state courts.IDVA will require JAG-ineligible subgrantees to follow the same process as the JAG-eligiblesubgrantees.JAG-ineligible subgrantees will receive funding for Veteran Specialty Courts. JAG-ineligiblesubgrantees will have the opportunity to:Request funds to enhance/expand existing veteran court programs, activities, orinitiatives.ORRequest funding to establish a veteran court program in county courts that currently do not provide a veteran specialty court.3.4.Current VeteranCourts in Indiana2892IndianaCountiesWithout Veteran CourtWithout Veteran CourtWith Veteran CourtWith Veteran Court70%70%BYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

Lethal Means Training and Education Outreach Program ($225,850.00)IDVA will utilize a portion of the state-allocated funds to implement a Lethal MeansEducation and Training Outreach Program. This outreach program will benefit bothveteran and civilian communities throughout the state of Indiana by meeting thecommunity where they are. The program will provide education and training on suicideawareness and prevention; mental health wellness, and firearm safety, storage, andusage. The outreach program will engage the Indiana gun ownership community throughevents at the Indiana Department of Natural Resources shooting ranges, communityshooting ranges, and a variety of gun and knife shows throughout the state. The intent isto interact with urban and rural communities. The outreach program will coordinatewith organizers to ensure community engagement events provide ample opportunityfor the presentation of all educational and training materials. The outreach events willcenter on activities to unite the gun ownership community with education on allaspects of gun safety and the importance of mental health fitness. Programimplementation will utilize indoor and outdoor event presentation materials, shelters,and products.The outreach program will:Provide educational and training information on proper gun locking techniques andequipment.Provide free trigger and cable locks for event participants.Provide training and educational materials on evidence-based training regardingdetecting suicidal ideation.Provide training and educational materials on suicide prevention, intervention, andpostvention interventions and strategies.Provide education and training to build peer-to-peer community programs.Provide education to initiate wellness and counseling programs for first responders.Provide Indiana State Park passes for veteran event participants to increase access to the facilities and the mental and physical health benefits available by visiting the Indiana State Parks.5Many adults who don’t currentlyown a gun say they could seethemselves owning one at somepoint. In fact, 52% of all non-gunowners – and 71% of those whohave owned a gun in the past –say they could see themselvesowning a gun in the future.Pew Research CenterThe demographics of gun ownershipBY KIM PARKER, JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ, RUTH IGIELNIK, J. BAXTER OLIPHANT AND ANNA BROWNBYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

Indiana Lethal Means Safe Storage Program ($1,000,000.00)Research and development of Pilot Program.IDVA will partner with a qualified entity to research programs and processes forsafely storing lethal means resulting in the creation of an Indiana safe storageprogram. The research will seek to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of safelystoring guns and other lethal means in all potential locations including, but notlimited to in-home, out-of-home, in-vehicle, membership clubs, workplace, and in-travel. The goal is to assess fit for all Indiana communities in the context of a state-wide program and campaign. The qualified entity will utilize research and data to create a pilot program based onbest practices with a focus on Indiana’s regional and community parameters whichcan be implemented throughout the state. This pilot program will increase knowledge of lethal means storage and addressavoiding dangerous access to lethal means. The program will provide safe storageopportunities and programs to fit all regional and economic communities in Indiana. This entity will use data, research, and gained knowledge to create the pilot safestorage program for the state of Indiana that works with all of Indiana’s diverseorganizations, communities, and units of government.The pilot safe storage program will be developed for detailed measurement ofprogrammatic goals.The pilot will be established with a standard process for measurement of programevaluation. Implementation of Pilot Program.IDVA will partner with a qualified entity to implement the Indiana Safe Storage Pilot Program developed in the research and development phase.The implementing entity will track all progress, measurement process and relative data with the IDVA Program Analysis Research Partner*.6BYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan*IDVA Program Analysis Research Partner is described in the Data Collection and Analysis sectionon page 7.

Data Collection and Analysis ($279,150.00)IDVA will grant funds to a highly qualified, experienced research partner to evaluateactivities, data, and outcomes. The research partner will evaluate the activities funded bythe SCIP grant and measure the effectiveness of the Bryne SCIP programmatic activitiesand initiatives. This research partner will research existing literature to identify valid and reliable measuresused to evaluate the safe storage pilot program and the lethal means training andeducation outreach program for the state of Indiana. This evaluation will include both process and outcome evaluation metrics that show thesuccess of implementation and the impact of the safe storage pilot program and thelethal means training and education program programs. The research partner will develop a system to capture data from JAG-eligible and JAG-ineligible awarded organizations, communities, and units of government.Together, IDVA and the CIAB will plan with the subgrantee to develop a meaningful,evidence-based strategy for grant-related data collection, identifying key performancemeasurements and metrics that will assess the impact of the program and how effectivelythe program has reduced gun violence and veteran suicide in Indiana. In collaboration with IDVA and the CIAB, the research partner will design standard andvalid measures that can be gathered by all subgrantees. As grant funds are obligated, IDVA will develop a data-reporting schedule for the researchpartner to meet all evaluations and reporting requirements. 7BYRNE SCIPIndiana PlanANALYSISEFFECTIVE CHANGEINSIGHT

01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,000Indirect CostLocal FundsState ShareTotalJAG-Eligible32.8%Safe Storage19.5%JAG-Ineligible17.8%Direct10%Indirect10%Analysis5.5%E/O4.4%JAG-EligibleSubgranteesJAG-IneligibleSubgranteesSafe StorageProgramEducation &OutreachData &AnalysisDirectFundsIndirectFunds$1,677,678.00$910,735.00$225,850.00$1,000,000.00$279,150.00$511,676.00$511,676.00Grant Budget OverviewIndiana’s $5,116,765.00 Byrne SCIP grant budget consists of three funding portions. The firstis a local pass-through (51%), the second is a state share (39%), and the third is indirectcosts (10%).Indiana’s action plan:8$511,676.00$2,588,413.00$2,016,676.00$5,116,765.00BYRNE SCIPIndiana Plan

Dennis A. Wimer, Director, IDVABryan Schmidt, Health & Wellness Coordinator, IDVA Joseph J. DeVito, Outreach Director, IDVAGabrielle J. Owens, General Counsel, IDVALaura McKee, Women Veterans Coordinator, IDVAPolli Pollem, Military Assistance Director, Indiana Legal Services Inc. Robert Burke, Captain, Indiana State PoliceMichael Ross, Behavioral Health Division Director, Indiana Criminal Justice InstituteMichelle Bulington, State Suicide Prevention Director, Indiana Family & Social Services Admin.Kathy Broniarczyk, Senior Director of Outreach & Operations, Military Family Research InstituteChrista Sutton, Director of Integrated Primary Prevention Workforce, INNGMorgan Sprecher, MPH, Indiana Violent Death Reporting System (INVDRS) EpidemiologistSteve Sonnega, Prosecuting Attorney, Morgan Co. IndianaIndiana Crisis Intervention Advisory BoardThe Indiana CIAB helps establish processes, provide guidance, and advise IDVA in theimplementation of the federal Byrne SCIP grant program. The CIAB is formed to beconsistent with the requirements of the Byrne SCIP federal grant program. The CIAB’smembership includes, but is not limited to, representatives from law enforcement, thecommunity, courts, prosecution, behavioral health providers, victim services, and legalcounsel. 9Indiana Crisis Intervention Advisory Board MembershipBYRNE SCIPIndiana PlanINDIANABYRNE-SCIPPreventionInterventionPost-ventionSafe StorageEducationTrainingDataReportingMeasurement