School Resource Officers - This program was funded from the Byrne Formula Grant Program, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. A conference was sponsored by the Attorney General in December 1998 where teams from 30 communities learned about this exciting new juvenile justice initiative. The School Resource Officer program is designed to place a full time police officer in the high school. The school resource officers handle security issues, do some teaching (civics, law, substance abuse prevention, conflict resolution, etc.) and perform an important mentoring and role model function for many students who are in need of this type of positive influence. Nationwide these programs have been tremendously successful, as have the programs created in New Hampshire.

Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws - This grant program is from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency. The major purpose area of this program is to restrict the access of underage youth to alcohol. Part of the initial funding has been sub granted to the NH Bureau of Substance Abuse Services, the NH Liquor Commission - Enforcement Division and the NH Teen Institute. A consensus was reached by the grant planning committee that the major areas of concentration for this year would be the communities surrounding the state college campuses in Durham, Keene and Plymouth. The Attorney General's Office then sponsored an initial one day meeting in February 1999 to assist these communities. Coalitions of interested individuals from each of these areas were formed to develop and implement strategies for their areas. Those coalitions were largely successful in their efforts, which led to the expansion of the coalition areas for subsequent years.

Local Law Enforcement Block Grants - The larger communities in the state receive direct awards under this program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. The state receives approximately $275,000 to be used to support activities which benefit all of the remaining communities in New Hampshire. Examples of recent activities with this program include efforts at enhancing the (Anthrax) testing capabilities at the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Public Health Lab. This effort illustrates how a single project can produce wide ranging benefits for a multitude of communities in New Hampshire. Another project involves the hiring of a training coordinator at the Police Standards and Training Academy, responsible for providing homeland security training for in service training for current law enforcement personnel and for all new police officers going through the recruit academy.

Justice Works - A new initiative made possible through coordination between the NH Department of Justice, the Northern New England Consortium for the Study of the Prevention and Control of Crime (NNECSPCC) and the UNH Cooperative Extension. This web page will assist criminal justice practitioners, and the general public, in learning more about what is new and innovative in the criminal justice field.

Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) - The New Hampshire Department of Justice is supporting the collaborative efforts of numerous New Hampshire agencies, including the New Hampshire Department of Safety, the New Hampshire Department of Corrections, and the Administrative Office of the Courts in an effort to create an enhanced criminal justice computer system in New Hampshire.