Iowa
Iowa Initiatives
In partnership with Iowa state leaders, the CSG Justice Center is working on several key criminal justice initiatives to increase public safety, including Stepping Up and Face to Face.

The latest COVID-19 developments and resources for governments officials.
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On October 12, 2022, the Iowa Oversight Committee on Justice Reinvestment met…
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On June 2, 2022, the Iowa Oversight Committee on Justice Reinvestment met…
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Iowa, like many states, faces various challenges related to ordering, collecting, and…
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In Iowa—and across the country—victims of crime are legally entitled to request…
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A first-of-its-kind analysis from the CSG Justice Center examines education- and employment-related…
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We break down how governors across the country talked about criminal justice…
Read MoreThe Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice…
Read MoreThe Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested…
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The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), administered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance with technical assistance from the CSG Justice Center, facilitates collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, and mental health and substance use treatment systems to better serve people with mental illnesses and increase public safety.
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The Stepping Up partners have released a new resource, the Set, Measure, Achieve Progress Survey, for counties interested in tracking and sharing progress toward their goals for Set, Measure, Achieve, the Stepping Up initiative’s latest call to action.
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Counties have increasingly prioritized addressing and eliminating inequities in the criminal justice and behavioral health systems in recent years. But these pervasive inequities can be complex to understand and overwhelming to counties that are just starting to confront them.
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