Why Choose NGC@IIR

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) team includes more than 100 staff members and more than 100 subject-matter experts whose backgrounds include law enforcement leadership, officer safety and wellness, gang prevention and intervention, criminal intelligence, fusion centers, violence reduction, information sharing, data analysis, project management, writing, training development and delivery, and event administration.

The National Gang Center at IIR is supported by staff and subject-matter experts with extensive experience in working with communities to assess gang problems and then build and sustain community-driven, comprehensive strategies to reduce gang-related crime and violence. Our proven expertise includes:

Gang Abatement Strategy	Capacity Building
Problem assessment	Community engagement
Community asset mapping	Stakeholder engagement
Strategic planning	Building effective collaboration
Strategy implementation	Project director and staff training
Sustainability planning	Grant management
Prevention	Intervention team management
Multidisciplinary intervention	Street outreach training
Street outreach	Gang identification and investigations
Focused enforcement	Gang analysis and intelligence
	Law enforcement task force operations

Why Work with Us?

Choosing the National Gang Center at IIR provides the following value-added benefits:

• IIR has been a trusted training and technical assistance provider for the United States Department of Justice for more than 40 years.
• Access to a cadre of nationally recognized experts with decades of experience working as practitioners in the field—overcoming the same challenges that your community faces in reducing violent gang-related crime.
• Proven experience in providing training and consulting services to hundreds of communities across the nation.
• A unique understanding that every community requires a custom solution—driven by community members as key stakeholders—matching available resources to the unique needs of each neighborhood