10/4/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) about the possibility of changing the date of the tri-branch meeting. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/5/2023: Phone call to Beth Moore (Data Coordinator, Department of Corrections) to establish a date for an in-person meeting between CSG Justice Center staff, Erica Hargis (Director of Probation and Parole, Department of Corrections) and Cookie Crews (Commissioner, Department of Corrections). (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/5/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) to discuss his suggestions for Kentucky leadership attendees for the 50-state event. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/9/2023: Two phone calls with Natalie Burikhanov (Executive Director, Office of Legislative & Intergovernmental Services, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) to discuss convening the Kentucky JRI Working Group. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/11/2023: Phone call with Natalie Burikhanov (Executive Director, Office of Legislative & Intergovernmental Services, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) to prepare for tri-branch meeting later in the day. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/17/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) to confirm that the official working group and press releases/announcements would be on hold until after the election; and discussed his suggestions for 50 state event attendees. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/18/2023: Four Phone calls with Natalie Burikhanov (Executive Director, Office of Legislative & Intergovernmental Services, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) to discuss the governor holding off on announcement of working group until after the November elections. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/18/23: Phone call with Morgan Hall (Communications Director, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) to discuss the CSG Justice Center's possible involvement in a press conference and release commemorating Domestic Violence Month and the possible inclusion of announcing the launch of Kentucky's JRI project. The JRI project was not mentioned in these materials. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency).Â
10/27/23: Virtual meeting with Nakela Cleveland (Office Manager, ZeroV), Meg Savage (Legal Counsel, ZeroV), Carol Ford (Program Specialist, Education, Change and Accountability Program (BIP), ZeroV), and Simone Marx (Program Specialist, Education, Change and Accountability Program, ZeroV) to introduce the Kentucky JRI project to ZeroV staff we havenât previously met and to discuss how BIPs operate in Kentucky. (4 people in attendance, representing 1 agency) 11/01/2023: Virtual meeting with Katherine "Katie" Comstock (Director, Administrative Offices of the Courts); Jason Reynolds (Director, Office of Government Affairs, Administrative Offices of the Courts) to introduce Director Comstock to the team and discuss how the courts will be involved in the project.Â
11/01/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) to share project updates and to follow up on a recommendation he had for the Kentucky working group.Â
11/02/2023: Virtual meeting with over 10 Department of Corrections stakeholders to discuss project updates and coordinate with the regional probation and parole managers focus groups for the site visit the week of November 13.Â
11/03/2023: Virtual meeting with Leo Hobbs (Owner & Co-Founder, New Beginningsâ¯Educationâ¯and Counseling Center, Inc.) to introduce the project and work with him to arrange an in-person meeting for the upcoming November 13 â" 15 site visit.Â
11/06/2023: Virtual meeting with Joey Comley (Kentucky State Director, Right on Crime) to introduce the KY JRI Domestic Violence project and gain insight into the Safer Kentucky Act.Â
11/20/2023: Virtual meeting with Natalie Burikhanov (Legislative Director, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet) to update her on the project and coordinate with her about what an executive order to convene the working group could look like.Â
11/21/2023: Virtual meeting with Melanie Jacobs (Dean, School of Law, University of Louisville); Jennifer Tuvlin (Director, Development Department, School of Law, University of Louisville) CSG Justice Center staff introduce themselves to Dean Jacobs and Director Tuvlin and talk about the Mary Bryon Center. They also discussed how Dean Jacobs might join the working group.Â
11/29/2023: Virtual meeting with Jason Reynolds (Director, Government Affairs, Administrative Office of the Courts) to update him on the project and coordinate with him to meet with AOC pre-trial services and judgesÂ
11/30/2023: Virtual meeting with Morgan Hall (Communications Director, Office of the Secretary Justice & Public Safety Cabinet) to discuss the promotion for the launch of the project and signing of the Executive Order forming the working group. 12/14/2023: Focus group with AJ Hudley (Assistant Supervisor, Manchester Probation and Parole Office), Barry Cochrane (Supervisor, Manchester Probation and Parole Office), Brian Spurlock (Probation and Parole Officer), Justin Riggs (Probation and Parole Officer), Jack Smith (Probation and Parole Officer) in the Manchester office to better understand the trends they are seeing among their clients. (5 people representing 1 agency).Â
12/14/2023: Meeting with Kelli Robinson (In staff therapist, DOC), Dan Goyette (Program Coordinator, Division of Re-Entry Services, DOC) to discuss the details of the in-staff crisis therapy for DOC employees and discuss how Re-Entry Services programming is contracted with local mental health centers and nonprofits. (2 people representing 1 agency).Â
1/15/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) to provide updates on the project and discuss his impressions of the Safer Kentucky Act. (1 person representing 1 agency)Â
12/21/2023: Meeting with Angela Darcy (Executive Officer of Pre-trial Services, Administrative Office of the Courts) to better understand the interventions available through pre-trial services. (1 person representing 1 agency).Â
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