Objective 2: Technology Development Technical Assistance
2 phone calls in July with 8 participants representing 3 agencies.
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ7/10/2024: Video Conference with Thea Mounts (Chief Data Officer, WADOC), Julie Dames Ryan (Grants Administrator, WADOC), Ryan Johnson (Counsel, WADOC), Amrit Dhir (Partnerships, Recidiviz), Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz), and Ramin Tohidi (Partner, Orrick) to discuss lingering provisions in data-sharing agreement and contract.Ê(6 participants, representing 3 agencies).
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ7/23/2024: Video Conference with Thea MountsÊ(Chief Data Officer, WADOC), Julie Dames Ryan (Grants Administrator, WADOC), Mac Pevey (Assistant Secretary of Community Corrections Division, WADOC), Molly Cohen (Partnerships, Recidiviz), and Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz) to kick off the project and discuss next steps around data access, the legal contract, a site visit, and general TA support opportunities.Ê(5 participants, representing 2 agencies).
3 video conferences in August with 7 participants representing 2Êagencies.
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ8/7/2024: Video conference with Melissa Andrewjeski (Head of Gig Harbor Facility, WADOC) and Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz) to discuss the Recidiviz technology tool project as well as the potential to conduct a site visit to learn more about their operations.Ê(2 participants, representing 2 agencies)
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ8/6/2024: Video conference with Kambiz Tavabi (IT Analyst, WADOC), Danica Ersland IT Analyst, WADOC), Ben Packer (Data Scientist, Recidiviz), Lili Dworkin (Technical Project Manager, Recidiviz), and Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz), to discuss technical details for data mining including the structure of data, validation protocols and next steps.Ê(5 participants, representing 2 agencies)
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ8/21/2024: Video conference with Mac Pevey (Assistant Secretary of Community Corrections Division, WADOC) and Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz) to discuss opportunities for the CSG Justice Center to offer technical assistance in addressing persistent trends of absconsion.Ê(2 participants, representing 2 agencies)
2 video conferences in September with 5 participants representing 2 agencies.
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ9/24/24: Video conference with Mac Pevey (Assistant Secretary of Community Corrections, WADOC), Thea Mounts (Chief Data Officer, WADOC), and Steve Johnson (Regional Administrator for Community Corrections, WADOC) to discuss the CSG Justice CenterÕs project plan to address persistent trends of absconsion in Washington. The WADOC team approved the project scope and the CSG Justice Center team will finalize a project plan and project scope of work to be presented to BJA.Ê(3 participants, representing 1 agency)
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ9/30/2024: Video conference with Mac Pevey (Assistant Secretary of Community Corrections, WADOC), Molly Cohen (Partnerships, Recidiviz), Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz) to discuss the content of the roadmap, provide some updates on the smart supervision project, and talk about potential for Recidiviz tools to support the agency.Ê(3 participants, representing 2 agencies)Ê
1 video conference in October with 1 participant representing 1 agency.
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ10/30/2024: Video Conference with Richard A. Hunsicker III (Management Analyst 5, Research & Data Analytics, WADOC) to debrief the aggregate absconder data and request additional metrics that analyze absconder data as a proportion of the entire supervision population.Ê(1 participant, representing 1 agency)
2 video conferences in November with 5 participants representing 2 agencies
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ11/21/2024: Video Conference with Ben Packer (Data Scientist, Recidiviz), and Kambiz Tavabi (IT Analyst, WADOC) for Part 1 of the Machine Learning Model Training series to share updates on the latest with the WADOC machine learning model and teach WADOC staff about how these models are developed and operate.Ê(2 participants, representing 2 agencies)
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ11/22/2024: Video conference with Autumn Witten (Community Corrections Administrator, WADOC), Molly Cohen (Partnerships, Recidiviz), Kelly Schulz (Partnerships, Recidiviz) to discuss current policies and procedures, and the potential for Recidiviz tools to support the agency.Ê(3 participants, representing 2 agencies)
1 video conference in December with 2 participants representing 2 agencies
áÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ12/5/2024: Video Conference with Ben Packer (Data Scientist, Recidiviz), and Kambiz Tavabi (IT Analyst, WADOC) for Part 2 of the Machine Learning Model Training series to provide insight into how machine learning models are are developed and operate.Ê(2 participants, representing 2 agencies)
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