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Submitted by Shaun Ali on

Dane County, Wisconsin is home to the world cass University of Wisconsin-Madison, home of the state capitol and commonly voted on our nation's best of's lists. Unfortunately, in the criminal justice system we are rank as United States most disparite county between African-American and white populations. Dane county is piloting a new Community Restorative Court aimed at the 17-25 year old population. r

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Dane County CRC
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Dane County Community Restorative Court
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Colleen Clark
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clark.colleen@countyofdane.com
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Assistance in bringing a national speaker to our conference on child abuse in a cultural context.

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Dane County used funds to pay for speaker. All other funding was provided by University of Wisconsin-American Family Children's Hospital, American Bar Association Racial Justice Improvement Project, and the University of Wisconsin-Department of Pediatrics.

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Dane County proposes a site visit to the Center of Court Innovation, Red Hook, Brownsville Community Justice and Mid Town Community Court during the week of Oct 20, 2014 to learn about best national practices. A technical assistance grant is necessary for travel and lodging expenses for a team comprised of the Community Restorative Court coordinator, Criminal Justice Coordinator, Judge, and Community Restorative Court Supervisor. We believe this technical assistance falls within BJA's strategic plan--specific to reduction of crime, improvement of community safety and support for public safety officers. The CRC will provide another tool for local officers to engage without formally charging offenders using restorative justice and procedural justice practices. Additionally, it will less the collateral consequences of criminal involvement, follow evidence based practices and reduce recividism. Dane County has shawn a commitment to change our criminal justice system--both with budget and staff support. The new Community Restorative Court is a pilot that has been funded. Upon its success, we would like to expand into other high need, high risk parts of our county. To create the most successful Community Restorative Court (pilot) we need to fully:
1. Understand the community court model and the roles of stakeholders.
2. Explore ways to promote stakeholder collaboration.
3. Learn from Center for Court Innovation programming that combats disproportionate minority contact in the justice system.
4. Learn about effective diversion strategies, including mechanisms and interventions.
5. Understand the basic components of planning for diversion options in Dane County
6. Hear how th e Center for Court Innovation collaborates with both traditional and problem-solving courts.
7. Understand the significance of procedural justice
8. Conduct a strategic planning session with CCI on how best to implement a proble-solving justice initiative in Dane County.
9. Understand how to collect appropriate data that can be easily anlyzed for a program evaluation.

The goals listed above with assist Dane County in making our pilot community restorative court a successful one. This, in turn, may lead Dane County to further expand the initiative. The ability to see courts in action, talk with and learn from other stakeholders, and establish a robust evaluation of our community court will be critical in this effort.
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Selected Provider 1: Center for Court Innovation
Bid: 9052.50
Proposal file: Budget.docx

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