The delivery of pretrial services in New York State appears inconsistent although the New York State Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives has adopted a set of Pretrial Release Standards. The public safety issue is that these inconsistencies create situations where subjective and non-evidence based practices are being used to assist judges in making release/bail decisions.
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Request originally submitted to NTTAC on 4/19/2012. Entered into dashboard on 2/22/2013.
Providers selected for consideration (previously 'Selected Providers' field):
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Selected Provider 1: Community Resources for Justice
Bid: 50000.00
Proposal file: CJI_NTTAC_Pretrial_Narrative_final.pdf
Chosen Provider: Community Resources for Justice
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Craig McNair – President of the Board, Executive Director of NY Pretrial Services
Barb Darbey –Executive Director of National Association of Pretrial Services";s:32:"field_how_did_you_learn_about_nt";s:101:"Craig learned of it via Peter Kiers, outgoing president of National Association of Pretrial Services.";s:32:"field_what_are_your_organization";s:192:"Strengths – have the dedication of board members to further pretrial and various aspects of the field. The organization also has experts that are nationally recognized in pretrial services.";s:32:"field_what_are_organization_s_we";s:49:"Weaknesses: budget limitations/travel & training.";s:32:"field_what_opportunities_does_th";s:274:"Opportunities: Opportunity for long range planning. Three step process: gather info, focus groups and feedback, which then guides to targeted future planning and impactful conferences and have better legislation and enhancing communication between other pretrial agencies.";s:32:"field_what_are_the_challenges_th";s:148:"Manpower, need the right people. They have a dedicated board, but they need assistance from other people across the state. Also budget limitations.";s:32:"field_how_will_this_technical_as";s:314:"Long range: strengthens the whole idea of pretrial throughout the state. Goal to maintain state standards by creating model agencies. Goal for clients to be monitored appropriately before trial. Impacting issues of bail (issues of dangerousness that aren’t being addressed now due to statutes of NY currently)";s:32:"field_what_is_your_overarching_g";s:178:"Overarching goal: complete a survey, analyze data. Get a good idea of problems and issues that are being faced by NY state. Identify which counties do not have pretrial services.";s:32:"field_please_list_at_least_two_o";s:162:"1) Assistance with developing a survey for focus group (target audience: Pretrial Professionals)
2) Identify which counties in NY do not have pretrial services
";s:32:"field_as_a_result_of_this_tta_wh";s:153:"Good turnout of focus group, constructive feedback. Quality discussion re: NY state standards. Culminating in a successful 2013 conference and training.";s:32:"field_who_will_be_participating_";s:34:"1) Craig McNair
2) Barb Darbey
";s:32:"field_what_do_participants_need_";s:54:"Survey development and assistance in deploying survey.";s:32:"field_what_activities_experience";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_supports_you_in_this_e";s:78:"Office of Probation and Correctional Alternatives for NY State Robert MacCrome";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_i";s:39:"Just the two individuals requesting TTA";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_p";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_who_are_key_stakeholders_o";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_open_are_the_key_stake";s:17:"Willing and open.";s:32:"field_are_there_any_local_govern";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_how_will_your_organization";s:3:"N/A";s:32:"field_what_other_resources_do_yo";s:41:"Manpower, survey resources (surveymonkey)";}