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Submitted by James Lah on

Parole & Probation (P&P) in Lane County, Oregon is requesting technical assistance to revise its Policies and Procedures to align with their systems change to incorporate evidence-based practices (EBPs) into every aspect of their work with their clients. In Oregon, counties provide supervision and services for offenders who have committed felonies and are returning from imprisonment in state Department of Corrections facilities or are sentenced directly to probation. We are requesting that this technical assistance begin approximately 60 days after submission of our TA Request and allow 6 month from the time of the agreement between NTTAC and the TA provider to complete the work.

The Lane County Probation Policy Manual currently has four chapters, 15 subjects, and an estimated total of 100 policies within the subjects. We are requesting technical assistance support from NTTAC to continue and complete this project. The technical assistance provider would review, research, write, format, and edit 14 additional polices that have an evidence based research foundation. The provider also will review, edit, and lay out the 77 non‐research related policies that Lane County staff will rewrite along with the nine policies that were completed in the first stage of the project. The final package of policies will be a total of 100 policies that will be edited, formatted, and sent electronically to Lane County P&P.

TTA Short Name
Parole Supervision Policy Support
Status of Deliverable
Status Changed
Type of Agency
TTA Title
Lane County Parole Supervision Policy Support
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Description of the Problem

The Lane County Probation Policy Manual currently has four chapters, 15 subjects, and an estimated total of 100 policies within the subjects. We are requesting technical assistance support from NTTAC to continue and complete this project. The technical assistance provider would review, research, write, format, and edit 14 additional polices that have an evidence based research foundation

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Policy and Procedure Development (Evidence Based Foundation)
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Primary Recipient Agency Name
Lane County Parole & Probation
Primary Recipient Contact Name
Donovan Dumire
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Donovan.Dumire@co.lane.or.us
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How do you anticipate that the requested assistance will address the problems?
Over the past two years P&P, under the leadership of Manager Donovan Dumire, has been undergoing a major systems change effort to incorporate EBPs into all aspects of their work. A little over two years ago P&P was moved by the County Commissioners from the Lane County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) to a division of County Administration. All policies and procedures were aligned with those of LCSO and did not reflect implementation of community corrections EBPs. The initial stage of beginning to revise policies and procedures was completed in 2014 by The Carey Group as part of a Bureau of Justice Assistance Local Justice Reinvestment Initiative Implementation Grant to the County. The Carey Group reviewed and organized existing policies, created a template for the refreshed policies to follow, and researched, rewrote and formatted nine policies. Short term, this assistance will capture the changes in how P&P does its work, updating their current polices and developing an evidence based foundation that underlies and supports their various policies as a means of establishing the rationale for the policy and expected outcomes. Long term, this change in operations will improve the staff and agency’s ability to successfully implement EBPs which are proven to prevent and reduce recidivism, crime, and victimization.
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