The office of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney became a TTA site for FY'17 on January 23, 2017. The office intends to use the intensive training and technical assistance available under this grant program to develop a pre-filing, prosecutor-led diversion program focusing on felony property offenses committed by individuals who are drug and alcohol-involved or are mentally ill. The office also intends to explore the use of risks and needs assessment tools to assist decision-making about participant programming.
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• January 23- Mr. Hood participated in a conference call with John Savrnoch of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office to discuss prosecutor-led diversion TTA.
• April 3- Mr. Hood participated in a conference call with John Savrnoch of Santa Barbara County DA’s Office to discuss TTA for a new prosecutor-led diversion program.
• April 11- Mr. Hood participated in a conference call with John Savrnoch of Santa Barbara County DA’s Office to discuss TTA for a new prosecutor-led diversion program.
• June 21- Mr. Hood met with Marshall Clement, Bree Derrick, and Michelle of the Center for State Governments (CSG) to discuss diversion related TTA their respective organizations offer and opportunities to collaborate.
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