Persons with Disabilities

During this review period, the coach had monthly contact with the grantee. The site is focused on working with their IT vendor to get the new risk assessment into their system. The vendor has been very slow, so there have not been any substantial updates from the site. The grantee is on task and focused on project goals and timeline. The coach has no reservations about the site's ability to complete its activities on time.

During this reporting period, the coach met less frequently with the site during this reporting period. The project has wrapped up grant activities and is just working on satisfying the match requirement.

During this reporting period both OYA and DOC wrapped up final project tasks. They will begin closeout activities in the next reporting period. Both sites continue to be thoughtful in their PREA implementation efforts and they have completed tasks successfully. The grant successfully closed out on 9/30/23.

During this reporting period, the coaches and the site intended to meet once per month, but twice it was determined that there were no major updates and the site provided an email update. The newly hired mental health staff are keeping quite busy doing assessments and follow-ups with people who express prior sexual victimization. This is exactly what they wanted these positions to do, so they are seeing the fruits of their labor.

During this reporting period, the agency coach from JDI is pleased to report that the DOC and OYA are making progress on their individualized plans for coming into PREA compliance. Not only are they making progress on things like policy revisions, educational materials, and creating internal work groups, but they are each growing in their confidence around their jobs. This is especially important for the DYA PREA Coordinator.

During this reporting period, the second-year funds from the Great Lake Leadership Training were reallocated to host the Annual National PREA Coordinators Conference in Buffalo, NY in July 2024. The female curriculum and training execution is complete.

During this reporting period, the PREA education video was discussed and will be gender responsive and intended to comply with the DOJ settlement agreement at the female facility. The RFP is in procurement and a vendor cannot be identified until the RFP is released. Video scripting and purposes. Discussions were conducted with the group regarding the pros/cons of use of actual inmates and staff for videos. Suggestion by some staff to use former inmates, which would be less complicated. Staff will discuss with administration.

During this reporting period, the current PREA screening tool, instructions/procedures, and other related content was reviewed and revised. The agency requested guidance to develop an objective PREA risk assessment to determine the resident risk of victimization or abusiveness. PREA risk assessment instructions will be provided with the revised risk assessment tool. The team discussed numerical weightings for the risk screening tool.
TMG coaches met with the agency contacts for a coaching session on October 25, 2023.

During the reporting period, The FY2022 MOU was signed by the county and the funds were released in November 2023. As Broward has two other active site-based grants, activity was focused on those which were opened earlier. An Implementation plan is still needed for the FY 22 grant.

During this reporting period, the PREA Coordinator abruptly left their position. An interim PC was identified; however, the PREA implementation has slowed significantly so the interim PC can better understand what is required for PREA compliance and grant strategy completion. An NCE, budget and program GAM was discussed, reviewed, revised and submitted. The NCE was approved. TMG coaches and administrative staff were heavily involved in guiding the agency through this process. The MOU with Swedish-American Hospital was not approved and signed by the county's court services director.