Court Services

I am the Planning Coordinator for 2014 Bryne Justice Assistance Grant to design a Wellness/Mental Health Court for the Aurora Municipal Criminal Courts. Part of our grant has dollars set aside to do a intercept mapping for the gaps in our delivery system. I have looked locally for a moderator and have been unsuccessful. I reached out to our state JAG for assistance and they referred me to you.

The Oregon CJC is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to perform 3 tasks: 1) Develop an implementation plan for Lane and Klamath Counties; 2) advise on performance and outcome measures for counties implementing the Marion County program, 3) work with CJC to document the implementation process and prepare resources for other counties to replicate the process.

The city has areas that are run down and unkempt resulting in community blight that is unattractive to homeowners and businesses. There are a large number (some 8000) abandoned buildings, although the city has started a demolition effort. Much of the housing stock is rental property providing no incentive for maintaining the property and we've seen limited landlord engagement to keep the properties up. Gary has seen a drop in population over the last decade, resulting in fewer jobs and businesses. This has led to buildings being abandoned and allowed to deteriorate.

Louisiana requests assistance in developing a quality assurance program around their Risk, Needs, Responsibility tool. They also require the facilitation of focus groups to inform the tools development and implementation.

Delaware would like assistance developing a structured devision making aid to assist magistrate judges in translating pretrial risk assessment results with release decision/placements

The Sandoval County District Court would like to receive some training and guidance with our pretrial services program. A general training in the research recommended functioning of how the program should be run as well as some support in the purchase or development of our own PTS risk assessment tool is very much needed.

We are seeking training for first-line supervisors in the areas of management, leadership, organizational efficiency, etc. Formal, detailed request to follow.

The 26th Judicial District is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to design an approach using best practices for the scheduling cases from filing to disposition and the management of the docket within the courtroom itself. Achieving buy-in from court officials with diverse perspectives is key. This effort will result in a more productive courtroom and effective utilization of courtroom time.

Dane County, Wisconsin ranks as the nation's highest county in racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Our pre-trial services need to learn best practices to facilitate a reduction in racial disparities and earlier resolution of cases.

We have an increase in domestic violence calls for service. We also have an increase in burglaries and vandalism. I believe the underlying problem to all of the increase in crime is due to the increase in drug use/abuse.