$2,501 - $5,000

Grantee Franklin County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts contacted COSSUP for TTA. The request detailed the need for a second in-person support to hold a 1-2 day meeting with members of their CONNECT deflection team. They wanted to convene the group to create shared agreements to address the complex intersection of law enforcement, child welfare, and peer recovery in our post-opioid overdose response.

TASC’s Center for Health and Justice (CHJ) has been providing training and technical assistance (TTA) to the Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) Minnesota Addiction Recovery Initiative (MARI) program since 2022. This includes facilitating bi-weekly program meetings and support for grant management, program design, planning, and implementation.

Two Aurora PSP site representatives and one Rochester representative attended the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) 2024 Public Safety Symposium. This symposium convened a diverse group of those involved in public safety efforts around the country, including police, prosecutors, community supervision, crime analysts, researchers, community members, and criminal justice practitioners. During the 4-day symposium, attendees discussed innovative public safety initiatives, evidence-based violence reduction practices, and other contemporary criminal justice topics.

Representatives from the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) visited the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) on November 12–13, 2024, to learn about strategies for reducing violent crime within the unhoused population. The LVMPD showcased its multifaceted approach, emphasizing the role of the Behavioral Health Unit. The LVMPD reported a remarkable 7% recidivism rate among those who participate in these services.

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Where an auditor's work has been reviewed in either the peer review process or a documentation review and demonstrates a misunderstanding of PREA Standards or difficulty complying with practices that are outlined in the PREA Auditor Handbook, National PREA Resource Center (PRC) staff works with the PREA Management Office (PMO) to define remediation steps to support the auditor's learning and continuing audit practice. Remediation plans include PMO-approved resources, tools, and mentoring by a peer of the auditor or PRC staff.

PRC staff member Teresa Stroud, along with Carmela Romero, the Associate Director of Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention, presented an in-person training at the National Symposium on Juvenile Services 2024. The National Symposium of Juvenile Services is made up of members from across the United States, primarily those providing services in county and state-run juvenile detention facilities. They hold an annual training symposium in various parts of the United States to provide training on topics impacting juvenile Justice.

The Deflection Mentoring Initiative provides communities interested in starting deflection programs the opportunity to learn from established or innovative programs that have shown success in meeting the treatment needs of individuals with a substance use disorder, and in some cases an overdose. During site visits, mentors will provide opportunities for observation and peer-to-peer exchanges, including opportunities to observe the law enforcement/first responder diversion or referral program in action and allowing mentee sites to engage with program personnel. Mentee match is pending.

"Priority Area 1: Assist the three delivery systems with identifying strategies and developing comprehensive statewide supervision recommendations and definitions for community supervision.
Update: In November, CSG Justice Center staff traveled onsite to present working group recommendations to CSAC for case planning and a behavior response grid, which will support more equitable supervision strategies for community supervision. Recommendations were approved and will be sent to the MN DOC Commissioner for approval.

Deflection TTA: South Carolina Sites