Families of Prisoners

Workshops with reentry focus presented at the APPA Winter Institute with the target audience for NA/AI communities and tribal leaders. The presenters were also NA/AI partners.

TTA outreach to tribal communities to discuss status of their programs, their needs for support, resources or referral for additional matters that are outside the scope of this TTA provider.

The National TIRW was a 3 day virtual training facilitated by national experts and delivered to 4 tribal affiliated groups on April 6-8, 2021. TIRW workshops aim to provide participants with the tools they need to develop effective reentry plans based on the sharing of operational, organizational, and culture-based concepts and processes that result in the identification of critical services and interventions needed to reduce recidivism and victimization.

Invited Session plenary speaker to the 2021 Virtual Mat-Su Reentry Summit. The emphasis of the summit was on building strong community partnerships and programs to enhance successful reentry and achieve recidivism reduction. My 75-minute session was titled, "Mental health and criminal justice."

APPA staff, Nan Benally was invited to present a 75 minute plenary session. The emphasis of the summit was on building strong community partnerships and programs to enhance successful reentry and achieve recidivism reduction. The session was titled, "2021 Virtual Mat-Su Reentry Summit."

TIRW-AK was a series of virtual modules facilitated by national experts and delivered to members of 8 Alaska native tribes and villages from March 16-18, 2021. Teams were comprised of tribal court specialists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, family contact facilitators, reentry coalition coordinators, crisis clinicians and council members, and others. Teams had to apply, be chosen, and complete several pre-workshop assignments.

The LA Probation PREA team was fully engaged with the JDI coaches this grant period. The coaches were able to able to provide assistance by reviewing several trainings for LACPD. The coaches were also able to help facilitate meetings with medical and mental health partners and the PREA team at LACPD.
Additionally, JDI coaches provided sample documents and trainings to LACPD and provided edits to the trainings LACPD developed during this reporting period.

King County was fully engaged with the JDI coaches this reporting period and included both the main contact for the grant, Dawn Breen, and the facility Chief of Operations Lisa Hymes-Davis on calls. The coaches assisted with a review and edits of the staffing plan and of youth education. The coaches have been able to assist King County in the process of applying for a no cost extension as well as in reviewing their plans for staff and youth education.

TMG coaches provided direction to the grantee on filing a no-cost extension. There was a changed in coaches during this review period from TMG consultant, Shirley Moore-Smeal to Caleb Asbridge during this reporting period. It took most of the period to establish regular communication with Jim Reilly, but TMG and the grantee now have weekly coaching sessions established.

JDI coaches were able to meet with the CCDOC PREA team several times during this reporting period. The coaches discussed the requirements for the implementation guide and time task plan and reviewed the goals set out by the grant. Additionally, the coaches assisted in finalizing CCDOC's implementation guide and time task plan. The contractor CCDOC has been working with was not expert in the time task plan format.