Corrections

Parole & Probation (P&P) in Lane County, Oregon is requesting technical assistance to revise its Policies and Procedures to align with their systems change to incorporate evidence-based practices (EBPs) into every aspect of their work with their clients. In Oregon, counties provide supervision and services for offenders who have committed felonies and are returning from imprisonment in state Department of Corrections facilities or are sentenced directly to probation.

Howard County is seeking assistance to complete a work release program feasibility study. The scope of work will generally include: determining eligible participants; program requirements; staffing; community partners; available resources; facilities and financial analysis. The planning process will bring together the county elected officials, law enforcement and corrections, courts, education providers, non-profits and community leaders to identify the most effective and efficient work release possible.

The Harford County Sheriff's Office is currently seeking to conduct a needs assessment of its crime analysis and criminal intelligence gathering capabilities. Currently, we are experiencing gaps in the services that the units are able to provide. The areas we seek to address in this assessment are in the capabilities of the personnel and the technology available to provide an accurate and effective product.

Personnel

Travel support for four individuals to travel to OJP to present.

Requesting TTA to establish a municipal court.

Technical assistance with the implementation of The Drug Market Intervention evidence-based model. This engagement consisted of one day of training, and one day of individual follow-up meetings with stakeholder agencies. Training participants consisted of mainly Camden County Police Department officers (and other ranks), other Camden County personnel, as well as members from the Newark (NJ) VRN site, Wilmington (DE) VRN site, and West Memphis (AR) VRN site.

NCJA Travel

I am writing in regards to training for David Kennedy's Drug Market Intervention training for my city. I am a Councilmember for the city of Anniston (David E. Reddick) and I would like to bring the District Attorney for Calhoun County (Brian McVaigh) a community organizer (Vince Williams) and my new drug taskforce head (Allen George). I am interested in this small group attending training so that it can be implemented in the City of Anniston

BJA has requested that individuals from the Denver County Sheriff's Office participate in a panel discussion at the American Correctional Association (ACA) conference in August 2015.

BJA will commission a White Paper on risk assessment use in state and local sentencing decision making. The final report will be a critical tool to expand BJA's knowledge of how risk information is used, and may impact future BJA funding priorities and strategies.