• 8/5: Call with Director of Government and External Relations (MN DOC), Tribal Liaison (MN DOC), Communications Director (Office of the Governor), Policy Advisor (Office of the Governor), and Director of Boards and Commissions to plan launch activities for the Justice Reinvestment project.
• 8/12: Call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) to discuss the project’s status and launch activities.
• 8/19: Virtual monthly call with Delivery System Standards and Funding working group.
• 8/20: Call with MN State Court Administrator to discuss judicial branch engagement.
• 8/23: Call with Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to plan for September assessment activities.
• 8/25: Call with Director (Wright County, MN Probation Office) to discuss scheduling of assessment activities.
• 8/26: Call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss the project’s status and launch activities.
• 8/27: Virtual call with the Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers (MACPO).
• 8/27: Virtual call with the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties (MACCAC).
• 8/27: Call with Division Director (Texas Department of Criminal Justice) to discuss allocation of Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD) funding.
• 9/7: Virtual assessment meeting with Director (Morrison County) to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 9/7: Virtual focus group with ARC division directors and supervisors to discuss risk and needs assessments, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/8: Virtual focus group with Morrison male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/9: Virtual focus group with Morrison County supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/9: Virtual assessment meeting with Effective Living Center to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 9/10: Virtual assessment meeting with Director (Sherburne County) to discuss his agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 9/14: Virtual assessment meeting with Sherburne County Supervisors to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/15: Virtual focus group with Itasca Female Clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/15: Virtual assessment meeting with ARC Executive Director to discuss his agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 9/15: Virtual focus group with Mower County clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/16: Virtual assessment meeting with DFO directors and supervisors to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/17: Virtual assessment meeting with Director (DFO) to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 9/20: Virtual assessment meeting with Sherburne County Probation Officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/21: Focus group with Sherburne County male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/21: Focus group with Sherburne County female clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/22: Virtual assessment meeting with DFO probation officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/22: Focus group with Morrison male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/23: Virtual assessment meeting with Hennepin County probation officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/23: Virtual assessment meeting with ARC supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/23: Virtual assessment meeting with Hennepin County supervisors to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 9/24: Focus group with DFO male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/24: Focus group with ARC male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/24: Focus group with ARC female clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 9/28: Delivery System Standards and Funding Policy Working Group meeting.
• 9/1: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/3: Call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators (MACSSA) staff to discuss how the behavioral health and criminal justice systems collaborate at the local level.
• 9/7: Call with Roseau County Commissioner to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/8: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/9: Call with Itasca County Probation Director to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/9: Call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/13: Call with Yellow Medicine County Commissioner to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/15: Call with Otter Tail County Commissioner to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/15: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/15: Call with Project Manager (DOC), Field Services Director (DOC), District Supervisor (DOC), and Manager Southern Region (DOC) to discuss the DOC probation assessment.
• 9/16: Call with Scott County Commissioner to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/16: Call with Executive Director (MN Attorneys Association) to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/16: Call with Chair of Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/16: Call with Director of Research (DOC) and Chief Business Technology Officer (DOC) to discuss the potential of a Lantern project in the state.
• 9/22: Call with Hennepin County Commissioner to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/23: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/27: Call with Dakota County Sheriff to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/28: Call with Racial Justice Initiative (Director and Professor at University of St. Thomas) to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 9/29: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 9/29: Call with Court Services Director (Minnesota Judicial Branch) and Inter-Governmental Liaison (Minnesota Judicial Branch) to discuss updates to the project.
• 10/1: Meeting with Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
• 10/4: Weekly call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Hennepin County (MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 10/4: Virtual assessment meeting with Director (Hennepin County community corrections) to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/4: Virtual focus group with the DOC Field Service Management team to discuss risk and needs assessments, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/4: Virtual assessment meeting with Clay County District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/8: Call with Chair (Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee) and Committee Administrator (Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee of the MN House of Representatives) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 10/8: Meeting with Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) to continue planning for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
• 10/13: Virtual focus group with Clay County supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/13: Virtual focus group with Clay County male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/13: Virtual assessment meeting with Beltrami County District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/13: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner to discuss updates to the project.
• 10/14: Virtual focus group with Beltrami County supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/15: Virtual assessment meeting with Carver County Intensive Supervised Release District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/18: Meeting with Field Service Management team to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment project.
• 10/18: Meeting with NAMI Executive Director to discuss the behavioral health needs of people on probation.
• 10/18: Weekly call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 10/18: Virtual assessment meeting with Wright County District Supervisor to discuss his agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/18: Virtual focus group with Wright County supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/19: Virtual assessment meeting with Core Treatment to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/19: Virtual focus group with Wright County male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/20: Call with Midge Christianson (Region 6W Community Correction) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
• 10/20: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations, and DOC staff to discuss updates to the project.
• 10/20: Virtual assessment meeting with North Homes to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/20: Virtual assessment meeting with Central Minnesota Health Center to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/20: Virtual assessment meeting with Project PathFinder to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/21: Monthly meeting of the Delivery System Standards and Funding Policy Working Group
• 10/21: Meeting with Field Service Management team to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment project.
• 10/21: Virtual assessment meeting with Program for Recovery to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/21: Virtual assessment meeting with Beltrami County Intensive Supervised Release District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/21: Virtual assessment meeting with Wright County Intensive Supervised Release District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/22: Virtual focus group with Beltrami County male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/22: Virtual focus group with Beltrami County female clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/25: Call with Otter Tail County Commissioner to recap the findings and discussion from the previous working group meeting.
• 10/26: Virtual focus group with Carver County supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/26: Virtual focus group with Hennepin County Intensive Supervised Release supervision officers to identify how risk and needs are assessed in each county, contact standards, implementation practices for evidence-based supervision, client satisfaction, and the outcomes of supervision.
• 10/26: Virtual assessment meeting with First Street Center to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/27: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations, and DOC staff to discuss updates to the project.
• 10/27: Virtual assessment meeting with Carver County District Supervisor to discuss her agency’s philosophies and policies, quality assurance practices, and the training available to staff.
• 10/28: Virtual focus group with Carver County male clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/28: Virtual focus group with Carver County female clients to better understand their experience on supervision and their access to community services.
• 10/29: Virtual assessment meeting with NorthStar Regional to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/29: Virtual assessment meeting with Solid Comfort to determine the programs, mental health, and substance use treatment services offered by the agency.
• 10/29: Virtual assessment meeting with Assistant City Prosecutor (Moorhead, Barnesville, Dilworth, Glyndon) to introduce the Minnesota Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/1: Virtual meeting with a Carver County male client to better understand his experience on supervision and his access to community services.
11/1: Virtual meeting with Executive Director (Office of Justice Programs) to better understand how Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative can support victims of crime.
11/2: Virtual meeting with Executive Director (Minnesota Alliance on Crime) to better understand how Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative can support victims of crime.
11/4: Virtual meeting with the DOC Field Service Management team to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/4: Virtual meeting with the Sentencing Guidelines Commission to introduce Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative and provide updates to the project.
11/4: Virtual meeting with Executive Director (Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition) to better understand how Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative can support victims of crime.
11/5: Virtual meeting with Judge (Ninth Judicial District) to introduce Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative and provide updates to the project.
11/9: Weekly check-in call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/9: Call with President/CEO (Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and former judge) to introduce Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative and provide updates to the project.
11/10: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
11/10: Virtual meeting with Chief Judge (Second Judicial District) to introduce Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative and provide updates to the project.
11/15: Virtual meeting with Senator (Chair of the finance committee) to discuss her role as co-chair for the Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment.
11/15: Weekly check-in call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/15: Virtual meeting with Executive Director (Project Pathfinder) to learn more about the services his agency provides to people on community supervision.
11/15: Virtual meeting with (member of Decarcerate Minnesota) to introduce Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative and provide updates to the project.
11/15: Virtual meeting with Field Services Director (DOC) to discuss early findings to the DOC community supervision assessment.
11/17: Virtual meeting with Representative (Republican Lead on Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy committee) to discuss her participation on the Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment.
11/17: Virtual meeting with senior project associate (Policy Research Associates) and Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/17: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
11/18: Virtual meeting with Field Service Management team to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment project.
11/18: Monthly meeting of the Delivery System Standards and Funding Policy Working Group.
11/19: Virtual meeting with DOC staff, Press Secretary (Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan), and Director of Boards and Commissions (Office of Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan) to discuss a communications plan for announcing the Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment.
11/19: Virtual meeting with Crime Victim Justice Unit Director (OJP) and Crime Victim Grants Director (OJP) to better understand how Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative can support victims of crime.
11/17: Call with Region 6W Community Correction to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/17: Call with NAMI Executive Director to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/17: Call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/19: Virtual meeting with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations, and DOC staff to brainstorm ideas for how best to approach the budget analysis.
11/22: Weekly check-in call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/22: Call with NAMI Executive Director and American Indian Mental Health Clinical Coordinator (Minnesota Department of Human Services) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/23: Call with Director of Advocacy (MN Adult and Teen Challenge) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/24: Virtual meeting with Director of Government Relations and DOC staff to discuss how best to inform the legislature about the progress of Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11/29: Call with Senior Department Administrator (Hennepin County) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/30: Call with Court Services Director to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
11/20: Meeting with Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
1. 12/1: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
2. 12/2: Virtual meeting with Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates), Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates), American Indian Mental Health Clinical Coordinator (Minnesota Department of Human Services), Director of Advocacy (MN Adult and Teen Challenge), and Senior Department Administrator (Hennepin County) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
3. 12/3: Virtual meeting with Dakota County Sheriff to discuss his participation on the Governor’s Council on Justice Reinvestment.
4. 12/8: Virtual meeting with Health and Human Services Policy Advisor to the Governor to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
5. 12/9: Virtual meeting with Deputy Commissioner (DOC) to discuss updates to the project.
6. 12/10: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
7. 12/10: Virtual meeting with the Delivery System Standards and Funding Policy Working Group, Community Corrections Division (Oregon Department of Corrections), and Assistant Director (Oregon Department of Corrections) to learn more about Oregon’s community corrections act.
8. 12/10: Meeting to understand how the HRU functions and makes decisions regarding revocations of people on supervised release.
9. 12/13: Virtual meeting with CPO directors to preview the findings from the probation assessment.
10. 12/13: Weekly check-in call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
11. 12/14: Virtual meeting with Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) and Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
12. 12/15: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
13. 12/15: Virtual meeting with CCA directors to preview the findings from the probation assessment.
14. 12/16: Virtual meeting with the DOC Field Service Management team to provide an update on Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
15. 12/12: Monthly meeting of the Delivery System Standards and Funding Policy Working Group.
16. 12/17: Virtual meeting with Legislative Assistant (Minnesota Inter-County Association), Executive Director (Minnesota Inter-County Association), and Policy Analyst, (Association of Minnesota Counties) to discuss CSG Justice Center staff participation at the MICA annual meeting in January.
17. 12/20: Weekly check-in call with Policy Analyst (Association of Minnesota Counties) and Director (Hennepin County, MN Corrections) to discuss updates to Minnesota’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative.
18. 12/21: Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates), Senior Project Associate (Policy Research Associates), Dakota County Sheriff, and Director of Advocacy (MN Adult and Teen Challenge) to plan for a virtual Behavioral Health Summit in January.
19. 12/22: Weekly check-in call with MN DOC Commissioner, Director of Government Relations (DOC), and DOC Staff to discuss updates to the project.
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