Persons with Mental Illnesses

12/15/2023: Meeting with Erica Hargis (Director, Probation and Parole, DOC), Kirk Gausepohl (Assistant Director, Probation and Parole, DOC) to discuss key takeaways from meetings with probation offices so far. (2 people representing 1 agency).Â

In December, CSG Justice Center staff finalized the hiring for the resident analyst for the LDPSC. The new?analyst, Chelsey Wright, will begin work on January 16, 2024.
Additionally, CSG Justice Center staff rescheduled the RCA learning retreat from this month to early 2024.?Despite the rescheduling, CSG Justice Center staff gave two presentations to the RCAs on risk-need-responsivity and best practices for correctional systems and correctional user perspectives.

Founding State Recruitment and Engagement

In December, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further brainstorm outreach strategies, apply new changes to language for TA requests, review self-assessment tool submissions, develop and update presentations for APPA virtual and in-person conference sessions, and identify project next steps.?

In November, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further brainstorm outreach strategies, update language for TA requests, review self-assessment tool submissions, develop a one-pager for a BJA-funded event, and identify project next steps.?

In October, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for TA, and identify project next steps.?

In September, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, provide technical assistance (TA) to selected states, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for TA, present at conferences about the guidelines, and identify project next steps.??

In August, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, further develop outreach strategies, update language for rolling applications for technical assistance (TA), present at conferences about the guidelines, and identify project next steps.
TA applications for the national guidelines project will be available on a rolling basis. Edits are being finalized to the language and will be shared with BJA for updating.

In July, CSG Justice Center staff continued to socialize the guidelines and engage key partners in the field, further develop outreach strategies, and update language to be used for rolling applications for technical assistance (TA). CSG Justice Center staff also submitted the draft of the presentation to be used at the APPA annual conference in August 2023 and identified project next steps.
CSG Justice Center staff reviewed self-assessment tool submissions and produced results pages for each past respondent, which the team will use for further outreach.