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The Oregon CJC is seeking training and technical assistance from a multi-disciplinary team to perform 3 tasks: 1) Develop an implementation plan for Lane and Klamath Counties; 2) advise on performance and outcome measures for counties implementing the Marion County program, 3) work with CJC to document the implementation process and prepare resources for other counties to replicate the process.
On December 6, 2013, the JRI Steering Committee approved South Dakota’s application to participate in Phase II of JRI, following an assessment by Vera. Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed JRI legislation, SB 70, in February 2013. Vera is working with the Governor’s office to develop performance measures, create an implementation plan and provide implementation assistance to the Unified Judicial System, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Social Services.
To help Georgia implement the policies contained in HB 1176, which contains many of the policies recommended to the legislature by the Georgia Special Council for Criminal Justice Reform. Technical assistance will begin with strategic planning to help the state and relevant agencies identify goals and priorities, and it will result in an implementation plan. By working with the state to develop an implementation plan, Vera will be able to facilitate Georgia’s application for seed funding from BJA to jumpstart some justice reinvestment policies.
Louisiana requests assistance in developing a quality assurance program around their Risk, Needs, Responsibility tool. They also require the facilitation of focus groups to inform the tools development and implementation.
Delaware would like assistance developing a structured devision making aid to assist magistrate judges in translating pretrial risk assessment results with release decision/placements
Ohio, as part of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, wants to create an automated central repository for probation information to assist in the data-driven decisionmaking process at the local and state levels.
To help Georgia implement the policies contained in HB 1176, which contains many of the policies recommended to the legislature by the Georgia Special Council for Criminal Justice Reform. Technical assistance will begin with strategic planning to help the state and relevant agencies identify goals and priorities, and it will result in an implementation plan. By working with the state to develop an implementation plan, Vera will be able to facilitate Georgia’s application for seed funding from BJA to jumpstart some justice reinvestment policies.
On December 6, 2013, the JRI Steering Committee approved South Dakota’s application to participate in Phase II of JRI, following an assessment by Vera. Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed JRI legislation, SB 70, in February 2013. Vera is working with the Governor’s office to develop performance measures, create an implementation plan and provide implementation assistance to the Unified Judicial System, the Department of Corrections and the Department of Social Services.
