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Panel at the COSSUP Forum 2023
Title: Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion Affinity Group Discussions
Practitioners from the fields listed below will meet with their colleagues for peer-to-peer discussion on their work regarding deflection and pre-arrest diversion efforts and their roles in those efforts. This session is designed to encourage and promote cross-site collaboration, provide new knowledge, and support peer-to-peer learning. Colleagues who currently work in this field will facilitate the discussions.
Affinity groups may include:

In partnership with other agencies, CSG hosted the National Summit to Address States’ Criminal Justice Challenges event which brought together leaders and teams from all 50 states to learn more about the critical criminal justice challenges states are currently facing, and how data and research and other state examples may help identify new and effective strategies to address those challenges.

The United States has not followed a coherent set of guidelines on the development and use of risk and needs assessment, and most states and counties have not tested their instruments for accuracy and fairness across race, ethnicity, and gender. In partnership with BJA, the CSG Justice Center worked with a group of 26 national experts, including researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, to develop a set of 13 practical guidelines and a suite of practical resources that advise criminal justice agencies on the use of post-conviction risk and needs assessments.

Panel at the COSSUP Forum 2023
Title: COSSUP Forum 2023 Panel- Promising Practices for Implementing Peer Recovery Support Services Into Deflection Programs

Objective 4: Facilitate states’ adoption of standards and guidelines on data-driven decision-making.
8/10 Call with Jeff Locke (Senior Policy Advisor) and Dr. Heather Tubman-Carbone (Associate Deputy Director) from BJA to discuss upcoming conference presentations, overall scoreboard development, and the upcoming metrics discussion with BJA.

Objective 2: Develop a website to house tools and resources.
8/7 Call with Lili Dworkin (Software Engineering Manager) and Jessica Hong (Product Manager) from Recidiviz to discuss dashboard development.
8/8 Call with Lili Dworkin (Software Engineering Manager) and Jessica Hong (Product Manager) from Recidiviz to discuss dashboard development.
8/10 Call with Jessica Hong (Product Manager) from Recidiviz to discuss product requirements for agency dashboards.

Objective 1: Create a set of data standards to inform budget and policy decisions. General Program Calls:
7/5 Call with Katrice Williams (Senior Fellow) and Katherine Terrell (Program Officer) from The Cleveland Foundation to strategize a Justice Counts luncheon in August.
7/5 Call with Chris Daniel (Executive Director) from American Jails Association to discuss project updates and project deliverables.
7/5 Call with Gwyn Katis (Grant Programs Analyst) from the American Probation and Parole Association to discuss project updates and project deliverables.

The United States has not followed a coherent set of guidelines on the development and use of risk and needs assessment, and most states and counties have not tested their tools for accuracy and fairness across race, ethnicity, and gender. With support from BJA, the CSG Justice Center developed an advisory group of 28 national experts in the field to create a set of 13 specific guidelines and a suite of practical materials that are aimed at different audiences, including criminal justice practitioners and leaders and legislators.

7/5: Call with Allen Godfrey (Director of Field Services, Minnesota Department of Corrections) to continue establishing objectives for TA and working group recommendations.
7/6: Call with Brian Mirasolo (Deputy Commissioner, Field Services, Massachusetts Probation Service) to finalize working group recommendations and upcoming site visit details and logistics.

7/10/23 - Video conference with Danielle Wallace and Brooks Louton from ASU to discuss ASU hiring, moving funds, and DOC requirements for work.
7/25/23 â€" Phone call with Brad T. Douglas from WV DCR to discuss RCA project scope and implementation of technical requirements. 8/7/23 - Video conference with Danielle Wallace (Associate Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice) and Brooks Louton (Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice) of Arizona State University to discuss placement of ASU students for RCA.  Â
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