Non-Profit

Site Visit Meeting with Louisville Criminal Justice Commission (10/12/2023). CSG Justice Center staff met with Stacey Farnam (Public Protection Coordinator, Louisville Criminal Justice Commission) and Dorislee Gilbert (Prosecutor, Jefferson County Attorney’s Office) to discuss project updates and learn more about how the court system in Louisville treats those who commit domestic violence. (2 people in attendance, representing 2 agencies).

Site Visit Meeting with Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) (10/12/2023). CSG Justice Center staff met with Director Erica Hargis (Probation and Parole, DOC), Kim Potter-Blair (Chief of Staff, DOC), Cookie Crews (Commissioner, Department of Corrections) to discuss project update and how the CSG Justice Center team will conduct assessments. (3 people in attendance, representing 1 agency)

Site Visit Meeting with a Combination of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branch Stakeholders (10/11/2023).

10/4/2023: Phone call with Senator Westerfield (Republican, Senate District 3) about the possibility of changing the date of the tri-branch meeting. (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â
10/5/2023: Phone call to Beth Moore (Data Coordinator, Department of Corrections) to establish a date for an in-person meeting between CSG Justice Center staff, Erica Hargis (Director of Probation and Parole, Department of Corrections) and Cookie Crews (Commissioner, Department of Corrections). (1 person in attendance, representing 1 agency)Â

·       7/27/23: Call with Sarah Fineran (Research Director, IDOC) to discuss the status of signatures on the Phase II Letter of Interest and the scope of technical assistance during Phase II.

Oct. 2: Call with Kelley Eichler (Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor) to touch base about the status of the project, fortify the governor’s office’s support, and strategize about how to best engage with different stakeholders within the state. (1 person representing 1 agency) Oct. 2: Call with Joe Profiri (Arkansas Department of Corrections Secretary and Task Force Member) to discuss how CSG Justice Center staff should engage with the DOC over the course of the project. (1 person representing 2 agencies) Oct.

In Session 3 of this community of practice, participants learned how to conduct an meaningful program evaluation even in the absence of an evaluation partner to objectively evaluate program success. Covered topics included designing a program evaluation plan, data collection techniques and data analysis.

During this session, CSG Justice Center staff and CEPP will provide an overview of gender-responsive services and programming and interventions that can have an impact on the Stepping Up Four Key Measures and racial equity. CSG Justice Center and CEPP staff will facilitate conversation with counties about interventions that are having an impact on the Four Key Measures and their available SMA data related to the Key Measures and racial equity indicators.

In this session, CSG Justice Center staff will welcome additional participants to the CoP. CSG Justice Center staff and the Center for Effective Public Policy (CEPP) will provide an orientation or refresher on applying the Stepping Up framework to address racial equity. The session will also discuss identifying and serving familiar faces populations, referencing CSG Justice Center resources such as States Supporting Familiar Faces and high-needs populations work and implementing gender-responsive services as part of their programming.

July-December 2023: On October 12, we received an applilcation seeking On-Demand TTA services. Specifically, they request subject matter expert assistance in designing and implementing a training curriculum for this newly created defense college. BJA has approved this application.