Corrections Professionals

Create train the trainer modules for CVI organizations and LE

Develop a series of educational resources for law enforcement agencies, designed to facilitate understanding of and support for CVI strategies, including recommended strategies for fostering honest conversations within departments on issues of concerns and skepticism about CVI strategies and CVI outreach workers. Develop content for the CVIPI website and resources and tools for law enforcement training programs.

Develop a series of educational resources for law enforcement agencies, designed to facilitate understanding of and support for CVI strategies, including recommended strategies for fostering honest conversations within departments on issues of concerns and skepticism about CVI strategies and CVI outreach workers. Develop content for the CVIPI website and resources and tools for law enforcement training programs.

How-to guide for creating partnerships between CVI workers and police departments, including: (holding public safety forums between communities, CVI workers, and law enforcement to improve understanding and develop shared public safety goals; strategies for addressing distrust)

The criminalization of mental health issues, compounded by a lack of access to culturally appropriate interventions, has resulted in disproportionately high incarceration rates among American Indians/Alaska Natives. Addressing these issues requires a shift toward more compassionate and effective strategies, including diversion programs and alternatives to incarceration that consider cultural contexts.

In crafting robust and effective reentry and reintegration pathways for individuals transitioning from incarceration or inpatient treatment for substance use, the fostering of community reconnection and resilience is a critical priority, particularly for tribal communities.

Tribal communities face a disproportionate burden of SUDs and mental health concerns compared to other racial groups: American Indian/Alaska Native individuals are three times more likely to be diagnosed with SUDs and two and a half times more likely to be diagnosed with mental health conditions than their white counterparts. Yet, paradoxically, they receive treatment at a lower rate than other racial groups.

Title: Integrating Brain Science into Tribal Probation: Enhancing Practices for Resilience and Rehabilitation
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Dates: December 9, 10, 11, and 12 2024 from 12pm to 4 pm Central Time.
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Motivational Interviewing is a style of interaction that is client-driven and supports individuals in the healing and change process. There is significant research in the health, education and criminal justice fields that supports the use of motivational interviewing in addressing the needs of victim/survivors and offenders, providing support and helping to facilitate change. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a trauma-informed interviewing/interacting technique that focuses on creating supportive, meaningful and strategic conversations.