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Dr. Jay Unick worked with the Maryland Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention (June 2024) to develop a plan for understanding the implementation of Critical Intervention Teams (CIT) among law enforcement agencies to develop a data collection system to track the number of CIT officers, increase fidelity to best training practices, improve responses to behavioral health crises, and measure behavioral health outcomes.

Wellness Court Specialist Angie Juárez-Monger provided grantee outreach and support to the Southern Ute Tribe (FY23 Adult Treatment Court grantee) this reporting period: budgetary assistance for gaining budget clearance; sharing of trauma-informed training opportunity as well as Family Wellness Court funding information; support for task timeline activity to assist with grant deliverables, including Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) opportunity forthcoming; programmatic success or challenges; and recommendation for WC Alumni for Success Stories webinar.

TLPI offered a May webinar series highlighting National Treatment Court Month. The following webinars were offered:
May 2 - Serving LGBTQ2S+ Participants in THWCs;
May 9 - The Power of Storytelling;
May 16 - Implementing and Supporting Trauma-Informed Legal Systems;
May 24 - Mentor Court Program - Promising Practices in Peer to Peer Learning;
May 30 - Protectors, Warriors, and Soldiers (Veteran).

This reporting period Sister Court visits at two Mentor Court sites have been planned. Sister Courts Keweenaw Bay Community and Pokagon Tribe, along with Mentor Court Tulalip, are planned to visit Mentor Court LTBB as a part of a Cultural Onsite Training on August 20-22, 2024 to observe how culture is incorporated into their THWC. This will be a 3-day visit that will include traditional cultural activities, THWC staffing and hearing observations, and a talking circle. Sister Courts Trinidad and Muckleshoot will visit Mentor Court New Mexico Urban but have not yet set a date.

TTA Coach list was submitted to Policy Advsor Greg Torain on January 3, 2024; approved January 9, 2024.

TLPI's Civicore database continues to be utilized to track grantee outreach, TA requests and work, and training events. Wellness Court Specialists ensure that all contacts are recorded and Wellness Court Specialists Angie Juárez-Monger ensures complete date entry and reporting.

TLPI has been selected to self-certify Conference Request forms but required to submit a form for the 2024 American Indian Justice Conference. The form was submitted March 22, 2024 and approved May 29, 2024. The conference dates are July 30-31, 2024.