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12/4 In-Person Meeting with WV Prosecuting Attorneys Association Board: CSG Justice Center Staff met with WVPA Board Members (over 10 stakeholders serviced) to share more about the WV project. (18 participants, 1 agency)

12/5 In-Person Meeting with Betsy Jividen Former DCR Commissioner: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Betsy Jividen (former DCR Commissioner) to share more about the WV project and discuss corrections system operations. (1 participants, 1 agency)

12/5 In-Person Meeting with Northwood Health Systems: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Jeremy Sagun (Director) to share more about the WV project and discuss behavioral health services. (1 participants, 1 agency)

12/5 In Person Meeting with Senator Laura Wakim Chapman: CSG Justice Center Staff met with Senator Laura Wakim Chapman to share more about the WV project. (1 participants, 1 agency)

12/5 In Person Meeting with WV Attorney General Elect JB McCuskey: CSG Justice Center Staff met with AG Elect McCuskey to share more about the WV project. (1 participants, 1 agency)

11/12: In-person meeting with WV Department of Administrative Services (DAS): CSG Justice Center staff met with Mike Cutlip (Deputy Director), Marty Hatfield (Assistant Director), and Tina Desmond (Director) to discuss the management and funding of Day Report Centers in WV. (3 participant, 1 agency)

11/12: In-person meeting with Senate General Counsel and Chief Counsel to the Governor: CSG Justice Center staff met with Sarah Stewart (Senate General Counsel) and Berkeley Bentley (Chief Counsel to the Governor) to discuss the executive order to form the working group. (2 participant, 2 agency)

In-person meeting with REACH: CSG Justice Center staff met with Bev Sharp (Executive Director) to discuss the WV project and learn more about the reentry landscape and processes in West Virginia. (1 participant, 1 agency)

A site visit was conducted in Charleston, West Virginia on November 11 and 12 to connect with key legislative and executive stakeholders about the executive order to form the working group, attend interim session hearings, and meet with additional stakeholders to perform qualitative analysis.

11/10: In-person meeting with FWD.US: CSG Justice Center staff met with Conrad Lucas (Lobbyist, Right on Crime), Jordan Burgess, Elissa Johnson (VP of Criminal Justice Campaign), and Tinsae Gebriel (VP of Criminal Justice Research and Policy) to discuss the WV project and their policy goals for the 2025 session. (4 people representing 1 agency)