Policy

Assistance was requested by Susan James Andews, Conference Administrator for Counseling and Treating People of Colour.

Provided support faculty conduct four sessions:"Your Experience on the Bench: Letting us Know What to Do and Not Do in Your Court"; "Alternatives to Incarceration: The Broad Brush of Treatment Courts"; "Judges & Just Us Kids" ; and "The Court is More Than Just Judges & Lawyers: Differential Roles to Achieve Justice"

Consultants: Judge Ellen DeShazer, Timothy James, Judge Robert Russell, and Guy Wheeler

Initial Conference Calls with: Guam; Yellowstone Co., MT; Jackson Co., MI; 18th JD, CO; Milwaukee Co., WI; Brunswick Co., NC; Hancock Co., IN; Augusta, GA; Cook Co., IL (Drug Court); Jamestown, NY; Richmond, VA; and Cook Co., IL (multiple Treatment Courts).

Initial Conference Calls with: San Mateo Co., CA and Arlington Co., VA.

Technical assistance program review of the Walworth County Drug Court in Elkhorn, Wisconsin

Consultants: Judge John Parnham and Valerie Moore

Technical assistance program review of the Hardin County Veteran’s Treatment Court in Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Consultants: Judge John Parnham and Judge Mark Johnson

Technical assistance program review of the Fond du Lac Safe Neighborhoods Drug and Alcohol Court Program in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Consultants: Judge Kevin Burke and Dr. Richard Grimm

Technical assistance program review of the San Mateo County Veterans Treatment Court in Redwood City, CA

Consultants: Judge John Parnham and Scott Tirocchi

Technical assistance program review of the Ramsey County Veterans Treatment Court Track in St. Paul, Minnesota

Consultants: Judge Richard Gebelein and Judge John Schwartz

Technical assistance program review of the Marion County Veterans’ Treatment Court in Salem, Oregon

Consultants: Judge Brenda Desmond and Dr. Richard Grimm

Technical assistance program review of the Fourth Judicial District (HEALS) Mental Health Court in Colorado Springs, CO

Consultants: Judge John Schwartz and Deborah Cima