This Special Interest Group is for professionals working in or with an interest in community corrections such as probation, parole, half-way houses, and day reporting centers. http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/list.php?2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:07:57 -0400 Phorum 5.2.7 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1485,1485#msg-1485 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1485,1485#msg-1485
To explore this hypothesis, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education Division of Adult Education and Literacy commissioned a report evaluating the effectiveness of community-based correctional education.

Community-based correctional education — education services offered to individuals serving all or part of their criminal sentence under community supervision — is receiving increased attention by states attempting to find more cost-efficient approaches to addressing rising correctional costs and a growing incarcerated population. Some states are cutting costs by placing more offenders under community supervision as an alternative to incarceration, since average costs of $3.42 per day for parolees and $7.47 per day for probationers are considerably less than the $79 per day cost for incarcerated prisoners.

The Community-Based Correctional Education report, @#$%& apart from cost considerations, the strategies states need to adopt to ensure that these individuals successfully serve their community supervision sentence and do not jeopardize public safety.

This Community-Based Correctional Education report is available on the U.S. Department of Education website at: [www.ed.gov].]]> Jerry Bednarowski Community Corrections Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:24:56 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1178,1178#msg-1178 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1178,1178#msg-1178 murray ellison Community Corrections Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:16:47 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1148,1148#msg-1148 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1148,1148#msg-1148 murray ellison Community Corrections Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:52:35 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1096,1096#msg-1096 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1096,1096#msg-1096 Forums /Chair
Community Corrections, Chair-Murray Ellison
This Special Interest Group is for professionals working in or with an interest in community corrections such as probation, parole, half-way houses, and day reporting centers.
Comments/Recommendation: Chair retiring from position July, 2010.Combine with Parenting/ Transition SIG
English Language Learners – Chair Vacant
This SIG serves educators working with populations for whom English is not their primary language.
Comments Recommendation: Position Vacant. Combine with Juvenile SIG
Female Offenders Chair-Ambrose Richardson
This SIG discusses the issues facing female offenders in the criminal justice system with an emphasis on educational issues for this growing offender population.
Comments/Recommendations: Keep SIG & Chair

HELP-maintained by CEA Office
Use this forum to give and receive help. CEA should continue.
International, Chair – Cormac Behan
This SIG provides a forum for our members to discuss international trends and issues in the field of correctional education.
Comments Reports Need to Be Integrated to CEA Site


Jails- Chair Tim Lisante. This SIG discusses the issues and concerns of correctional educators working in short-term detention facilities.
Comments/Recommendations – Not likely Chair will continue next year. Combine with Parenting, Community and Transition SIG.

Juvenile Justice, BJ Berquist- Chair
This SIG is for educators working with juvenile populations. It provides information on resources for working with this population and updates on current trends.
Comments/Recommendation – Chair is very active with SIG and Taped-In. She is recommending promoting CEA SIG Facebook Page. Integrate ELL , Academics & Literacy SIG in Juvenile SIG

Legislative, Steve Steurer & Tracey Mumford Chairs
This SIG monitors activities on Capitol Hill and discusses current issues and trends that impact funding and legislative requirements for correctional education.
Comments/Recommendations: SIG is active, but has never posted results to SIG Discussion site. Continue SIG encouraging Chairs to post to site.

Libraries- Chair Vacant
This SIG provides a forum for librarians working in correctional facilities to exchange ideas and discuss current trends in correctional libraries.
Recommendations: Abandon Group- No Chair for about 3 years. Librarians have own groups.

Literacy & Academics- Chair Vacant
This SIG discusses current trends and issues related to literacy skills and education for correctional populations
Recommendation: Combine with Juvenile Group

Parenting- Chair- Jerry Bednarowski
The Parenting Special Interest Group is an organization of correctional educators, other correctional staff and individuals interested in promoting within correctional settings the development of Parenting classes, Father/Mother Support Groups, Parent/Child Book Projects, Parent Fairs, and other programs relating to positive parenting skills.
Comments/Recommendation: Very Active Chair and SIG for many years. Absorb Community Corrections and Transition into this SIG
Post-Secondary Education- Jeremiah Gee, Chair
This SIG is for discussing partnerships between higher education and correctional facilities. Teachers, students, and researchers are all encouraged to join. This SIG also serves to promote collaborations between college/university student organizations and local jails/prisons.
Comments/Recommendations: Continue group with present Chair. CEA should try to promote student college groups.

President's Council Chair Discussion Group-Chair Murray Ellison
This is a forum for the SIG Chairs to hold discussions that only other SIG chairs can view. It also has information pertaining to the new CEA State affiliations.
Comments/Recommendations: Present Chair retiring in July, 2010. Uncertain who will Chair in 2010?


Prison Arts- Chair-Vacant
This SIG provides a forum for educators teaching various arts programs in correctional facilities discussing ways that the arts enhance educational achievement.
Comments/Recommendations: This SIG has been vacant for more than 2 years. It should be consolidated with the Juvenile SIG.

Research, Evaluation & Training-
Chair – Eric Lichtenberger
This SIG provides a forum for administrators and professionals responsible for program evaluation and staff development to discuss issues and trends:
Comments/Recommendations: Retain Chair and SIG for future.]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:57:00 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1046,1046#msg-1046 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1046,1046#msg-1046 murrayellison Community Corrections Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:01:52 -0500 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1040,1040#msg-1040 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,1040,1040#msg-1040 LindaA Community Corrections Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:23:20 -0500 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,974,974#msg-974 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,974,974#msg-974 murrayellison Community Corrections Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:24 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,899,899#msg-899 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,899,899#msg-899


May 7, 2009, is National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. The purpose of this observance is to promote positive youth development, resilience, recovery, and the enhancement of mental health services for children and youth with mental health needs and their families.

This year's theme "Thriving in the Community" focuses on how high-school youth who receive needed mental health services are more likely to have positive outcomes, such as better grades, and less likely to have negative outcomes, such as involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

Resources:

To access further information about Children's Mental Health Awareness Day and related resources, visit [www.samhsa.gov].]]> BJ Berquist Community Corrections Wed, 06 May 2009 11:31:41 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,819,819#msg-819 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,819,819#msg-819 Right now, there are about 100 youth- 80 boys, 20 girls. They range from 10-19yrs. They are housed in "mods" and this is how they attend class as well. We have SPED, regular, 10-19 yrs. all in the same class. They are not using any computer programs for instruction.
I have no idea where to start--I just know that anyone can see that this is a ridiculous teaching set up and the kids are not getting what they truly need. I guess I need to start with - how do they and what do they get @#$%& with upon entry for an educational level. Next, how and what do you teach in this type of setting or tell me the ideal educational set up for a detention center.]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:55:21 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,796,796#msg-796 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,796,796#msg-796 murrayellison Community Corrections Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:23:33 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,793,793#msg-793 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,793,793#msg-793 murrayellison Community Corrections Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:52:04 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,775,775#msg-775 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,775,775#msg-775
Prior to his retirement in 2003, Art Besse had 41 years of service in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Department of Health and Family Services, and Department of Workforce Development. Art started his own consulting firm, Art Besse & Associates LLC in 1992. Drawing on his experience, Art has regularly presented workshops for teachers, social workers, probation and parole agents, and others who work with offenders in reentry programs. His presentations which are tailored to the interests and needs of his audience have always been well attended and proven to be very useful to the workshop participants.

One of Art’s most popular workshops is Consequences of Having a Criminal Record and Remedies Under the Law.

Most people including corrections professionals have a limited grasp on the hidden consequences that accompany a criminal conviction. In a state like Wisconsin, the most basic consequences of temporary loss of voting and jury rights along with the permanent loss of gun possession rights and the right to hold public office are fairly well known.

Art’s workshop focuses on the collateral consequences suffered by the man or woman or youth with a criminal record. These consequences may include deportation of aliens including legal aliens; holes in the social safety net including food stamps, AFDC, SSI and Social Security; housing barriers including Section 8, private owner barriers and local government sex offender ordinances; driver’s license restrictions including loss of license, CDL, bus driver and hazardous materials restrictions; loss of student financial aid; loss of parental rights; and a myriad of employment related restrictions depending upon the offense of conviction. Also included in the presentation is a discussion of remedies such as record expungement, rehabilitative review, and executive clemency.

In recognition of Art Besse’s effort to provide valuable training opportunities for correctional staff, the Executive Board of CEA-Wisconsin is pleased to present him with the 2009 CEA-W Showcase Award.

For being named the recipient of the 2009 Showcase Award, the CEA-W Executive Board will present Art with a $250 grant to help defray the professional expenses to present a workshop at the 64th Annual CEA Conference in Madison on July 19-22.]]> Jerry Bednarowski Community Corrections Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:06:58 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,695,695#msg-695 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,695,695#msg-695 bluemur@comcast.net
Thanks for everyone's support!
Murray Ellison]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:25:44 -0500 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,638,638#msg-638 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,638,638#msg-638 murrayellison Community Corrections Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:27:17 -0500 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,564,564#msg-564 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,564,564#msg-564
NDTAC is pleased to announce the next event in our series of Webinars (Web-based teleconferences):

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Event Name: Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Time: 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. ET
Register: [www.neglected-delinquent.org]
(Registration is required to receive information on how to attend the event.)
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Event Description
Transition has been defined as "a coordinated set of activities for the youth, designed within an outcome-oriented process, which promotes successful movement from the community to a correctional program setting, and from a correctional program setting to post-incarceration activities." As this definition conveys, a critical component of transition is coordination. Coordination requires individuals from multiple systems to work together to ensure that a youth involved in the juvenile justice system receives all of the needed support services throughout the process. Learning how to come together and effectively work with other agencies is essential to the educational and life outcomes of youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk of school failure.

NDTAC’s upcoming Webinar, "Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice" will provide practical strategies to facilitate collaboration among agencies that provide services for youth transitioning through the juvenile justice system. To gain multiple viewpoints, presenters will provide strategies at both the State and local levels. Jane Young, Ph.D., Superintendent of the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, will speak about facilitating collaboration among various agencies involved in transition. Tim Canter, Community Transition Specialist at Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Oregon, will present transition strategies he uses in his work with the school district and local juvenile justice facilities. NDTAC’s Leslie Brock will facilitate and lead the discussion.

Questions?
If you have any questions about the Live Meeting technology or the Webinar, please contact us at ndtac@air.org or your State Liaison.

Thank you,
NDTAC

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Maintained by the National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk (NDTAC) through support from the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit [www.neglected-delinquent.org].

To subscribe: visit [www.neglected-delinquent.org]
To post a message: send an email to ndtac@air.org]]> BJ Berquist Community Corrections Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:42:39 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,408,408#msg-408 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,408,408#msg-408 [consensusproject.org]

This month's headlines:

- CSG Justice Center Receives Award to Improve Data Collection in Mental Health Courts


- Florida House Passes Mental Health System Reform Bill
The Florida House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on April 19, 2008, designed to provide community-based services to people with mental illnesses and reduce the state’s dependence on costly forensic treatment beds.

House Bill 7085 is based on a comprehensive report (pdf) developed by Florida State Court Chief Justice Fred Lewis’s task force, which is led by Judge Steven Leifman, the special advisor on criminal justice and mental health to the Florida Supreme Court. Last year, Florida was one of the seven states selected to participate in the Chief Justices’ Criminal Justice/Mental Health Leadership Initiative and receive support and technical assistance from the Council of State Governments Justice Center and National GAINS Center.

Proponents of the new bill believe that it will save millions of taxpayer dollars by providing community-based services to people with mental illnesses so that they are less likely to enter the criminal justice system due to untreated mental illnesses. The bill is now being considered by the Senate.


- President Bush Signs Unprecedented Prisoner Reentry Legislation
On April 9, 2008, President Bush signed the Second Chance Act of 2007. This first-of-its-kind legislation will authorize various grants to government agencies and nonprofit groups to provide employment assistance, substance abuse treatment, housing, family programming, mentoring, victims support, and other services that can help reduce re-offending and violations of probation and parole.

"I will be working with my colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to make certain that the Second Chance Act has the funding to enable community and faith-based organizations to deliver needed services," said Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS). "Properly supported, this law will also help connect people released from prison and jail to mentoring, vital mental health and substance abuse treatment, expand job training and placement services, and facilitate transitional housing and case management services."
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Through the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, BJA funds projects to increase public safety by facilitating collaboration among the criminal justice, juvenile justice, mental health treatment, and substance abuse systems to increase access to treatment for offenders with mental illness. (BJA)

[www.ojp.usdoj.gov]]]> BJ Berquist Community Corrections Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:40:13 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,270,270#msg-270 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,270,270#msg-270
Title of Project: Community Corrections in Virginia: A Model of Inter-Agency and Community Collaboration –
Research Objective: To develop successful statewide program initiating community based educational programs

For 10 years, the Virginia Department of Correctional Education (DCE) has been developing alternative correctional education programs, which are more cost effective than traditional institutional programs, and with reduced recidivism. DCE Has 18 sites across Virginia, which delivers community, based educational programs in collaboration with community re-entry agencies, businesses, employers and colleges. Agencies partner with teachers and help to deliver classes, accept students for actual paid employment and participate in school- community planning teams. Students earn actual income, help pay for living and transportation expenses, participate in treatment and cognitive communities, receive needs based education and employment counseling.
DCE has also been collaborating with our partner agency, DOC, participating in pilot sites modeling Evidence Based Programs. In 2008, we also developed a specific transitional education curriculum for Community Corrections, highlight community collaboration The workshop will highlight some of the major collaboration efforts such as college classes, small business planning seminars, community employment development grants, partnerships to supply classroom equipment, after release job placements, public library book discussion groups, college internships, programs allowing successful ex-offenders to teach seminars, tutoring programs, horticulture training programs, Habitat for Humanity, and forest fire fighting initiatives.

Funding: Virginia State, Department of Correctional Education

Presenters: Murray Ellison, Community Corrections Director, Virginia Department ofCorrectional Education &
Forrest Powell, Regional Director- Community Corrections, Virginia Department of Corrections]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:46:08 -0500 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,94,94#msg-94 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,94,94#msg-94

The Council of State Governments Justice Center issued a publication today on why victims and children of people released from prisons and jails often do not receive the restitution and support they are owed. Repaying Debts is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive guide, supported by the U.S.
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Assistance, that details how policymakers can increase financial accountability among people leaving correctional facilities, improve rates of child support collection and victim restitution, and make individuals' transition from prisons and jails to the community safe and successful.

People released from prisons and jails typically must make payments to a host of agencies, including probation departments, courts, attorney generals' offices, and child support enforcement offices. While coordinated collections efforts among these agencies could increase rates of repayment to victims, families, and criminal justice agencies, there is rarely a single agency tracking all of an individual's court-ordered debts and facilitating payment.

"People leaving prison and jail often owe huge sums to their children, their victims, and to several criminal justice agencies, yet have no resources, marketable skills or legitimate employment to help meet these obligations," said State Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie (D-Nevada), who served on the advisory group for the project. "Further, no single government agency can tell you how much these individuals owe in total.
Even worse, criminal justice agencies often work at cross purposes, which can leave children and victims at the end of the payment queue."

In addition to child support, an average of $178 million per state in court costs, fines, fees and restitution has gone uncollected. Failure to pay--even by those trying in good faith to repay debts--may even result in individuals' reincarceration, during which time those owed money are not being paid and taxpayers are footing the bill for their corrections costs.

"States must make some important policy changes that facilitate payment of child support, prioritize victim restitution, coordinate collections among many different agencies, and support people leaving prison and jail in ways that advance long-term payment of these debts," said State Senator Alan Cropsey (R-Michigan), also a member of the project's advisory group.

The report recommends very specific strategies to improve how people released from prisons and jails meet their court-ordered financial obligations. It also provides examples from states that have successfully implemented some aspect of these strategies, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.

The report and a summary of its findings and recommendations can be downloaded for free at [justicecenter.csg.org].

For more information, contact Martha Plotkin at (240) 482-8579 or mplotkin@csg.org, or Danielle Langone at (240) 482-8583 or dlangone@csg.org.

The Council of State Governments Justice Center is a national nonprofit organization that serves policymakers at the local, state, and federal levels from all branches of government. It provides practical, nonpartisan advice and consensus-driven strategies--informed by available evidence--to increase public safety and strengthen communities. For more information, visit us on the web at www.justicecenter.csg.org.

Forwarded by
BJ Berquist
bjb@tappedin.org]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:27:51 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,66,66#msg-66 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,66,66#msg-66 From: JUVJUST@usdoj.gov

DOJ Highlights Achievements Under Project Safe Neighborhoods

On September 17, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the following press release:

Atlanta, GA -The Department of Justice highlighted the significant accomplishments of federal, state and local officials in combating gang violence and reducing gun crime through Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) before more than 1,000 members of PSN task forces from across the nation in Atlanta today. The Department of Justice announced the release of over $50 million in grants to support PSN and anti-gang efforts and unveiled a new public service campaign aimed at educating youth about the impact of gun crime and gang violence.

The PSN task forces are a cooperative effort between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors, along with research and media outreach partners, and community leaders. Since 2001, the Bush Administration has committed approximately $2 billion to hire more than 200 federal prosecutors to prosecute gun crime, make grants available to hire more than 550 new state and local gun crime prosecutors, train nearly 33,000 individuals in training events across the nation, and promote other strategies to reduce gun violence in our communities. The rate of violent crime remains at a historic low.

"Project Safe Neighborhoods is about teamwork, and we’ve learned that with teamwork, we can all make a difference in our communities and in our nation. I salute all of the effort of the individuals who strive to make America safe – safe from gun and gang violence," said Acting Deputy Attorney General Craig S. Morford.

"I regard Project Safe Neighborhoods as one of the most significant gun and gang violence reduction efforts ever developed in this country," said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Director Michael J. Sullivan. “When local, state and federal law enforcement organizations team up with members of the community, they become a formidable force in the effort to reduce violent crime."

New Funding for Efforts to Fight Gun Crime and Gang Violence
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance Director Domingo Herraiz announced today that the Department of Justice has provided over $50 million in anti-crime funding this year through PSN. Over $20 million of the awards are aimed at reducing gun crime, and over $30 million have been awarded to combat gang violence and increase gang prevention efforts. The grants, administered by the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, support a comprehensive approach to fight gang violence and gun crime in America.

The U.S. Attorneys for the 94 federal judicial districts across the country, working with local law enforcement and other officials, tailor their PSN strategy to fit the districts' unique violent crime problems. Violent gang members and criminals who use guns are prosecuted under federal, state or local laws, depending on which jurisdiction can provide the most appropriate punishment. Each district engages in deterrence and prevention efforts through community outreach and media campaigns, and ensures that law enforcement and prosecutors have the training necessary to make the program work.

A reference for the PSN grant awards is located on [www.ojp.usdoj.gov]. Additional information about PSN and its local programs is available on the PSN Web site at [www.psn.gov].

In April of this year, the Department of Justice announced additional funding for four cities as part of the Justice Department's Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative. The Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative, initially announced by the Justice Department in February 2006, focuses anti-gang resources on prevention, enforcement and offender reentry efforts in 10 sites throughout the country: Los Angeles, Tampa, Cleveland, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Milwaukee, the "222 Corridor" that stretches from Easton to Lancaster in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Rochester, N.Y., and Raleigh/Durham, N.C. Supported by $2.5 million in grant funds per site, the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative aims to address gang membership and gang violence at every stage.

The Department's FY 2008 budget request includes $200 million for Violent Crime Reduction Partnership grants and over $13 million for other violent-crime-related enhancements that will support the Project Safe Neighborhoods program and increase the prosecution of gangs and violent criminals.

New Public Service Announcements to Prevent Illegal Gun Use
The Department of Justice also announced new PSN public service announcements, created in partnership with the Ad Council. The 30- and 60-second television spots, titled “Babies,” are intended to educate youth about the perils of gun crime and its devastating family impact. The radio spots provide a glimpse into the reality of gun crime and its consequences through interviews with individuals convicted of gun crimes and their family members. The public service announcements will be distributed to English and Spanish language television and radio stations nationwide and begin airing in late September.

Resources:

For additional information, see DOJ's fact sheet "Project Safe Neighborhoods: America's Network Against Gun Violence" at [www.usdoj.gov].

For more information about DOJ’s Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative, visit [ojjdp.ncjrs.gov].

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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice.]]> BJ Berquist Community Corrections Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:04:18 -0400 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,43,43#msg-43 http://www.ceanational.org/phorum/read.php?2,43,43#msg-43 I am the Chairman of the Community Corrections SIG and also new to the new Discussion Group website. I want to thank Denise Justice, Steve Galloway and the CEA Office staff for helping to develop the site. It seems like it will have great benefit to the members. I hope there will be a lot of useage of the new site.
I have been working with Linda Audet, the Lead teacher for Community Corrections for The Virginia Department of Correctional Education. By October, we shaould have the first version of Transitional Living Skills Curriculum for Community Corrections posted on the Discussion Group. I hope those interested in Community Corrections Education will read it and get some benifit from this document. Please write me to share input about Community Corrections.
Thanks
Murray Ellisom]]> murrayellison Community Corrections Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:02:27 -0400