NCJA’s Criminal Justice Executive Leadership Academy NCJA’s Criminal Justice Executive Leadership Academy is designed to provide State Administering Agency (SAA) and other criminal justice agency leaders and senior staff with the skills necessary to lead effectively, to enhance their capacity as administrators and to position their agency to address emerging justice system challenges. This 12-month intensive program offers group instruction, individualized coaching and networking with other program participants in executive leadership, personal and professional development, and explores topics ranging from criminal justice reform and development of community-based services, to ethics, policy development, strategic planning, performance management and grant administration. The monthly trainings will use a variety of adult learning techniques including in-person traTining, webinars, and conference calls. The Academy class size is limited to 15 participants with varying degrees of experience as an SAA, providing opportunities for peer-support, mentoring and individualized coaching.
The Community Based Services 1 module was presented via conference call April 18, 2019. The session focused on SAAs’ leadership role in working at the intersection of the justice and health systems. Participants learned about the TASC model to operationally bridge the two systems; new approaches in working with Medicaid and private insurers; how the non-profit provider community delivers services as a systems partner; and, examples of how SAA can help provide support innovative strategies in community behavioral health services. Presenting for this session Jac Charlier, Executive Director of TASC's Center for Health and Justice in Chicago; Ellen Donnarumma, Senior Director for Business Development at Community Resources for Justice in Boston; Steve Woolworth, Vice President of Pioneer Human Services in Seattle; and, Kevin Downey, President & CEO of Crosspoint, Inc. in San Antonio.
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