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1. 4/7: Video invitation to testify to the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions to address S.45 - An act relating to earned discharge from probation. Members wanted additional details/information as they sought to direct policy changes) (Organizations –1; Participants—10).
2. 4/8: Video conference with Policy Research Associates Inc. members to connect about Vermont’s justice reinvestment behavioral health project. (Organizations –1; Participants—4).
3. 4/12: Video conference with Crime Research Group members to discuss the Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel (RDAP) and subsequent sentencing data and methodology. (Organizations –1; Participants—2).
4. 4/12: Video conference with Chair (Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel (RDAP)) to discuss how to support RDAP as membership considers H.317 the establishment of the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics. (Organizations –1; Participants—1).
5. 4/13: Video conference with Director of Probation and Parole (Department of Corrections) Director of Administrative Reporting, Executive Director (Parole Board) to discuss data monitoring and the status of the subaward. (Organizations –2; Participants—3).
6. 4/13: Video conference with RDAP’s to review Crime Research Group’s analysis of the report to the Sentencing Commission and discuss the sunset of the 2019 RDAP report. (Organizations –1; Participants—22).
7. 4/15: Video conference with Chief of Planning and Court Services (Vermont Judiciary) to discuss to the outstanding subaward funds and if Vermont’s courts can make use of the funds to support their data efforts. (Organizations –1; Participants—1).
8. 4/16: Video conference with Director of Probation and Parole (Department of Corrections) Director of Administrative Reporting, Executive Director (Parole Board) to discuss data monitoring and the June 15th presentation to working group members. (Organizations –1; Participants—2).
9. 4/16: Video conference Director of Policy Development and Legislative Affairs (Office of the Governor) Legal Counsel (Office of the Governor) Executive Director of Racial Equity (Office of the Governor) to discuss the subaward application and any related legislative updates related to justice reinvestment. (Organizations –1; Participants—3).
10. 4/16: Conference call with Director (Vermont Crime Information Center) to discuss Vermont’s criminal history repository and how to gain access to the data to inform Vermont’s research goals. (Organizations –1; Participants—1).
11. 4/16: Conference call with State Representative (Hartford, Windsor County) to discuss H.317- the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics. Rep. shared their vision for where the bureau will be housed and advocated for creating a research collaborative. (Organizations –1; Participants—1).
12. 4/19: Video conference with Policy Research Associates Inc. to discuss Vermont’s justice reinvestment behavioral health project. (Organizations –1; Participants—2).
13. 4/21: Video conference with Director (Policy and Program Integration, Vermont Agency of Human Services) Deputy Director Health Care Reform (Vermont Agency of Human Services) Senior Project Associate II (PRA Inc.) Project Associate II, to discuss Vermont’s internal AHS working group preparation with Policy Research Associates Inc. (Organizations –2; Participants—4).
14. 4/22: Video conference with Executive Director (Parole Board) and Director (Chair, Parole Board) to discuss parole-related subaward trainings and ongoing implementation of presumptive parole. (Organizations –1; Participants—2).
15. 4/22: Video conference with Advocacy Director (Vermont American Civil Liberties Union) to discuss the upcoming June 15###sup/sup### working group meeting and statutory topics such as using probation as a presumptive sentencing structure and parole eligibility for older incarcerated adults. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
16. 4/23: Video conference with Defender General (State of Vermont) to discuss the upcoming Justice Reinvestment meeting and the outstanding statutory duties and the working groups willingness to address those topics. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
17. 4/26: Video conference with Assistant Attorney General (State of Vermont) to discuss the June 15th working group presentation and identify the outstanding statutory duties and the members willingness to tackle the topics of probation as a presumptive sentence and parole eligibility for older incarcerated adults. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
18. 4/27: Video conference with Director of Probation and Parole (Department of Corrections) and Director of Administrative Reporting to discuss potential additions to the subaward application and data monitoring field data to include in the upcoming Justice Reinvestment Working Group meeting. (Organizations –1; Participants—2)
19. 4/27: Video conference with Executive Director (Parole Board) to discuss available data that will be presented at the June 15 working group meeting. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
20. 4/27: Conference call with Director (Policy and Program Integration, Vermont Agency of Human Services) to discuss how to incorporate leadership into meetings with the with Policy Research Associates staff. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
21. 4/29: Video conference with Director (Policy and Program Integration, Vermont Agency of Human Services), Deputy Director Health Care Reform (Vermont Agency of Human Services), Interim Commissioner (Department of Corrections), Public Information Officer/Principal Assistant to the Commissioner (Vermont Department of Corrections), Client Services (Vermont Department of Corrections), Deputy Secretary (Agency of Human Services) Senior Project Associate II (PRA Inc.) and Project Associate IIIto introduce the PRA team to the Interim DOC Commissioner and project plan for future meetings. (Organizations –2; Participants—8)
22. 4/30 Conference call with State Representative (Washington County) to discuss the upcoming June 15 working group presentation and to identify potential research on the Bureau of Racial Justice Statistics. (Organizations –1; Participants—1)
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