Adjudication/Courts

Conversation with court coordinator re: new SCIP-funded project; referral to All Rise re: case manager role

Anne Arundel County virtual exchange with Washington County DAO reference the DAO’s bias crimes multidisciplinary team.

The Mentor Court Program remained highly active this reporting period.
Onsite visits

Anne Arundel County virtual exchange with Broward County SAO regarding the Broward County Hate Crimes Task Force.

CJI’s subrecipient, Southern University Center for Social Research (SUCSR), is collecting focus group data from participants and staff. Southern University conducted 15 staff interviews with a total of 63 participants. The group carried out 16 focus groups with program participants and 10 focus groups with community members. Southern University reports that all interviews have been transcribed, and the initial round of coding is nearly complete for the CIG interviews. In addition, Southern University reports that the initial code development process is underway for the RRC interviews.

To fund speakers to present at the Louisiana conference as part of the Adult Treatment Court Initiative (ATCTI).

Wellness Court Specialist Angie Juarez-Monger presented the newly developed TLPI veteran infographic, "Models for Integrating Veterans' Services with Tribal healing to Wellness Courts" at the 2024 NAIJCA National Tribal Judicial and Court Personnel Conference during the Native American Veterans, Veteran Justice Outreach, and Veteran Treatment Courts session.

American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) have a long tradition of service in the U.S. military. AIAN veterans are experiencing the negative outcomes of their military service in the form of high rates of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), suicide, "functional disabilities," housing instability, and low employment rates, compared to other veterans. Thus, "access to justice" for AIAN veterans then can be particularly complex.

All Rise referred Yurok Tribe's Foundational Training application to TLPI as TLPI would be developing a tribal-specific foundational training. A second TTA request from Yurok was also received by TLPI. Wellness Court Specialist Kristina Pacheco clarified that the TTA request was a duplicated request for foundational training. An initial planning meeting with Yurok was set for February 2024.

Outgoing State Drug Court Coordinator, Jeff Kushner, contacted Wellness Court Specialist Kristina Pacheco in late 2023 giving notice of his departure in 2024 and a request to partner with the incoming State Coordinator, Jake Lapke, for the 2024 Montana Treatment Court Conference on September 9-11, 2024 in Helena, Montana. Planning continued with Mr. Lapke and Ms. Pacheco and 2 TLPI, Montana-specific consultants; plus 1 additional TLPI consultant presented 4 Tribal sessions:
1. Culture in the Healing to Wellness Court; Kristina Pacheco, Sean Bear, Durand Bear Medicine