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MINUTES OF WORK SESSION
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005
Commissioners' Hearing Room - Administration Building - 1300 NW Wall St.., Bend
Present were Commissioners Tom De Wolf, Michael M. Daly and Dennis R. Luke.
Also present were Mike Maier, County Administrator; Laurie Craghead and Mark
Pilliod, Legal Counsel; Tom Anderson, George Read, Kevin Harrison and Matt
Martin, Community Development; Bill Starks, Sunriver Service District; and one
other citizen. No media representatives were in attendance.
Chair De Wolf opened the meeting at 10: 00 a. m.
1. Before the Board was Citizen Input.
None was offered.
2. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of
Document No. 2005-043, a Services Agreement with The Ferguson Group
for Federal Lobbyist Services.
Mike Maier reported that a conference call was held with The Ferguson Group,
resulting in a CPI increased to $82,800, up from $80,000. After that the cost
will go up to $87,000 and $91,200 for the second and third years.
Mark Pilliod added that the contract has been forwarded to them for signature,
subject to the Board's approval. There is an annual opt-out clause included.
LUKE: Move approval, subject to the information provided today by Mike
Maier and Mark Pilliod.
DWEOLF: Second.
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VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
3. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Approval of
Findings on a Plan Amendment and Zone Change regarding a 57.5-Acre
Parcel Located North of Bend (Change from EFU-TRB to MUA-10;
Applicant. Duffin; Decision by Board Made 9120104).
Matt Martin gave a brief overview of the issue. The adopting ordinances will
come before the Board in a few weeks.
LUKE: Move approval of the findings.
DALY: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
4. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of
Resolution No. 2005-016, Transferring Appropriations within the
Deschutes County Sheriffs Office Fund (Machinery).
LUKE: Move approval.
DEWOLF: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
5. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of a
Letter Reappointing Jim Diegel to the Deschutes County Fair Board,
through December 31, 2009.
LUKE: Move approval.
DALY: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
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6. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of
Document No. 2005-011, Amending the Sunriver Service District
Management Agreement.
Bill Starks and Laurie Craghead explained the reasons for the amendment,
which was originally discussed at a Board of Commissioners/Sunriver Service
District joint meeting a few months ago.
DE WOLF : Move approval.
LUKE: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
CONVENED AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SUNRIVER
SERVICE DISTRICT
7. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of
Document No. 2005-011, Amending the Sunriver Service District
Management Agreement.
DALY: Move approval.
LUKE: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
CONVENED AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE 9-1-1 COUNTY
SERVICE DISTRICT
8. Before the Board was a Discussion and Consideration of Signature of
Resolution No. 2005-013, Transferring Appropriations within the
Deschutes County 9-1-1 County Service District Fund.
Mike Maier explained that Laura Wolfe stated that they would likely put
12,000-15,000 miles annually on a vehicle, partly because of increased training
available only in other parts of the State. He said the need appears to be there,
and there are no other County vehicles that can be utilized for most of these
instances.
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Ms. Wolfe has been working with Dennis Morris at the Road Department, and
obtained three quotes for the purchase of a vehicle locally as the cost is less
than purchasing one through the State.
LUKE: Move approval.
DEWOLF: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
9. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
A. Laurie Craghead discussed a potential land use appeal regarding J Bar J. The
deadline is fast approaching. Tom DeWolf said there is an ongoing issue with
threats from J Bar J regarding the national use of a name similar to theirs
(BARD) and is concerned that this will create a conflict. Commissioner Luke
said he would have no problem hearing it as a land use issue.
Kevin Harrison added that he isn't familiar enough about the appeal to know
whether a policy issue is at stake. The question is the 150-day time limit, and
whether the Board wants to deal with the appeal under these circumstances.
The appeal is for a partition and a new use of the property in a rural residential
area. The Hearings Officer found the proposed use is consistent with the
zoning; however, her decision was late in coming.
Laurie Craghead said that a ten-day notice is required before the Board hears it.
Commissioner Luke asked that an informational packet be provided to the
Board as soon as possible. It is likely that the time period will run out before
the decision can be made and written. If the applicant appeals and will extend
the clock; then it would be possible to hear it.
Commissioner DeWolf asked why the Hearings Officer is taking so long to
submit her decision. Tom Anderson said another Hearings Officer has been
hired, but there is still a lot of work for the two of them to handle.
As a policy decision, the Commissioners will wait until the end of the appeal
period even if they are bumping up against the deadline.
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B. Mark Pilliod said he needs to schedule some time with the Board to go over
public contracting, as changes are required on March 1. He will distribute a
copy of the draft ordinance to the Board for possible further discussion at the
Administrative Liaison this day.
C. Mike Maier discussed the parking situation, since people are not parking in
designated areas. The recommendation is to complete the existing remodel
projects and then go back to the permit system, and then contract with Diamond
Parking to enforce the parking policy.
Commissioner DeWolf said that a notice should be sent out to everyone first,
before jumping into enforcement. Mike Maier replied that this will require
notifying local businesses whose employees are parking on County property.
Commissioner DeWolf stated that perhaps someone could be hired part-time to
enforce parking. Mr. Maier indicated that the situation will get worse once the
County has leased out the old Deschutes Services Building.
D. Mike Maier suggested that the County hire an outside consultant to work with
department heads, and perhaps representatives of the cities and lay members of
the budget committee and audit committee to discuss possible organizational
changes. Commissioner DeWolf said he would want the groups to meet
separately to get a variety of comments, since they all have a different
knowledge base.
Mr. Maier said that he has the names of two people who could provide this type
of consulting expertise; perhaps a third or fourth person should be located and
interviews set up with all of them. The cost would depend on whether the
information would be obtained via the use of a questionnaire or if there would
be person-to-person interviews conducted. Mr. Maier felt that it might take a
week for the process once the arrangement has been determined. He said that
someone could be hired on a part-time, hourly basis to handle the work.
Commissioner Luke stated that he would be comfortable with Mr. Maier
selecting a person to do the work, since he knows most of them. Mr. Maier
replied that he does not know how these people might operate as a consultant
for this type of process, however. He wants to make sure the Board is involved
in the selection.
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Mark Pilliod said that there needs to be experience on a county level.
Commissioner DeWolf added that the person should not be someone with any
pre-conceived ideas on how things should operate.
E. In regard to NACo conferences and other conferences taking place out of the
area, Commissioner DeWolf said he is concerned about the media going after
the County, looking for reasons why the Commissioners attend these functions
There is a concern about the conference being in Hawaii this summer and the
perception of the media and the public.
Mike Maier stressed that this is a Board decision. Commissioner DeWolf said
that although airline fares can be shopped, the room cost is high. Mike Daly
said that the main hotel is already full, so options have to be used. He will shop
for the best airline fare.
Commissioner Luke said that Commissioner DeWolf compiles a report when he
returns from conferences, and Commissioner Daly does not. Not doing so
makes it harder to justify the expense. Commissioner Daly stated that he is on
the transportation committee and has attended these meetings for several years,
building rapport with others on the committee. Commissioner Luke said that
the federal lobbyist can provide the same information; and that Commissioner
DeWolf belongs on the Juvenile Justice Committee and is very involved. He
added that it is important to be able to justify the cost involved.
Commissioner DeWolf said that there is an annual budget for each
Commissioner to travel and it is never exceeded, but the problem with this
particular conference is the location. In the end, each Commissioner has to be
able to justify travel expenses to the public. Mike Maier added that the current
group of Commissioners is more involved with NACo than others have been in
the past, and are getting more involved at the national level on certain issues.
As the County grows, these national issues are becoming more important.
Commissioner Daly said that a requirement of joining NACo committees is a
commitment to attend the meetings. In fact, he is the only Commissioner in
Oregon who is involved in the transportation group at NACo. He is also
interested in being involved in human services groups, and may decide to do
that instead during the next few years.
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F. Mike Maier brought up the flex fund request from the Juvenile Department;
they are anxious to find out how this is to be handled. They have been using
this discretionary money for sex offender treatment services, and feel it is very
valuable. Commissioner Luke noted that normally the individual amounts are
not high.
Commissioner Daly brought up the idea that it is just as important to the other
departments to have this flexibility as well. He felt that the Board treated Dan
Peddycord poorly at their last meeting. Commissioner DeWolf stated this was a
reaction to Mr. Peddycord not doing what he originally said he would.
Commissioner Luke stated that he is going to listen to audio tapes from last
year's budget meetings to confirm that Mr. Peddycord has not followed through
with what he said he would do at that time.
Commissioner DeWolf said the Juvenile Department request is not for more
money, but where it will be allocated. There is no easy way to gauge what is
the most important place for the flex funding. Commissioner Daly said that he
supports the Juvenile Deparmtent proposal, but feels that public health is
important and should not be ignored. Commissioner Luke observed that the
negative way Mr. Peddycord handled questions presented by the
Commissioners was the basis for the conflict.
LUKE: Move support of the Juvenile Department's use of flex funds in the
amount of $2,000.
DALY: Second.
VOTE: LUKE: Yes.
DALY: Yes.
DEWOLF: Chair votes yes.
Being no further items brought before the Board, the meeting adjourned at
11:30 a. m.
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DATED this 31St Day of January 2005 for the Deschutes County Board
of Commissioners.
Tom DeWolf, C
Daly, (Commissioner
ATTEST:
Recording Secretary
R. Luke, C-6mmissioner
Attachment
Exhibit A: Report on Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee Retreat
(compiled by Commissioner DeWolf)
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Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee Retreat
National Association of Counties
January 19-22, 2005
Report by Deschutes County, Oregon Commissioner Tom DeWolf
Table of Contents:
2: What Works in Preventing Violence; Delbert Elliott, PhD
(violence, drugs and juvenile crime prevention)
3: Resources for Children & Families; Dennis Maloney
4: Lessons of Ghosts from the Nursery: Robin Karr-Morse
(cycle of violence that begins at birth; brain development)
6: Fight Crime, Invest in Kids: Meredith Wiley
(Nurse-Family Partnership; early brain development
8: Justice Department Re-entry initiative; Elizabeth Griffith, D.O.J.
9: "Invest in Children;" Michelle Katona, Cleveland, Ohio
10: Diverting non-violent mentally ill from jail;
• Marvin Southard, Mental Health Director, L.A. County, CA
• Sheriff Michael Corona, Orange County, CA
• Peter Lukevich, Washington Partners in Crisis, Seattle, WA
• Larry Spottsville, Juvenile Probation Director, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
14: Model Re-entry program; Robert Hunter, Hennepin County, MN
("Real Work and Real Pay")
15: Model Re-entry program; Christopher Fay, Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC
("The Delancey Street Replication Project")
16: "Assessment and Education;" Arthur Wallenstein, Montgomery County, Maryland
17: "The Cost Effectiveness of Re-entry;" Peter Greenwood, Ph.D.
20: "The Revolving Door for the Mentally Ill in the Justice System"
Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Justice, Ohio Supreme Court, Columbus, Ohio
21: "The Nevada Re-Entry Initiative"
Jackie Crawford, Director, Department of Corrections; Nevada
23: Action Plan
• Health Care Challenge
• Additional Health Issues
Power Point presentations:
• "Selecting & Implementing Effective Prevention Programs" (attached)
• "Invest in Children" (handed out at retreat)
• "The Importance of Re-Entry" (attached)
"What Works in Preventing Violence"
Delbert Elliott, Ph.D., Director of Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
University of Colorado at Boulder
Note: Power Point slides attached separately
Dr. Elliott's primary focus is on violence, drugs and juvenile crime prevention.
Elliott's group has looked at over 600 programs and 80% of them have no credible
evaluation. This doesn't mean they don't work, just that we have no idea whether they
work or not. The majority of the remaining 20%, which have been evaluated, don't work.
There are some which are actually harmful and actually increase risk.
A relatively small number meet very high standards of scientific credibility and
they work. They reduce the onset of drugs, delinquency and violence by 50% or more.
When speaking about "best practices" (see Attachment A, page 17), Elliott points
out under `things that don't work' regarding Waivers into Adult Criminal Courts that
there are states in which 10-year olds can be tried and sentenced as adults. There is often
racial bias. These kids are more likely to be victimized and less likely to receive
treatment. We know when they come out they are more likely to offend than if they'd
gone through a juvenile program. When talking about Boot Camps, he points out that
they have about the same recidivism as probation, which costs about one fourth as much
as boot camps.
When talking about the traditional DARE program, elementary school is simply
too early for kids to understand the concepts presented. The New Dare, which involves
7tn-9th grade intervention, is working with proven practices. In `Gun Buy-Back'
programs, 2/3 of guns turned in aren't functional and most people still have one at home
that does work. There is no significant reduction in gun-related crimes as a result of this
program. Finally, scare tactics generally don't work.
On evidence for effectiveness of mental health strategies and approaches
(Attachment A, page 19), Elliott points out that in residential treatment services, Multi-
Systemic Treatment and Functional Family Treatment (which also often has positive
effect on younger siblings) are effective Family preservation programs that show
promise.
When implementing proven, effective programs, it is critical that they are actually
implemented properly. Use the whole "best practices" body of literature. Poorly
implemented programs will fail.
On page 31, RCT stands for Randomized Control Trial. On page 34, under
Effective Programs, Nurse Family Partnership program is focused on young, typically
teen, first-pregnancy mothers and is proven to work only with first pregnancies.
In terms of cost effectiveness, investment in effective programs will pay for
themselves. Look at the very high scientific, randomized-control trials and used Evidence
Based Programs. You can invest in these programs and know they will work if they are
implemented with fidelity.
Website: www.colorado.edu/cspv
Del Elliott Phone: (303) 492-1032
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"Show Me the Money: Gaining new resources for Children and
Families during difficult financial times"
Dennis Maloney; project leader
Civic Justice Corporation, Bend, Oregon
Revenue/Programmatic Implementation Strategy
• Redeployment of Current Expenditures
• Purchasing power for children/private sector incentives (create a list for bidders
on requirements that they are child/family friendly, such as: allow parenting
training to be offered during lunchibreak times; companies provide family health
screenings; referral service for families to needed family services)
• Ounce of prevention
• Base plus matching appropriations
• Earmarked fees/fines (proposed Westlund legislation to charge offenders is their
crime is committed in view of, or directly and negatively impacts children)
• Dedicated business fees (Oregon's Conservation Corps funded by amusement
machine/video arcade game proceeds)
• Community service (rather than picking up trash on the highways, which
accommodates the slobs who litter, implement programs like Deschutes County's
Habitat for Humanity/Juvenile partnership and elevate that work to really serve
the community; construction of Kids Center with help of offenders)
Combining Solid Research and Common Sense to build a comprehensive Community
Justice Continuum (early childhood development (0-5 years)
• Universal Home Visitation (Model: Nurse family partnerships)
• Effective Parenting (Model: Incredible Years)
• Enriched Childcare (Model: High Scope Perry Pre-School)
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Revisiting the Lessons from Ghosts of the Nursery: Implications for
Local Government
Robin Karr-Morse, founding director of Oregon Children's Trust Fund and co-
author of Ghosts from the Nursery, Traciniz the Roots of Violence; Portland, OR
Just three years ago, before 9/11, our nation wasn't concerned about terror from
abroad; we were worried about violence in our schools (Columbine, CO; Springfield,
OR). As we study the kids who act out violently, there are early markers of risk.
Even if we take all the typical factors (media violence, poverty, etc) we don't
understand why kids develop thoughts, plan and then take violent action. The U.S. has
the highest rate of incarceration (U.S. is 5% of world's population; we incarcerate 20% of
world's prisoners) on earth. Prisons and jails are the third highest employer in U.S.
behind General Motors and Wal-Mart. As of 2004, the number of people in U.S. prison is
one out of 37 adults. In the future, the following number of babies will end up in prison: 1
in 17 babies; 1 in 3 African American babies; 1 in 6 Hispanic babies.
From age zero to eighteen, the cost and intensity of treatment efforts to reverse
problems increases dramatically while the likelihood of preventing children's original
potential to be constructive citizens decreases dramatically. The cycle begins with babies.
Too often, mother's have bruises on their bodies, are depressed, are teenagers in
demeaning relationships. Too many babies are born hooked on the same substance the
mother has used to mask her pain. We wait until kids have developed their anger to a
point where they act out. We do too little, too late. It's expensive to allow kids to enter
school damaged and angry.
If we want to succeed with the little ones, we must start during the nine months in
the womb and focus on the first twenty-four months of life. Violence can begin in the
womb and be well rooted by preschool. Detached and enraged little brains comprehend
guns and television violence far differently than those with older, more developed brains.
It's not the finger that pulls the trigger, it's the brain. It's not the penis that rapes,
it's the brain. Premature birth, drugs during gestation, domestic violence all impact brain
growth. The brain is designed to require use from the child's world in order to develop.
Completion of the brain is dependent on stimulation from the environment; every taste,
sound, touch and other stimulation contributes to proper growth. Neglect and abuse are
reflected in lack of development of the brain. The younger the child, the more difficult it
is to control normal development of the brain.
Under-stimulation of the higher, cortical brain (rational thinking) or over-
stimulation of the lower brain (base brain; fundamental senses; fight or flight, etc) leads
to abnormal development. We are born with unfinished brains. We are born with 25% of
adult brain weight. At end of 24 months, our brains are 90% of adult weight.
Chimpanzees are born with 40% of its adult brain weight. Macaw monkeys are born with
50%.
The brain is use-dependent. When it comes to brain cells, use it or lose it. We
would not be surprised to come across a teenager who has never been exposed to music
that he can't play the piano. Why should be we surprised that kids who have been
exposed only to neglect, abuse, gunfire, or the like, don't respect the rights of others and
don't trust or respond to nurturing. Babies are at the key age for intensive care. Ignorance
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about emotional development permeates our society. Technology (DVD; video games;
computers) too often replaces simple nurturing.
The most important stimulation babies need is: touch. Nurturing touch increases
emotional connection and development of the cortical brain. Parts of the brain can be
under-built due to neglect or over-built due to abuse. Searing fear creates a specific
response as truly as nurturing love does in a different way. Following even one
frightening experience, fundamental responses will be developed. Repeated similar
experiences will create a trait within the child. Boys tend to act out. Girls tend to
withdraw. The experience is not stored as language, in the cortical brain. It is stored in
the limbic brain, the emotional center of the brain. Experience shapes brain tissue,
chemistry and organization. IQ, school performance and relationships are all affected.
This is not just a low-class, poverty issue. By saying it is, the rest of us can avoid
seeing it has anything to do with me. Violent behavior permeates every class of people,
sometimes more subtly than others. Karr-Morse and Wiley wrote Ghosts from the
Nursery to put the face of babies on the impact of violence. Education begins at zero.
Kids are the way they are because their parents are simply are, or are not, available to
them.
You cannot overestimate the huge, positive impact of having nurses involved with
young mothers. High quality daycare (Perry pre-school spawned Head Start 30 years ago)
is equally as important as elementary school. Enriched, nurturing, predictable, caring
development is the key.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. All our children are at risk of
emotional problems. Apply the Pediatric Health Model to all our children (The Parenting
Institute). What makes a difference is applying the best of what we know to build healthy
kids rather than fixing broken ones. Parenting is the hardest job we'll ever have.
The book Silent Spring taught "poison at the front end, poison out the back end"
in regards to our environment. We have a similar problem on the human system. When
we neglect the problem, we contribute to the demise of ourselves.
www.minneapolisfed.org: the ABC's of early childhood development.
Meredith S. Wiley, NY State Director, "Fight Crime, Invest in Kids." Co-Author of
Ghosts from the Nursery; Albany, NY
"Fight Crime, Invest in Kids" is supported by Police, District Attorneys and
Sheriffs across the nation. Violent criminals need to be locked up. But this is only a part
of what needs to happen. We won't arrest and incarcerate our crime problem and solve it.
When eleven year olds join gangs, or sixteen year olds kill schoolmates or five year olds
act out, there's a reason.
"Trim Tab" is a term coined by Buckminster Fuller. It's a very small addition to a
rudder on a large battleship that drastically reduced the time it took to shift the direction
of a large ship. What used to take several people then needed only one person's flick of a
wrist. Trim Tabs are alterations that will exponentially improve outcomes with far less
effort. The early brain development is a prime opportunity for a trim tab.
Meredith has a grandson named Louis. He's nine. Her daughter had a normal
birth and a non-drug, natural birth. Within hours of birth his screams were gigantic. He
trembled and had trouble sleeping. He was highly sensitive to light and sound. He would
not cuddle. Caroline became desperate and felt like a failure as a mother. This was her
first baby. Robin Karr-Morse stepped in and helped Caroline. She helped Caroline build
her confidence and to help her see Louis as adventurous and high-spirited rather than
troubled. But something was amiss with this little guy. And Meredith and Robin were
writing Ghosts and new they were time-limited with the development of Louis' brain.
At three months, Caroline took Louis to a pediatrician and he recommended she
go to a psychiatrist. She got pissed and spent the next few months searching nationwide
for help. She was told far too often that the baby was too young to diagnose with
anything. There was simply an unavailability of resources.
After three more months, Caroline finally found someone less than ten miles from
her home. Louis was a month and a half behind (at six months of age) normal
development of movement, sitting and crawling. They began physical therapy and
symptoms began to abate. Six weeks later, he began sucking normally, establishing eye
contact and motor skills. But he was still behind at age ten months. An MRI showed a
brain hemorrhage from when he was born. The doctor pointed out that he would've
experienced massive headaches as a result. With continued therapy and knowledge, he
continued to improve. By age four, he passed his motor-coordination tests with flying
colors. Louis is now happy, outgoing, and playful and all the other well-documented
things people are who will succeed in school.
If he'd been left to grow out of his physical problems, he would never have
developed properly. Intervention was critical. Getting a diagnosis was extraordinarily
difficult. What would a less confident mother without the support system Caroline have
done? What would the results have been?
We simply don't pay close attention to babies the way we should. Babies don't
exist for us until they are potty-trained, can walk, talk, hit other kids and shoot guns. We
blame the mother. We hate the kid. We don't have a society that is interested in
overcoming our neglect of these babies.
Three percent of non-abused children are arrested for violent crime by age 18.
Five percent of abused children will be arrested for violent crime by age 18. There are 8
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million prisoners worldwide; 2 million are in the United States. We have the highest
homicide rate in the world.
To say we don't know what to do is untrue. We have the evidence. We do know
what to do. The Nurse Family Partnership program has been studied. Four percent of
kids who received home visitation by nurses committed crimes by age fifteen. Nineteen
percent of kids who did not receive home visitation by nurses committed crimes by age
fifteen. In 1998, Rand determined that four dollars was saved for every dollar spent. The
brain's capacity for change is highest at age 0-3 when Head Start and Early Head Start
will have the most impact. Where we actually spend the money to change brains is all
later in K-12, Mental Health, Juvenile Justice, substance abuse treatment and so on.
In comparative costs, locking someone up in prison costs $35,000 per year. Foster
care costs $17,000 per year. Nurse Home Visitation program costs less than $4,000 per
year. We spend $80 Billion annually dealing with the fallout from the neglect of children
(mental health, juvenile, prisons, jails, treatment, etc). And there are other hidden costs
we don't think about. Child welfare programs are failing nationwide. Longer sentences
raise the already high cost of fighting crime. Between 1981 and 1992, the U.S. went from
spending $8.3 billion per year in prison costs to $50 billion. The New York Times and
Boston Herald have warned that al Qaeda is recruiting in our prisons and in gangs. Where
better to recruit angry, young men?
We've got to find a way to put the money up front.
www.fi~,,,htcrime.org
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The Justice Department's Re-entry Initiative
A. Elizabeth Griffith, Associate Deputy Director for Policy
Bureau of Justice Assistance; U.S. Department of Justice
Ninety percent of people who go to prison will come back out into our
communities. They'll return disproportionately to neighborhoods that don't have the
resources to deal with them. Many have no close relationships with family. Lack of work
history, literacy, job qualifications, housing, health and mental health issues and drug
problems run strong in this population.
"Serious and Violent Offender Initiative" is designed to help. On a national basis,
DOJ is identifying the partners available to work with and support these efforts.
Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services help with funding. There are
training and technical assistance available. HUD and Veterans Affairs are partnering.
Vets represent 15% of population and 15% of criminal population as well. Social
Security Administration is at the table. They are working on the barriers, such as the
reinstatement of benefits to parolees.
They're looking at the concept of suspending, rather than eliminating benefits for
prisoners. This loss of benefits is a huge issue for counties. The Initiative focuses
primarily on prison issues.
Model Prevention Program
Michelle Katona, Director, "Invest in Children"
Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), Ohio
Michelle phone: (216) 698-2215
e-mail: cnmak(u www.cuyahoga.oh.us
Note: Power point slides were handed out at retreat
Cleveland was recently named the poorest city in the U.S. The uniqueness of
"Invest in Children" is that it is universal, research-based, focused on home and
neighborhood, proactive and wellness-oriented and built on a public-private partnership
(including State of Ohio, Board of County Commissioners, local foundations and fenders
and community-based organizations). Evaluation was required by the partnership and
included customer satisfaction, performance, quality, outputs/production (numbers
served) and outcomes (family behavior).
The primary goals are helping to create effective parents, healthy children and
quality child care, all the things Karr-Morse and Wiley spoke of during lunch. This
appears to be an incredibly far-reaching campaign with the best of goals.
They have a tax bond specifically for human services as a result of the success of
their work that is seen in the community.
Website: www.cuyahogacounly.us
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Diverting the non-violent mentally ill from jail and juvenile detention:
an intergovernmental challenge"
Marvin Southard, Director of Mental Health
Los Angeles County, California
LA County has a billion dollar budget and 3,000 MH employees. Their largest
MH facility is their jail, which is the largest MH facility in the nation. "Kobe Bryant
factor: you can always do better if you play as part of a team." No matter how good each
of the organizations is that works with mentally challenged people, they can't do it alone.
Find partners and work with them.
2034 Program in California: LA, Stanislaus & Kern counties partnered with state
of California and focused on homeless mentally ill and mentally ill in jail. They measured
outcomes: fewer days homeless; fewer days incarcerated; two other measurements.
Results were astounding. The program went from five million dollar pilot program to
fifty-five million dollar annual program in most counties in California.
Proposition 63 (to address issues of seriously mentally ill people) was approved in
November. It taxes people who make over one million dollars annually 1% (taxes 2nd
million and above). It will raise $700 million annually and will be accessed by all
counties in California. Focus is transformation of MH system so mentally ill are safe in
communities and communities are safe without having them in jail. It includes diversion
of juveniles from system.
There are three areas in the LA County plan:
• First is true diversion. Make sure that people with true MH issues are dealt with at
the court level, with judge and attorneys, to keep them out of jail and in programs
and services.
• Second area is prevention. One of the pre-cursors to mental health issues and
substance abuse is being witness to extreme violence. Witnessing trauma affects
the brain. MH interventions can help. They've found remarkable responses in
middle school youth.
• Third focus is on clear aftercare plan for folks to have housing and substance
abuse and MH treatments as they come out of jail. LA County is creating an
Aftercare Unit for this purpose. MH patients need partners as well.
MH treatment and substance abuse treatment are completely separate in LA
County. Without both, the patient will fail. Partnership is critical in order for people to
have better lives.
Over time, ongoing relationships that mentally ill people have with other people
have proven to be more important in the curative process of mental illness than drug
treatment programs.
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Michael S. Carona, Sheriff
Orange County, California
Orange County has the 2nd largest Sheriff's county in California, and 5th largest in
U.S. They have the 14th largest jail in U.S. $5.5 million annual budget. Orange County is
the 31St largest economy in the world and 2nd or 3rd most expensive housing in the U.S.
Proposition 63 is a windfall for people dealing with mentally ill offenders in
California. Jails are being turned into mental health hospitals. Nearly 2/3 of the boys and
3/4 of the girls in jail in the U.S. have at least one mental health issue. Nearly 70% of MH
inmates are dual diagnosed. 94% of mentally ill people in the nation's prison system
recidivated if there was no aftercare available to them.
The mentally ill have no voice. No one makes a case for them; no movie stars; no
nationally recognized champion. We in public service need to be that champion.
If mentally ill end up in jail, we need services available within the jail dedicated
to getting them resources. Proposition 63 was one of the answers. We then need an
aftercare system in place when they get out of jail. Orange County is working to create a
Mental Health court. When police, prosecutors, courts and counties work together,
solutions can be found for these people. Objective is to keep them out of jail and inside
systems of support and control so they are safe and community is safe.
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Peter M. Lukevich, Executive Director, Washington Partners in Crisis
Seattle, Washington
Jails: Asylums of the New Millennium
Washington Partners in Crisis is a coalition of sheriffs, police chiefs, judges,
prosecutors, defense lawyers, treatment providers and consumers who have a goal to do a
better job of treating the mentally ill in Washington. When this group gathers together
before legislators, things happen. In King County, 78% of GF budget is for law
enforcement. 80% of the 78% is spent on jails.
A group like this has not been part of the solution before. They now partner with
Sheriff Raul Ramirez, Commissioner Lisa Naito and others who are doing the same thing
in Oregon. They've seen a 90% reduction in recidivism with people who successfully
access a full range of treatments (only currently available in two counties in Washington).
They want to keep them out of jail, where they don't belong, except for seriously violent
offenders, and get them the services they need. The burden falls immediately to counties
to deal with these folks. It is in all our best interests
We must insist that Oregon no longer terminate inmates from Medicaid; just
suspend them so they aren't cut off when they get out. This is discrimination against
the most vulnerable people: mentally ill, low-income, homeless, minority, etc.
Find case managers who can access them before they leave jail so they are
immediately receiving aftercare upon release. One of the most effective front-end
solutions is to have officers properly trained in crisis intervention to recognize that an
offender may be mentally ill and off their medication rather than just another offender.
There are ways to keep people out of the system; they just need the support of these
partnerships.
The shortage of beds in the state hospital will lead to a shortage of beds in jails. It
takes a cop, a commissioner, a judge, a sheriff, a group like LPSCC to make a difference.
It takes you, who are reading this, now, to make a difference. It is no longer acceptable
that mentally ill offenders spend twice the time in jail that non-mentally ill offenders
committing the same offense.
Peter Lukevich e-mail: picnwapic.org
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Larry Spottsville, Director, Juvenile Probation Department
Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Prevalence of mental disorders among children (juvenile justice system)
• 73% of children in national sample of public and private juvenile facilities
reported mental health problems during screenings. 57% reported previously
received MH treatment.
• In Maryland, 57% of youth have history of mental illness; 53% have at least one
current mental disorder diagnosis.
• In Virginia, 8-10% of youth in secure detention homes need immediate MH
treatment. 77% of youth meet diagnostic criteria for mental disorder.
• In Georgia, 61 % of youth admitted to detention centers had mental disorders,
including substance abuse disorders.
• 72% of youth in South Carolina Juvenile Justice facilities met full criteria for at
least one mental disorder diagnosis.
• In Toronto, 63% had two or more mental disorder with an additional 22% meeting
diagnostic criteria for one mental disorder.
Conclusions:
• Prevalence of mental disorders among youth in juvenile facilities ranges from
50% to 75% in multiple, well-designed studies.
• Nearly half of incarcerated girls meet criteria for PTSD and up to 19% of youth
may be suicidal.
• Children involved with juvenile justice system frequently have more than one co-
occurring mental and/or substance abuse disorder.
• Children involved with juvenile justice system have substantially higher rates of
mental disorder than children in the general population.
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Model County Re-entry Program
"Real Work and Real Pay"
Robert Hunter, Program Manager; Sentencing-to-Service Home Program
Hennepin County, Minnesota
In the 1990's, instead of probation or parole, certain individuals were going
through STS program. Upon successful completion, they were released from P&P. These
were typically low-risk, non-violent offenders and are with STS for several days of
community work service.
They expanded to include minimum-security prison inmates who would be with
STS longer-term and worked with the city of Minneapolis to rehab rundown houses for
low-cost housing. They worked with the Carpenter's Union to train and supervise inmate
workers. After hearing about Deschutes County's efforts, they partnered with Habitat for
Humanity and currently build thirty homes per year. Of the first six people they trained,
five graduated and four entered the carpentry trade permanently. They eventually grew to
four crews and one of them is all women from a women's minimum security prison.
Now when they interview to start another new crew of 6-7 inmates, they interview
40-50 men and a dozen women. When they first started, they had a hard time getting a
crew of seven; they ended up with six. Habitat now completely funds the women's crew.
They have a 75% placement rate in new employment once inmates complete their service
with STS. The word is out. STS is about the best thing going in construction training in
the Minneapolis area. There's a lot of pride among the inmates. Priority is serving non-
custodial fathers. They sign a contract to support their family when they get a job on the
outside. Some construction companies have stopped advertising and now rely on STS for
new workers.
In addition to Habitat, STS has begun working for developers in the Twin Cities.
They're bidding all the residential projects they can handle and the union supports their
work (as long as they stay away from commercial). They will be self-sustaining within
the next year. They've expanded to include juveniles in the program this year. They've
expanded to include training in machine shop work. No one has failed in this program. In
the construction program, they've trained two hundred participants. Fewer than ten have
recidivated with either parole violations or new felonies.
They originally thought the focus was on building homes. They learned they are
really rebuilding lives and that a finished home was a nice byproduct. Seventy-five
percent of their graduates are making a living in construction industry.
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"The Delancey Street Replication Project" (Milton Eisenhower Foundation)
Christopher Fay, Director
Washington, DC
Eisenhower Foundation's mission is to find model programs to reduce and
prevent crime. In the past year, they wanted to find a program to rehabilitate inmates.
Imagine a forty-five year old man who's on drugs for 20 years, started with petty
crimes and graduated to major crimes. He's fathered six children by three different
women. He did not graduate from high school. The only thing he can do well is commit
crimes. Next, imagine going to a fine restaurant in San Francisco that is run entirely by
ex-felons. Next door is a moving company operated for thirty years by ex-offenders
without one problem. There is a very successful Christmas tree lot. There are 400
workers. 399 are offenders.
Delancey projects are located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pueblo, New
Mexico, Greensboro, North Carolina, Brewster, New York. These are not replications.
Replications may not be exactly like the original five.
Delancey believes they can transform people. They do this without tax dollars.
They fund themselves through business income earned. These are businesses and they are
schools. Imagine a person going into Delancey Street who commits to staying for two
years. The average stay ends up being 3-4 years. Imagine that first man leaving Delancey
Street with at least three marketable skills, a high school diploma and perhaps a college
degree. He'll have worked driving trucks, cooking and so forth. He will have made
contact with the three mothers and all his children. Child support payments were
suspended due to the judicial system's belief in the Delancey program and then he
transitions into steady employment and responsibility. During the first six months of his
first job on the outside, half of his new salary from his new job goes back to Delancey
and half goes into savings. By the time he's ready to transition back out on his own. He
has money in the bank, a job, an education and has been mentored by tough ex-cons. He
talks and thinks differently. He has an improved relationship with his family.
Principle: each one, teach one. His first three months at Delancey, he learns to
clean the floor. Next, he learns a new skill from another ex-offender while he teaches a
new man at Delancey how to clean the floor. This program reverses the whole culture
that has been learned in prison. This man actually wants to succeed. He won't just make
some money; he'll make a living and impact his family and friends in very positive ways.
The Eisenhower Foundation believes this program must and can be replicated.
The program started in 1971 with seven offenders. Thirty four years later, they
have five facilities and a portfolio worth fifty million dollars and a huge success story.
They help both men and women. Eisenhower starts with the corrections community and
local business community and college on bringing resources to the table in order to
transform lives which need to be transformed for their sake, their family's sake and their
community's safety sake. They change lives and they change minds.
They face strong NIMBY concerns since they house a large group of ex-offenders
supervised by ex-offenders. They don't have outcome measurements, as they aren't
required to do so. Replication projects would be tested for typical outcomes by
Eisenhower. Anecdotally, it appears to make a significant difference in the lives of
offenders.
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"Assessment and Education"
Arthur Wallenstein, Director, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Montgomery County, Maryland
Insist upon collaboration. Insist upon outcomes regarding re-entry of offenders.
To this date, Wallenstein knows of no study that shows why a ten year sentence is better
than an eight year or six year sentence. Safety in our communities requires that we know
how to succeed with these people. Which offenders need to be incarcerated and for how
long and what treatment programs will be most effective with them while they are
incarcerated and what is available to them upon release? If we knew what worked, we
wouldn't have the enormous challenges we face. High rates of recidivism and high cost
of system of dealing with untrained, mentally ill, uneducated and drug-addicted people
has led to the high interest in re-entry programs.
1.7 million mentally ill people are released from county jails in the U.S. annually.
People always talk about prisons, where average stay is 42 months. Jail stays may be 42
minutes (typical max is 12 months) and the number of inmates served is far more
significant than in prison.
G.W. Bush, in last year's State of the Union was the first sitting president to ever
mention prisons and re-entry in this context.
There is no reason in any jail in the U.S. that an education cannot be provided.
There is no reason GED programs can't be offered. It is cheap and it is easy. There is not
a jailer in this country that should be able to stand in front of an enlightened board of
county commissioners and claim otherwise. Total cost of education program in
Montgomery County, hiring state licensed teachers, often retired, is $254,000 per year.
There are Adult Education programs in most communities. This is a valid, non-mandated
service. They buy services for $20-25 per hour. They do not hire full time teachers. They
pay for hours worked and do not pay benefits (hence the focus on retirees). Volunteers
are recruited to help with remedial reading skills.
Support must come from the top and must include partnership with local
education system. Politically, the issues must be engaged. Ask why we cannot provide
this service. Reject the notion that security issues prevent the possibility. Get support
from the state. Ten million people will come out of county jails this year versus 600,000
from state prisons. It is time to diminish the "dead time" in jails and bring these programs
in.
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The Cost Effectiveness of Re-entry
Peter Greenwood, Ph.D.
Founder of Rand's Criminal Justice Program
"I have a 91-year old father who wasn't doing too well. He was in a rest home
after a bad spell in the hospital and he was going down hill. But he's a Red Sox fan. He's
doing great now."
"If the evidence is there, why aren't we doing it?"
First, we are a nation that wants fast solutions. Intervention and prevention are all
about the future. If we lock someone up, they're gone. Issue solved, many believe. But
we can't even pay our current bills. We're building up bills that our grandkids will be
paying. This is not a great time to be talking about long-term benefits of intervention and
prevention programs.
Second, we're not talking about building a bridge; you're talking about preventing
crime. Five years from now, you're going to have a bunch of people who would have
been victims and they don't know it. This is invisible.
Ten years ago, only the techies were making movies on computers. Now you're
kids are at home doing exactly this. You can buy a disc from the people who created the
technology and just do it. This is exactly what we're proposing in prevention and
intervention.
Prevention began before the Civil War. By 1994, the experts from National
Academy of Sciences concluded there wasn't a single program that worked consistently
to prevent violence. But in the past ten years, the world has changed. The research has
proven that certain things actually do work. The standard is, if you do one test you have
evidence that it works.
The Elmira Project first started in the 1970's. David Olds invented the nurse home
visitation program. He followed these kids for fifteen years. Through that long follow up,
it showed that it worked in preventing child abuse, but it also proved a bunch of
unexpected byproducts like fewer unwanted subsequent pregnancies, better prepared kids
going to school and so on.
How do we train other people to replicate what David Olds did? How do we weed
out the programs that don't work? How do you insure that we are building the most
effective models? Olds' program costs $7,000 per year. Other programs were doing much
the same thing for $25,000, but they certainly weren't four times as effective.
Functional Family Therapy takes four months and costs $2,500 per family. It
saves government seven times as much as is invested. It is very cost-effective and is
supposed to reduce recidivism by thirty percent.
In California, "three strikes your out" has resulted in lots of people receiving life
sentences. Studies have shown there are far more cost-effective solutions than locking
people up.
Cost Effectiveness Lesson: Pay for the program/training. There's an upfront cost
to get the benefit from the program. FFT training lasts four days. You know nothing
about it on Monday and on Friday you're seeing your first family. Most important is that
the program be implemented appropriately, according to the evidence based training.
FFT, Inc builds in quality assurance and fidelity to the design of the program.
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FFT, MST and Treatment Foster Care are the three most cost-effective programs
currently being used regularly. They all provide $7-10 in savings to the local jurisdiction
(Treatment Foster Care ($10 saved for every $1 invested.), FFT ($7), MST ($6), Nurse
Home Visitation ($5)). You save money by avoiding government expenditures.
Once you've got the program, you follow the kids over time and study them for
several years. Compare these kids with kids who haven't been through the same
programs. Figure in a 30% reduction in recidivism and then measure the savings in
mental health, health, corrections, unemployment benefits, housing subsidies and other
areas. This information is visible. It's replicable. This is a very powerful instrument.
The Reentry Roundtable just published (January 2005) an 850 page report. It's
got every good idea that anyone thinks is great. It's a quagmire. You need a David Olds
to boil it down to the five or six things that are scientifically proved to work.
Where does the money come from? We have the money. We have enough money
to put every single at-risk and adjudicated kid through an effective program. But it's
being spent somewhere else.
Example: DARE doesn't work. It never worked. L.A. police and L.A. School
District partnered to create DARE in the 1970's. It grew like wildfire nationwide and got
an $800 million dollar federal earmark. They published studies that showed it worked,
but scientists said the studies weren't valid. When two separate, random, scientific
studies were done, they learned DARE made no difference. But so many powerful people
were committed that they could barely get the study published. Eventually, DARE
admitted that their program could be improved and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is
funding the improvements.
One thing they learned was that fourth and fifth graders weren't typically old
enough to comprehend the DARE education. The new DARE program will focus on
seventh and eighth graders. They had to revamp the optimal age for the kids.
Two members defended DARE anecdotally as implemented in their own counties.
They claim it has worked well for them. The man who monitored the DARE earmark at
the Department of Justice pointed out a few problems with DARE included that they quit
training kids right at the age when the real threat began. Also, in far too many
jurisdictions, officers were using DARE as a way to increase overtime. It was very rigidly
designed and didn't allow enough flexibility to include other aspects that would have
helped it. The new DARE program is apparently going to be much-improved.
Scared Straight has been showed to not reduce proclivity toward criminal
behavior. David Huffman, Sheriff from North Carolina shows how and why Scared
Straight does work. Here's the crux of the challenge. All these programs have their
champions, whether the science shows that they work or not; or work less well than other
options.
And why do we keep doing things that aren't terribly effective (like electronic
monitoring; DARE; Scared Straight)? Because we like it; because it seems logical that it
should work; because we've been doing it this way; because we're invested in them.
But things are changing. And they'll continue to change. More people are
beginning to understand and accept the evidence. If we aren't going to give up on all the
programs that have been proven not to be effective, at least begin to move toward, or
implement aspects of, programs that are clearly proven to work (FFT, MST, etc).
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The optimal model for implementation of programs is that practices would all be
evidence based. All practices would be regularly assessed for outcomes. Proven programs
would be available to those who need them. With new, unproven programs, you'd
implement assessment tools from the outset so within a few years, you'd know if it
works. What keeps us from doing this? First, the key people need to truly understand this
work and it isn't that complicated. Peter has everything we need to know on two pages.
We can sort out what programs need to include in order to be considered evidence-based.
We don't have any evidence on re-entry yet. We will.
"I'm very positive about this meeting. You people get it! Ken Mayfield!
Republican! From Texas! (laughter) This group gets it!"
Check website for WSIPP (Washington State Institute on Public Policy)
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"The Revolving Door for the Mentally Ill in the Justice System"
The Honorable Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus, Ohio
"You don't need money to start; just a strong will. You don't need a lot of
knowledge; just surround yourself with those who do."
Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg was born in Thailand to missionary
parents. She came to the United States when she turned eighteen and went to college. She
became a lawyer and then a judge and was appointed to the Supreme Court. She lives and
works in Columbus. She made it her own mission to change the way the mentally ill were
dealt with in the prison system in Ohio.
The key points for success include:
• Collaboration: find committed partners in all related fields, including law
enforcement, mental health and so forth. Be sure to include judges. Have them
lead the effort. They carry key clout to assemble people and accomplish change.
• Statistics: NACo publications have statistics that are very persuasive for decision
makers and funders ("Ending the Cycle of Recidivism"). Use your local
university to do studies and create accountability measures for programs.
• Crisis Intervention Training (CIT): Introduce police and sheriff's deputies to
mental health professionals. They need to learn how to best deal with mentally ill
people. Jail diversion is where to start. This is critical, but you must have
alternatives to jail in place. CIT training is available in every county in Ohio for
cops, parole and probation officers, campus police and so forth.
Mental Health courts have been established in Ohio. They are voluntary for the
offender to be involved. The program lasts one to two years. They are extremely
effective. Their websites (www.sconet.state.oh.us/ACMIC;
www. specdocsgsconet. state. oh. us) have related articles. Mental Health courts are not
actually separate courts in Ohio, they are specialized dockets.
Ongoing training and education are available for cops, judges and other partners.
There is an annual conference in Ohio in May that combines CIT and MH courts. She
says it's open to anyone from any state.
She raised a variety of options to seek funding. Butler County is developing a
Mental Health Court manual. There are many people with personal wealth who have
mentally ill family members. The Corporation for Public Housing is an option. Land
Banking can turn county properties into housing for the mentally ill. Check to see if there
is a Central State Pharmacy in Oregon where counties can buy in bulk by tagging onto
the state contract to save money. Steal ideas from other counties and adopt them for
ourselves.
It's important to avoid the syndrome where you spend three years developing a
"white paper." Act! Make a difference. Use building blocks from others and build up
from there.
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"The Nevada Re-entry Initiative"
Jackie Crawford, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections
Carson City, Nevada
Note: Power point slides attached separately
Ms. Crawford is introduced as one of the most progressive people in the U.S.
working in the area of re-entry. She requests that we spend a lot of money, because it
goes into her budget. Nevada is known for bars and bullets. Their prison population grew
dramatically during the 1990's. They soon learned they couldn't build themselves out of
their problem. Their budget is $440 million for the biennium with 2,600 employees.
6.9 million people were on probation, in jail, prison or on parole at year-end 2003.
3.2% of all U.S. adult residents (1 out of 32) are incarcerated. In 1980, parole failures
accounted for 17% of new admissions. In 1999, it was 35 By 2002, it was 41%. In
2004, there were more than 5,000 new admissions into Nevada prisons. 75% were for
new crimes. 25% for parole violations (69% of these were technical violations). This was
when the accreditation movement caught fire, because of the huge increase in lawsuits
that resulted from so many new admissions. 97% of inmates are coming back home some
day. Combined with recidivism rates, re-entry programs have become critical to
community safety.
Nevada Offender Characteristics
• 58% have no GED or high school diploma
• 45% function below 8th grade level
• 15% have some form of mental illness
• 72% have children (imagine what happens with these children...)
• 80-90% drug or alcohol problems (girls are beginning using meth as a diet aid to
stay thin; meth is huge problem)
• 65% have no job training or work skills
Public attitudes toward rehabilitation and punishment
• Policy makers consistently overestimate the public's punitive attitudes
• Citizens want criminals to be punished, but they also support rehabilitation as a
major purpose of corrections (California public opinion currently shows 82%
support prevention and 12% support the building of more prisons)
Correctional realities include the facts that offenders often have no social net and
no marketable skills. More prisoners are "maxing out" in their sentences. Longer
sentences mean fewer community connections. There is a lack of adequate housing and
treatment programs and there are many restrictions on public welfare assistance.
What we know is that treatment works. National studies have shown that effective
intervention can reduce recidivism by 30%. Prison does not have to be purely punitive to
have an appreciable impact on behavior. Benefits of treatment include decrease in prison
misconduct, prison violence, drug use and anti-social attitudes as well as an increase in
pro-social skills, positive behaviors and a safer environment for everyone. This is good
public safety policy.
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Leadership must embrace re-entry in order for it to work. The attitude must come
from the top down. The goals of Nevada's "Going Home Prepared" Program are to
reduce recidivism, increase public safety and coordinate existing community resources.
They have an 80% success rate in the past year and a half since the GHP program has
been operational. The 20% who have failed have all failed due to technical violations.
There have been no new crimes committed by anyone who has completed the GHP
program.
Dana Serrata; re-entry coordinator (702) 879-3800; ext 295
E-mail: dserrata@,doc.nv.gov
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Action Plan
Health Care challenge
Current situation is that offenders are cut off from health care by federal
government (Medicaid, housing benefits, SSI, SSDI, VA benefits) and the result is that
burden falls onto counties to pay full freight for the health care of inmates. The cost is not
the rates insurance companies pay or Medicaid pays; the cost is the full, retail cost. Then,
when they are released, they are not put back onto assistance, they are without medical
coverage. Many counties are required to report the names of all people who are arrested
and held in jail to Social Security and they receive a "bounty" as a reward. Many counties
rely on these funds to supplement their jail budgets while long-term the costs to the
counties end up being much higher due to the lost of benefits.
What should happen is that when someone is on federal medical (and other)
assistance, they should maintain their benefits after arrest until they are convicted of a
crime. Health benefits should continue until conviction.
Even after conviction counties are stuck with medical costs for inmates, but it is
not politically likely to have full benefits continue after conviction. It will be hard enough
to get changes just for those who lose benefits upon arrest only. One possibility is to get
legislation that will allow counties to pay a lower rate than full freight for inmates.
Additional health issues
Hepatitis B, AIDS, Tuberculosis and drug addiction are growing problems in the
U.S. due to prison conditions. Many people enter prison without disease and contract
them while in prison. Illegal drugs do not enter prisons via visitors. They have no direct
contact with the prisoners. The drugs can only be obtained by inmates via sworn law
enforcement officers. Think about the healthy, young man who enters prison for stealing
a car. Too often, he leaves prison a few years later diseased, drug-addicted, tattooed and
gang-affiliated.
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(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.ors
WORK SESSION AGENDA
DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
10:00 A.M., MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2005
Commissioners' Hearing Room - Administration Building
1300 NW Wall St.., Bend
1. CITIZEN INPUT
This is the time provided for individuals wishing to address the Board regarding issues that
are not already on the agenda. Visitors who wish to speak should sign up prior to the
beginning of the meeting on the sign-up sheet provided. Please use the microphone and also
state your name and address at the time the Board calls on you to speak.
2. DISCUSSION and Consideration of Signature of Document No. 2005-043, a
Services Agreement with The Ferguson Group for Federal Lobbyist Services -
Mark Pilliod, Legal Counsel
3. DISCUSSION and Consideration of Approval of Findings on a Plan
Amendment and Zone Change regarding a 57.5-Acre Parcel Located North of
Bend (Change from EFU-TRB to MUA-10; Applicant: Duffin; Decision by
Board Made 9/20/04) - Matt Martin, Community Development Department
4. CONSIDERATION of Signature of Resolution No. 2005-016, Transferring
Appropriations within the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Fund (Machinery)
- Marty Wynne, Finance Department
5. DISCUSSION and Consideration of Signature of a Letter Reappointing Jim
Diegel to the Deschutes County Fair Board, through December 31, 2009
6. CONSIDERATION of Signature of Document No. 2005-011, Amending the
Sunriver Service District Management Agreement - Laurie Craghead, Legal
Counsel
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
Page 1 of 10 Pages
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE SUNRIVER SERVICE
DISTRICT
7. CONSIDERATION of Signature of Document No. 2005-011, Amending the
Sunriver Service District Management Agreement - Laurie Craghead, Legal
Counsel
CONVENE AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE 9-1-1 COUNTY
SERVICE DISTRICT
8. CONSIDERATION of Signature of Resolution No. 2005-013, Transferring
Appropriations within the Deschutes County 9-1-1 County Service District
Fund - Marty Wynne, Finance Department
9. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
Deschutes County conducts meetings in locations that are wheelchair accessible. Deschutes County also
provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. For persons who are deaf or who have
hearing or speech impairments, dial 7-1-1 to access the State transfer relay services for TTY. At meetings
of the Board of County Commissioners, the County will provide an interpreter for hearing impaired
persons who make their request at least 48 hours' notice. Written information can be made available in
large print or in audio format; to request these services, please call (541) 388-6571.
FUTURE MEETINGS:
(Please note: Meeting dates and times are subject to change. All meetings take place in the Board of
Commissioners' meeting rooms at 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, unless otherwise indicated. Ifyou have
questions regarding a meeting, please call 388-6572.)
Monday, January 31, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
5:30 p.m. Public Hearing on the Bureau of Land Management Proposed Badlands Wilderness
Designation
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005
8:30 a.m. Conference Call with The Ferguson Group regarding Federal Lobbying Issues
1:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Update with Information Technology
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Luncheon with Governor Kulongowski (location to be determined)
Thursday, February 3 2005
8:00 a.m. Meeting with Judge and Court Staff regarding Courtroom Technology Equipment
9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting regarding Inside Deschutes County Video Newsmagazine
12:00 noon Redmond Economic Development Lunch, at Eagle Crest
Monday, February 7, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:30 p.m. Meeting of Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC)
Wednesday, February 9, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update - Conference Call
1:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Forestry Specialist, at Road
1:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Road Department, at Road
2:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Solid Waste, at Solid Waste
3:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Health Department, at Health
4:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Mental Health Department, at
Mental Health
Thursday, February 10, 2005
3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting of the Fair Board, at the Fairgrounds
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting of Employee Benefits Advisory Committee
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Manager of the Fair & Expo Center
Friday, February 18, 2005
9:30 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Community Development
11:30 a.m. Economic Development for Central Oregon Luncheon, at St. Charles Medical Center,
Bend
Monday, February 21, 2005
Most County offices will be closed to observe Presidents' Day.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
2:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with the Director of Tax & Finance
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update Conference Call
1:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Parole & Probation, at Parole & Probation
2:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Sheriff, at the Sheriffs Office
4:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Juvenile Community Justice, at Juvenile
Thursday, February 24, 2005
10:00 a.m. Budget Kick-off Meeting and Performance Measures Training
Monday, February 28, 2005
8:30 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Commission on Children &
Families
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
2:00 p.m. Meeting with Sheriff's Office Corrections Needs Assessment Committee, at the
Sheriffs Office (MAC Center)
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Tuesday, March 1, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
Monday, March 7, 2005
3:30 p.m. Meeting of Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC)
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update Conference Call
Monday, March 14, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Community Development
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
10:00 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Mental Health Department
11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting of Employee Benefits Advisory Committee
1:00 P.M. Preliminary Budget Meetings with Various Departments
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Manager of Fair/Expo Center
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
Thursday, March 17, 2005
1:00 P.M. Preliminary Budget Meetings with Various Departments
Monday, March 21, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
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Wednesday, March 23, 2005
9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with the Director of Tax & Finance
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update Conference Call
1:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Parole & Probation
2:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Sheriff
Thursday, March 24, 2005
7:00 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Redmond City Council, Redmond Fire Hall
11:30 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the City of Bend Council, at the County
Monday, March 28, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
2:00 p.m. Meeting with Sheriff's Office Corrections Needs Assessment Committee, at the
Sheriffs Office (MAC Center)
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Commission on Children &
Families
3:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Juvenile Community Justice
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
Monday, April 4, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:30 p.m. Meeting of Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC)
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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Thursday, April 7, 2005
8:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with the City of Sisters Council, in Sisters
Monday, April 11, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Community Development
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
1:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Update with Information Technology
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update - Conference Call
1:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Forestry Specialist
1:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Road Department
2:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Solid Waste
3:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Health Department
4:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Mental Health Department
Thursday, April 14, 2005
12 noon Regular Meeting of Audit Committee
Friday, April 15, 2005
1:00 P.M. Review of Requested Budgets
Monday, April 18, 2005
12 noon Regular Meeting of Board of Commissioners and Department Heads
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting of Employee Benefits Advisory Committee
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Manager of the Fair & Expo Center
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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Monday, April 25, 2005
9:00 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the District Attorney
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
2:00 p.m. Meeting with Sheriff's Office Corrections Needs Assessment Committee, at the
Sheriffs Office (MAC Center)
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Commission on Children &
Families
3:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Juvenile Community Justice
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with the Director of Tax & Finance
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update Conference Call
1:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Parole & Probation
2:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Sheriff
Monday, May 2, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:30 p.m. Meeting of Local Public Safety Coordinating Council (LPSCC)
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
Monday, May 9, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Community Development
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update - Conference Call
1:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Forestry Specialist, at Road
1:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Road Department, at Road
2:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of Solid Waste, at Solid Waste
3:30 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Health Department, at Health
4:15 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Mental Health Department, at
Mental Health
Thursday, May 12, 2005
7:00 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Redmond City Council, Redmond Fire Hall
Monday, May 16, 2005
9:00 a.m. Administrative Liaison
1:00 P.M. Budget Committee Meeting
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
10:00 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Manager of the Fair & Expo Center
11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting of Employee Benefits Advisory Committee
1:00 P.M. Departmental Budget Presentations
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
1:00 P.M. Departmental Budget Presentations
Thursday, May 19, 2005
1:00 P.M. Departmental Budget Presentations
Friday 20, 2005
1:00 P.M. Budget Approval Meeting
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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Monday, May 23, 2005
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Work Session
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
3:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Director of the Commission on Children &
Families
Thursday, May 26, 2005
11:30 a.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the City of Bend Council, at the City
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with the Director of Tax & Finance
10:00 a.m. Board of Commissioners' Meeting
11:30 a.m. Legislative Update Conference Call
1:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Parole & Probation
2:45 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with the Sheriff
4:00 p.m. Regularly Scheduled Meeting with Juvenile Community Justice
Monday, May 30, 2005
Most County offices will be closed to observe Memorial Day.
Monday, May 31, 2005
1:30 p.m. Administrative Liaison
Deschutes County meeting locations are wheelchair accessible.
Deschutes County provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities.
For deaf, hearing impaired or speech disabled, dial 7-1-1 to access the state transfer relay service for TTY.
Please call (541) 388-6571 regarding alternative formats or for further information.
Board of Commissioners' Work Session Agenda Monday, January 31, 2005
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