2019 ACA Boston Program Book_149th Congress of Correction

Objectives: Understand the metrics chosen for DRC reporting and how those metrics were selected; learn content of ACA data-sharing agreements used for the DRC; and review lessons and challenges from ACA’s ongoing pilot program for the DRC. Moderator: Vinko Kucinic, Chief Information Officer, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio Speakers: Vinko Kucinic, Chief Information Officer, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Columbus, Ohio; Robert Lampert, Director, Wyoming Department of Corrections, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Vincent Ryan, Executive Office Assistant, American Correctional Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Tony Wilkes, Chief of Corrections, Davidson County Tennessee Sheriff’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee In Massachusetts in 2018, state funding was allocated for the first time specifically for community-based residential reentry services. The funding was supported by the Massachusetts Sheriffs’ Association, Major City Police Chiefs’ Association, District Attorneys’ Association and several other groups. Prior to this effort, jails, prisons and community corrections had to carve funds out of their own budgets to provide residential reentry programs. Community Resources for Justice led the education-driven effort behind the funding, engaging community partners, stakeholders and policymakers throughout the process, and will share with workshop participants ways to achieve an expansion of reentry services in their own states. Objectives: Identify the importance of community-based reentry in the corrections continuum; understand how to communicate with policymakers about reentry services; and D-1F The Importance of Community-Based Reentry in the Corrections Continuum to Ensure Long-Standing Success Room 203

develop skills to engage with stakeholders to increase reentry resources. Moderator: John Larivee, Chief Executive Officer and President, Community Resources for Justice, Boston, Massachusetts Speakers: Ellen Donnarumma, Vice President for Justice Services, Community Resources for Justice, Boston, Massachusetts; Gabriella Priest, Director of Innovation, Implementation, and Development, Community Resources for Justice, Boston, Massachusetts

D-1G Correctional Housing Unit for Veterans and Community Partnerships: Serving Veterans Behind and Beyond the Wall Room 206 Approximately eight percent of the incarcerated population is comprised of veterans. To better serve this population, correctional facilities

Workshops Tuesday, Aug. 6 t 8:30–10 a.m.

throughout the United States have opened specialized veteran units. The Middlesex County Jail and House of Corrections established the Housing Unit for Military Veterans (HUMV). HUMV incorporates structure, order, camaraderie and access to services. It has established effective partnerships with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) and other local community resources to provide services and treatment. This seminar is designed to highlight one specific housing unit for incarcerated veterans, how it functions, and its partnerships with the VA and how these benefit individual and public safety. Objectives: Have knowledge of one model of a specialized housing unit for veterans in a correction; understand benefits of having a veteran-specific correctional unit while incarcerated and following; and learn of effective collaboration with a correctional institution, the Department of Veteran Affairs. Moderator: Katheline Nicholas Malvey, LICSW, VISN 1 Veteran Justice Program Coordinator, VA Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts

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