Welcome and Introductions Brain Injury & the Criminal Justice System June 27 and 28, 2017 Fran Osburn, MA Superintendent Edinburgh Correctional Facility Lance E. Trexler, PhD, HSPP, FACRM Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Indiana University School of Medicine
Improving Return to Work and Decreasing Recidivism in Ex-Offenders with Acquired Brain Injury through Resource Facilitation Outcomes Decrease in return to incarceration Decrease in re-arrest Increase in employment d knowledge and capacity with health care providers and correctional system Project funding provided through US Department of Health & Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau Traumatic Brain Injury Implementation Partnership Grants Grant Number 5 H21MC269140200: 2014 - 2019
Partners Indiana Department of Correction – Lead Agency Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana – Project Co-Manager; Programmatic Partner Community Solutions – Project Co-Manager American Institutes for Research (AIR) - Evaluator IDOC Parole District 3 Marion County Community Corrections/Duvall Residential Facility – Programmatic Partner Public Advocates in Community re-Entry (PACE) – Programmatic Partner (Resource Facilitation)
Goals of the Conference Promote awareness of brain injury in the DOC Address legal, medical, and neuropsychological aspects of brain injury Provide strategies for the identification of the presence of brain injury and an introduction to the medical and behavioral management of brain injury Begin a conversation that will lead to a sustainable statewide strategy to improve identification and management of brain injury in the DOC
Indiana DOC is Leading the Country Post-Release: Screening for brain injury Evaluating level of impairment and disability Providing specialized brain injury services and supports Pre-Release for Veterans in Edinburgh and Putnamville First of it’s Kind Conference
Many Thanks to: Department of Corrections Robert E. Carter Jr, Commissioner Julie Lanham, Deputy Commissioner of Re-Entry Nancy Riley, Staff Development and Training Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Claire Brownson, MA, Coordinator of Training and Education Judy Reuter, Manager of Administration and Operations Community Solutions Lena Hackett, MPH Lisa Osterman, MA