1. California Jail Programs Association General Membership Conference
Bridging the Gap
California Jail Programs Association
General Membership Conference

2. Inmate Services Programs Manager Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Cecil Argue
Inmate Services Programs Manager
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

3. Ventura County Sheriff Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Geoff Dean
Ventura County Sheriff
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

4. How many cups of coffee have you had this morning?
Clicker Question!
How many cups of coffee have you had this morning?
Never touch the stuff!
One, when I got here
More than one
Cups?! I measure my caffeine intake in liters!
Question to introduce clickers.

5. Inmate Services Programs Manager Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Cecil Argue
Inmate Services Programs Manager
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

6. Ventura County’s efforts to address REALIGNMENT
Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)
Approval of Core Connection, Ventura County Probation Agency partnership/project
Jail programs and services
Cecil

7. Why discuss this topic? In Custody and Post Release
efforts can be effective in:
Creating a continuum of services
Reducing duplication of services
Reducing recidivism rates for
clients
Developing and formalizing
interagency partnerships
Cecil

8. Ventura County Jail Programs BEFORE AB109
Programming in place to meet Title 15 mandates:
GED prep and testing
Substance abuse education
Parenting
Vocational programs:
ServeSafe Manager Level, Computer Skills and Print Shop
Discharge Planning
Religious services
Cecil

9. BEFORE AB109 Target populations: Program Structure:
Low security risk inmates
Program the ideal inmate, more compliant
Short term sentences
Lower jail population
Program Structure:
Open in/open out
Completion criteria not clearly defined
Often the same inmates repeatedly participating in programs
Cecil

10. Ventura County Jail Programs After AB109
Title 15 mandates
with a twist:
Longer term sentences
More sophisticated inmates
Increase in jail population
Operational limitations of jail facility
Cecil

11. AFTER AB109 Target populations now include felony inmates:
All ranges of security classification
Risk to reoffend medium to low-high
Stage/readiness to change or engage in programs
Program Restructuring:
Develop and/or implement curriculum to address
longer term sentences
Clearly define completion criteria
Implement programs to address criminogenic factors:
Attitudes, values, and beliefs
Thinking (cognitive) errors
Basic needs, housing, employment, education
Cecil

12. Implementing Evidence Based Practices and Principles
Utilizing risk and needs assessments
Need to consider staff experience
Conducted training in MI
Conducted training in interpreting risk and needs assessment results
Researched risk and/or needs assessment instruments
Effective without being time consuming
Implementation with minimal training needed
Data collection and analysis
What to collect
How to analyze/interpret
Cecil

13. Integrated Model Concept
Equal Focus on:
Evidence based practices
Organizational development
Collaboration
Desired Outcomes:
Improve functioning within agencies and across systems
Improve public safety
Create a holistic system change
Cecil

14. Clicker Question!
In your community, describe the link between Jail Programs and Community Based Organizations prior to AB109?
Many gaps and silo efforts.
Work together in some situations, but not others.
Somewhat organized and coordinated but room for improvement.
We are pro’s at this!

15. Dr. Diane Kellegrew Director, Center for Community Development
Interface Children & Family Services

16. California Realignment (AB109)
Assembly Bill 109
Sentences that would previously have been served in prisons were now served in local jails
Oversight was transferred to local Probation agencies from Parole
Each county was tasked with creating a Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)
Diane

17. Ventura County Efforts 2012 - 2013
Community Corrections Partnership Awarded $1,250,000 to support CBO services Community Reentry Planning Committee November 2012 – June 2013 developed Recommendations to CCP
Diane

18. Community Planning Process Community Reentry Committee
Monthly Community Meetings
Survey of Service Capacity
Family Interviews at Todd Road Jail
Literature Review and Expert Consultation
Capacity Building Events
Diane

19. Community Service Coordination Before AB109
Probation
Jail
CBO
VCBH
Behavioral Health
Jobs;
Work Furlough
Diane

20. Coordination Jail CBO Probation VCBH Behavioral Health Basic Needs
Diane
Jobs;
Work Furlough
CBO

21. Fragmented Coordination
CBO
Probation
Jail
CBO
Victims
Friends
Children
Family
VCBH
Behavioral Health
CBO
Basic Needs
Diane
Housing
CBO
Jobs;
Work Furlough

22. Community Reentry Planning Recommendations Review
Plan Components
No duplication
Focus on gaps
Include pro-social supports & community
Focus on EBPs
Use/build local CBOs
Invest in coordination
Employment services
Services for families, children, & victims
Substance abuse treatment
PRCS/MS services in the community
Gap
Existing
Diane

23. Goal: Increased Coordination
Systems Coordination
Community Services
Probation
Core Connection
County Services
Jail
CBOs
Existing EBP
Services
Victims & Families
Restorative Justice
Community Services
CBOs new EBPs
Diane

24. Clicker Question!
Describe the coordination of your reentry-focused community based organizations?
Coordination? What coordination?
Just beginning to coordinate
Some coordination, but could use improvements
Well oiled machine!

25. Core Connection Evidence Based & Evidence Informed Practices
Criminogenic Thinking
Moral Reconation Therapy
Community Reintegration/Individual and Family Supports
Community Case Management
Parenting and Co-parenting
CAIP: Child Abuse Intervention Program
STEP: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
Restorative Justice
RFPs Coming Soon
Diane

26. Inmate Services Programs Manager Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
Cecil Argue
Inmate Services Programs Manager
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office

27. Inmate Services Today Focus on sentenced inmates
Programs available to all inmates
Specific programs only for AB109
Substance abuse treatment, Matrix model
Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) concepts integrated into all programs
Proxy Risk Assessment (see sample in folder)
Offender Reintegration Scale (see sample in folder)
Designed and implemented data collection system
Cecil

28. Ventura County Integrated Justice System (VCIJIS)
Cecil

29. Dr. Diane Kellegrew Director, Center for Community Development
Interface Children & Family Services

30. Core Connection: Services for PRCS/MS clients
Eligible Core Connection clients
PRCS/MS status, supervised by VC Probation
Moderate/high risk score on ORAS
Motivated/can benefit from services offered
Services other than Core (examples)
Substance abuse (residential, outpatient)
Community, work services
Serious mental health issues

31. Coordination Efforts Pre-Release Planning Meeting Reentry Court
Client, Jail Programs, Core, Probation
Soon to include families (with permission)
Reentry Court
Joint case management meetings
Core partners case management discussions

32. Clicker Question!
In your community, do jail program staff participate in Release Planning Meetings? A. Always B. Sometimes C. Rarely D. No

33. Interesting Intersections
Beginning Services:
Start in custody, continue in the community
Types of services:
Some services best in jail or vice/versa
Preparation of pro-social supports prior to release

34. Clicker Question!
In your community, do community service providers participate in Release Planning Meetings? A. Always B. Sometimes C. Rarely D. No

35. Challenges Shared data- confidentiality across systems
Tracking clients over time
Understanding what works

36. Given the morning presentations, what did you hear that intrigued you?
Table Talk!
Given the morning presentations, what did you hear that intrigued you?
What one good idea are you implementing to bridge the gap between jail programs and community programs?