Midwest Regional Meeting on
Evidence Based Policy and Practice Workshop
Minneapolis Marriott City Center
March 17-18, 2010
Agenda:
VIEW THE AGENDA
Workshop Presentations:
Workshop 1 – Session 1: Substance Abuse Treatment for Diverse Target Populations
Title: Kansas – Project Core
Presenter: Brenda Richardson, Project Core
Title: South Dakota – State Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR)
Presenter: Jeff Haiar, South Dakota Department of Corrections
Workshop 1 – Session 2: Public Safety at Its Best
Title: Chicago, Illinois – CeaseFire
Presenter: Charlie Ransford, CeaseFire
Title: Chicago (Illinois) Police Department – Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) for Youth
Presenter: Ofc. Kurt Gawrisch, Chicago Police Department
Title: Cincinnati, Ohio – Community Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV)
Presenters: Lisa Shoaf, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services; Jim Luebbers, Office of Criminal Justice Services
Luncheon Presentation – Inside the Beltway
Title: Criminal Justice Issues on Capitol Hill: Funding and Legislation
Presenter: Kay Chopard Cohen, National Criminal Justice Association
Workshop 2 – Session 1: Reentry Strategies
Title: Ohio – Reentry Strategy
Presenter: Robert Swisher, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services
Title: Winona County, Minnesota – Community Assessment and Reintegration (CARE) Program
Presenter: Kalene Engel, Winona County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Title: Minnesota Recovery Resource Center (RRC) – Women’s Recovery and Reentry Initiative (WRRI)
Presenters: Heidi Kammer, Recovery Resource Center; Carrie Salsness, Recovery Resource Center
Workshop 2 – Session 2: Strengthening Families
Title: Iowa State University – Strengthening Families Program (SFP)
Presenters: Linda Murkin, Iowa 2nd Judicial District, Department of Corrections; Cathy Hockaday, Iowa State University
Title: Minnesota Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities – Mentoring Children of Prisoners Program (MCOP)
Presenters: Gloria Lewis, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities; Deanna Nurnberg, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities
Workshop 3 – Session 1: Justice Reinvestment in Wisconsin
Title: Wisconsin – Treatment Alternatives and Diversions (TAD)
Presenter: John Chisholm, Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office
Title: Wisconsin – Assess, Inform, Measure (AIM)
Presenter: John Voelker, Wisconsin State Courts
Title: Wisconsin Department of Corrections – Offender Reentry Services
Presenter: Tony Streveler, Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Workshop 3 – Session 2: Information Sharing
Title: Missouri – Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force
Presenter: Andy Anderson, Boone County Sheriff's Department
Title: National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
Presenter: Donald Sutherland, IJIS Institute