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What is a Pre-Implementation Assessment and How to Use Findings to Enhance Program Implementation from the Outset
SESSION INFO
Sunday, June 30, 2024
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Many community supervision agencies apply for and receive grant funding for special initiatives or projects to enhance the effectiveness of community supervision. Although funding can come from a variety of sources and target different probation outcomes, the one universal expectation is that you get the wheels of the project in motion before your two- or three-year grant clock starts to tick away. Although we want to start putting the grant funding to good use in our agencies, we do not want to make hasty decisions that lead to poor implementation and subsequent sub-par outcomes. This workshop describes the methods and real-world application of a rapid pre-implementation assessment that was used for a 3-year grant-funded project in the Georgia Department of Community Supervision.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Sherri Bloodworth
Director, Recidivism Reduction Unit, GA Department of Community Supervision
As Operations Support Director, Sherri oversees operational processes and provides comprehensive support to ensure optimal efficiency and productivity across the department to include Recidivism Reduction, Reentry Services, Strategic Implementation and Interstate Compact. Sherri has served the State of Georgia since 1998 and has worked at the Department of Community Supervision since its inception in 2015. Prior to her career with DCS, she worked for the state in various capacities with the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Corrections, and the State Board of Pardons and Parole. Notable accomplishments throughout her career include assisting with the creation of a counseling services program, involvement in multiple RSAT program expansions, initial planning and implementation of the Strategic Intervention Program at Coastal State Prison, and providing oversight of the Integrated Treatment Programs for individuals with Co-Occurring disorders. Among her professional accomplishments, she is a member of the Georgia Professional Association of Community Supervision (GPACS). Sherri holds a Master’s in Public Safety Administration. She obtained certification as a Certified Addictions Counselor and has completed the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) Instructor Training, Basic Management Training, Advanced Management Training, Management Essentials Training, Correctional Leadership Institute, and the Institute of Credible Leadership Development.
Dr. Tonya Van Deinse, PhD
Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Tonya Van Deinse is a research associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Van Deinse and her lab – Health Interventions in the Legal System (HILS Lab) – focus on intervention design, implementation, and evaluation at the interface of behavioral health and legal systems. Dr. Van Deinse started her work in mental health 20 years ago in residential treatment with adults with severe mental illnesses and then later worked in mental health at the systems level (i.e., managed care organization) where she began to focus on people with severe mental illnesses in the criminal legal system. Dr. Van Deinse is the principal investigator and implementation science researcher on a number of research studies and program evaluations. Examples of studies in the legal system include: (1) developing and testing tailored implementation strategies to improve collaboration and coordinator between mental health probation officers and community resource providers, (2) testing clinical case consultation and network building effort to improve implementation of specialized mental health supervision, (3) evaluating an expansion model of a county’s mental health court. Dr. Van Deinse has her BA in Public Policy and Master’s and PhD in Social Work.
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