8 Keys to Success: What Every Person on Supervision Needs to Know

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Rick Parsons joined Carey Group in 2022 as deputy director after 30+ years of probation and parole experience in two Pennsylvania counties. In addition to his leadership roles at the county level, he served on the Governor’s Advisory Board of Probation, the executive board of the County Chief Adult Probation and Parole Officers Association of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Evidence-Based Practices Implementation Team. He specializes in identifying organizational roadblocks and facilitating needed organizational changes. Rick’s career began in the Adult Probation and Parole Department of Montgomery County near Philadelphia. As an officer, he developed expertise in supervising sexual offenders and treatment courts operations. He co-founded a consulting firm to offer training primarily focusing on the management and treatment of individuals who sexually offend and retired as deputy chief in 2015. In 2016, Carbon County, PA hired Rick as the chief of Adult Probation and Parole. He facilitated rapid organizational modernization to upgrade departmental supervision practices through continuous training and technological innovation. During his tenure, the department nearly doubled in size due to strategic identification of grant funding opportunities. His experience provided notable improvements to the county’s criminal justice processes as well as to the prison and supervised populations.