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From Vision to Reality: Implementing National Standards of Community Supervision Through Successful Organizational Development
SESSION INFO
Monday, January 27, 2025
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Session Type: Workshop
The National Standards for Community Supervision are intended to provide a comprehensive resource for community supervision agencies, drawing upon the latest research in the field, as well as the perspectives of both practitioners and academic experts. During the development of the Standards, the group of experts convened by NIC and APPA, and facilitated by CJI, identified the need for an additional resource which would cover considerations for implementation and maintenance of the Standards within a community supervision agency from an organizational development perspective. In light of this need, NIC, APPA, and CJI have partnered to create an Organizational Development White Paper to serve as an addendum to the National Standards, to provide leadership-specific guidance and best practices on a variety of topics, including building a strategic plan for a community supervision agency, implementing the Standards in a sustainable way, making hiring and other staffing decisions with the Standards in mind, conducting trainings for staff and leadership, and working with other social service agencies and community-based organizations. This session will keep components of the Organizational Development White Paper, exploring common organizational development challenges and proposed solutions and eliciting feedback from agency leaders on how to implement the Standards in their agencies to enhance effective organizational development.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Caitlin Flood
Senior Policy Specialist, Crime and Justice Institute
Caitlin started her career as a public defender and has provided training and technical assistance to different jurisdictions working towards criminal justice reform through treatment courts, pretrial interventions, and community supervision reform. Caitlin leads CJI’s community supervision revocation reform work, assisting states with data-driven, evidence-based strategies to improve supervision outcomes. Caitlin is committed to reforming the justice system through the use of data-driven approaches that reduce the reliance on incarceration, strengthen community supervision practices, and include diverse voices in planning and implementation work. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Government & Law and Philosophy and her Juris Doctorate from New York University Law School.
Valerie Meade
Deputy Director, Crime and Justice Institute
Valerie Meade is a Deputy Director with the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI). Valerie has worked in criminal justice for over 20 years, with expertise in the areas of cognitive behavioral interventions, case management, model fidelity, and continuous quality improvement, and extensive experience with adult and youth populations on community supervision. In her current role, Valerie assists states with implementation and sustainability of Justice Reinvestment policies. Valerie was named Community Corrections Employee of the Year for the State of Kansas in 2012 for implementing sustainable evidence-based practices and Supervisor of the Year in 2017 for supporting staff through culture change to foster evidence-based practices. Valerie graduated from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Criminal Justice.
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