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IPRTF committees form reentry, crisis and data work groups; consultant to deliver performance-measure plan
Summary
Members of Whatcom County's Incarceration Prevention Reduction Task Force assigned volunteers to three work groups (reentry/diversion, crisis facilities, data) and discussed coordinating with a county-hired consultant, Village Reach, to develop performance measures and assess IT needs.
Whatcom County's Incarceration Prevention Reduction Task Force on March 11 organized three subcommittees to tackle reentry and diversion, crisis facilities, and data and appointed initial volunteers, with leaders urging cross-committee membership to address overlapping issues.
Task force members said a consultant hired by the county, Village Reach, is due to deliver a performance-measurement and evaluation plan in June and will assess county IT capabilities needed to collect and report metrics tied to the task force's 15 implementation tasks. Dean White described the consultant's deliverable as defining measures at system, program and project levels and identifying whether existing data systems can produce those measures.
The three volunteer groups are: reentry/diversion (initial volunteers: Maya, Mike Hilly, Brian Estes, Dr. Wu, Hannah Fisk, Alexis Hass); crisis facilities (Arlene, Danny Carroll, Hannah Fisk, Tori); and data (Dean White, Cedric, Amy Hockenberry, Wendy). Dan (meeting facilitator) and other members emphasized that the committees should meet before the next joint session (anticipated in June) and return recommendations for committee and task force consideration.
Members repeatedly recommended joint membership between the behavioral health and legal injustice sides for the reentry/diversion and data work groups because those subjects "commingle" across justice and health systems. Bertie and others said the subcommittees should work closely with Village Reach rather than duplicate the consultant's work.
Participants discussed sign-up logistics (funnel through staff member Jill), conveners (Dean White volunteered to convene the data group; Brian Estes agreed to convene the reentry/diversion group), and the need for additional members, including a representative from the jail for reentry/diversion data. Committee members flagged outreach to the sheriff's office and records-holders to obtain historical data already collected by county staff.
No formal motions or votes were taken at the meeting. The committees were asked to return proposals and draft recommendations to the joint session and to the full IPRTF for further vetting and onward transmission to the county council and executive offices.
