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Justice Point reports staff transitions and community events for deflection program
Summary
Justice Point staff described a recent internal staffing shift, program activity numbers, community outreach events including National Night Out contacts and planned recreation activities, and ongoing grant and partnership work to support deflection and recovery services.
Justice Point leaders updated the Sawyer County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on staffing changes, program caseloads and a schedule of upcoming community events the program hopes will serve as deflection opportunities.
Rebecca Moser, who moved from case manager into the programs coordinator position, is still performing some case‑management duties while staff transitions continue. Tanya, hired originally as a pretrial and diversion case manager, has moved into the program case manager role and is managing the recovery court caseload.
Program numbers for July included 109 active pretrial participants (nine successful completions and nine in referral status who are incarcerated), 14 active diversion participants (one unsuccessful) and eight active treatment court participants (one unsuccessful). Justice Point reported none pending on the wait list at the time of the update except for those incarcerated and described ongoing efforts to fill a pretrial and diversion case management vacancy by the end of the week.
Staff recapped outreach and deflection events: National Night Out generated more than 200 contacts; the program is planning smaller community activities meant to provide positive alternatives, including a tentatively scheduled scavenger hunt on local hospital trails and participation at Troutfest. Partners committed in‑kind donations: Snap Fitness agreed to provide 10 participant passes and host weekly fitness classes; local bowling and pickleball opportunities are being arranged; movie nights are being planned at the Park Theater and the library.
The program is also preparing a grievance link for peer systems navigators so clients and partners can contact navigators directly and is coordinating with public health and law enforcement to involve officers where appropriate in deflection activities. Staff emphasized that many of the activities and added services are funded beyond Justice Point’s core contract work and rely on grants, community donations and law enforcement partnerships.
Council members discussed possible funding sources including opioid settlement dollars to underwrite event costs that Justice Point cannot pay from program budgets. No formal council action was taken on the update; the report was received for information.
