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Whatcom County plans Sequential Intercept Model workshop to map diversion pathways; AOC facilitators to lead

Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee · January 16, 2026
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Summary

Committee members were invited to a late-February Sequential Intercept Model mapping workshop to define functional diversion processes; the Administrative Office of the Courts will help recruit facilitators and advise on a mix of administrators and people with lived experience.

The Justice Project Oversight and Planning Committee was briefed on a planned Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) mapping workshop to revisit where and how people might be diverted from the criminal-legal system in Whatcom County.

Dean (named in the meeting) described the approach: the SIM divides the criminal-legal process into intercepts — prevention/intercept 0, law enforcement contact, initial detention/court hearings,…

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