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WCJC reviews semiannual Justice Reinvestment Initiative report and outlines program metrics
Summary
County staff briefed the WCJC on the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) semiannual report for FY2527, highlighting targets (drug, property, driving/DUI offenses), JRI-funded supportive housing and Thinking for a Change CBT, pretrial program uses, and data-collection challenges for measuring recidivism reduction and cost savings.
County staff presented a semiannual progress update on the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) formula grant and described how the county intends to capture program outputs and outcomes.
Joel (Speaker 10) told the council that the JRI’s mission is to reduce recidivism and state Department of Corrections (DOC) imprisonment while maintaining public safety and holding people accountable. The county must now produce semiannual reports (four per year under the new process) that focus on infrastructure, outputs and measurable outcomes, which will be used in later biennia to…
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