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Washington County CJCC approves three one-year strategic action plans to strengthen council, behavioral health coordination and pretrial compliance
Summary
Washington County's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council unanimously approved three one-year action plans presented by Justice Management Institute to strengthen the CJCC, improve coordination across behavioral health and justice systems, and reduce pretrial failures to appear through shared data and clearer definitions. JMI will deliver a full draft by May 11 for review and the council will consider final approval June 9.
The Washington County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on May 11 approved three one-year action plans developed with consultants from the Justice Management Institute (JMI) to strengthen the council, coordinate behavioral health responses and target pretrial compliance problems.
The plans—presented by JMI consultants Amy (speaker 5) and Gabby (speaker 7)—outline short-term, achievable objectives and a greater role for shared data. Amy said the documents are intentionally one-year plans to enable quicker, measurable progress: “A lot of these initiatives that you’ve come up with are kind of shorter-term goals…so I think this works well for you,” she said. JMI will produce a full strategic plan by May 11; members will have until May 27 to submit feedback, and the council is scheduled to consider final approval at its June 9 meeting.
Why it matters: council members said the work is intended to create a durable,…
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