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Oneida County CJCC Sub‑Committee reviews OWI Court staffing, data plans and TAD grant timeline
Summary
The Diversion/OWI Sub‑Committee heard program updates on referrals and participants, discussed separating OWI group therapy by gender after noting only one current female participant, and reviewed a TAD grant pre‑application schedule with Justice Point expected to oversee budgeting.
Chair Sarah Tienhaara called the Oneida County CJCC Diversion/OWI Sub‑Committee to order at 12:02 p.m. on May 14, 2026, and the committee approved the posted agenda and prior minutes before hearing program updates.
Ms. Kaitlyn Black reviewed recent Diversion Program referral and participant statistics, saying the packeted report had been updated to reflect an additional termination and one referral that became active since distribution. The committee received updated Diversion Program statistics and discussed making routine performance monitoring a standing sub‑committee item.
Ms. Erika Kleinschmidt joined the OWI Court Team to provide peer support, and staff reported the program’s fifth participant recently began. Committee members noted the program currently has only one female participant, prompting a recommendation to separate group therapy by gender; the committee also identified a possible second female participant who will appear in court in June.
Ms. Mary Rideout presented spreadsheets she obtained at a conference that she said could serve as formal benchmarks to monitor Diversion and OWI Court performance, and she recommended collecting data now while caseloads are small. The committee discussed whether the CORE system could be used for tracking and noted the cost of CORE is unknown.
On funding, Ms. Rideout reported the Treatment Alternatives and Diversion (TAD) grant will not offer additional new funding for 2027, instead allotting roughly the same funding with a focus on maintaining current programming and modest expansion; she said the pre‑application is due July 2, 2026, applicants would hear back by the end of July, and a full application would be due in August if selected. Justice Point is expected to oversee budgeting for the proposed hybrid treatment court; the committee also discussed pursuing Rural Health Transformation and opioid funding sources to cover items TAD would not.
Committee members said OWI Court offers a limited set of incentives but lacks written sanctions; they discussed adopting a behavior matrix similar to the one Justice Point uses and noted informal fundraising and donation requests observed at community events. For outreach, Ms. Black proposed distributing the Vilas County Diversion newsletter within Oneida County (to the clerk’s office and in CJCC packets) to share program information.
The committee set future meetings for every other month on the second Thursday at noon (opposite the CJCC schedule) and listed future agenda items including a conference update when Ms. Dawn Susa can attend, the TAD grant, and OWI data sharing. With no public comments, the meeting adjourned at 12:55 p.m.; the next meeting is July 9, 2026, in the Oneida County Courthouse county board room.
