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PSSTF Minutes and Agenda

Agenda February 6. 2009 Ways and Means Committee presentation and Informational Meeting
• FINAL REPORT: Analysis of Costs and Participation for Selected Evidence- Based Programs in the Criminal Justice System prepared by Eco Northwest
  
• HANDOUT: Summary of Cost and Expenditure Estimates for Evidence-Based Programs that Reduce Crime and Recidivism
  
• HANDOUT: Felony Convictions Avoided over 10-year Horizon for Estimated FY 2007
  
• HANDOUT: Optimal sentencing policies

Agenda January 21, 2009 Informational Meeting
• What Works and What Doesn’t in Reducing Recidivism - Edward J. Latessa, Ph.D.
  PowerPoint presentation

Agenda December 10, 2008 Informational Meeting
• Incarceration, Recidivism, and Optimal Sentencing
  Andrew Dyck, ECONorthwest
  Power Point presentation  -  Presentation references
• Results from SB 919 (2005) - Risk Assessment and Sentencing
  Craig Prins, Executive Director, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission
  Paul Bellatty, Oregon Department of Corrections Research

Agenda October 29, 2008 Informational Meeting
• Best Practices in Foster Care Training
  Terry Levy, Ph.D., B.C.F.E, Co-Director, Evergreen Psychotherapy Center
  Excerpt from the book, "Healing Parents" by Levy, Orlans & Coster
• Child Safety Work Group
  Robin Christian, Chair of the Work Group and Executive Director, Children First for Oregon
  Cathy Kaufmann, Director, Policy & Communications, Children First for Oregon
  Sybil Hebb, Oregon Law Center - public testimony
  Mark McKechnie, Juvenile Rights Project
• Report on Foster Care in Oregon Pursuant to SB 413
  Erinn Kelley-Siel, Interim Assistant Director Children, Adults and Families Division, Department of Human Services
  Kevin George, Foster Care Program Manager, Children, Adults and Families Division, Department of Human Services - legislative report
• The Status of Children in Oregon's Child Protection System
• Family Building Blocks - The Positive Impact of Relief Nurseries on Child Abuse
  Sue Miller
• Improving and Reducing Foster Care in Oregon
  Erinn Kelley-Siel, Interim Assistant Director Children, Adults and Families Division, Department of Human Services Ben de Haan, Ph.D. - de Haan Overview of Casey Partnership

Agenda May 29, 2008: House Interim Judiciary Committee, Senate Interim Judiciary Committee and the Public Safety Strategies Task Force - Joint meeting. Work Shop on Reducing the Recidivism Rates For Offenders Returning to the Community

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Dr. Ken Robinson, Correctional Counseling Inc.
  pdf    PowerPoint   Videos: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
  
• Why Re-Entry Programs Matter
  Max Williams, Director, Oregon Department of Corrections
  Phil Lemman, Deputy Director, Oregon Youth Authority
• Why employment is important and what can be done to increase a returning inmate's chances of employment
  Panel
  Ted Smietana, Transition Services Manager, Probation and Parole Division, Marion County Sheriffs Office
  Kimberly Allain, Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Council of the Mid-Willamette Valley
  Clariner M. Boston, MPA, MS AJ, Executive Director, Better People
  Ready to Work handout with Ted Smietana
  Reentry Initiative handout with Kimberly Alain
  Better People handout with Clariner Boston
• Peter Sprengelmeyer, Oregon Social Learning Center
  Are juveniles different? What the research shows, what makes for a successful re-entry program.
  Videos: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V
• Richard P. Stroker, Center for Effective Public Policy
  What makes for a successful re-entry program? What the research shows and what other states are doing.
  

Agenda December 15, 2007: Informational Meeting
• Steve Aos, Associate Director for the Washington State Institute for Public Policy
  Evidence-Based Public Policy Options to Reduce Future Prison Construction, Criminal Justice Costs, and Crime Rates
• Anthony Biglan Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Oregon Research Institute
  Evidence-Based Interventions Can Reduce Crime

Agenda November 15, 2007 Organizational Meeting

• Dr. David Mandell, Research Director, Children's Institute (Portland, Oregon)
• Martha Brooks, Oregon State Director for Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
  Public Safety Task Force Power Point Presentation
  America's After-School Choice: Juvenile Crime or Safe Learning Time
  Bullying Prevention is Crime Prevention
  Caught in the Crossfire: Arresting Gang Violence By Investing in Kids
  Head Start Cuts Crime In Oregon
  Investing in Oregon Head Start Pre-Kindergarten Saves Money
  Meth Crime Rises as Budget Axe Falls: Will Congress Cut Law Enforcement and Investments that Help Get Kids on the Right Track?
  Protect Kids, Reduce Crime, Save Money: Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect in Oregon
  Key Implementation and Service Delivery Findings From Oregon's Healthy Start Program 2005-2006 (prepared by NPC Research)
  Key Outcomes from Oregon's Healthy Start Program 2005-2006 (prepared by NPC Research)