ANNOUNCEMENT: TRAINING
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Strategic Planning to Address the
Challenges of Continuity Facing Paroling Authorities, May 20-21, 2015 in
Columbus, Ohio
(Immediately Following the APAI Annual
Training Conference)
The National Parole Resource Center (NPRC) a partnership of the Center for Effective Public
Policy (CEPP), the Association of Paroling Authorities International (APAI),
and the Urban Institute, supported by a grant from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA), is pleased to announce a workshop entitled Strategic Planning to Address the
Challenges of Continuity Facing Paroling Authorities.[1] This session will be
conducted on May 20-21, 2015 immediately following the Association of Paroling
Authorities International Annual Training Conference at the Hilton
Columbus/Polaris Hotel in Columbus, Ohio.
Faculty will be drawn from the National Parole Resource Center and the
Urban Institute.
NPRC Background
The NPRC was established to address the documented and
significant need that exists for resources and an accessible knowledge base
available for a critical group of justice system practitioners – paroling
authorities. The NPRC was established to provide state paroling authorities
with the kind of information, guidance, and support on best practices or
evidence emerging from the research needed to strengthen and make the work of
state paroling authorities more effective within the larger context of the
criminal justice system.
Workshop Description
This
workshop will support participating paroling authority members to begin the
development of a strategic approach to continuity planning. The specific goals of the session are to:
·
Share information on the ten “Practice
Targets” articulated for paroling authorities by the National Parole Resource
Center—and how those targets offer specific assets to allow paroling
authorities to anticipate and assure continuity through the inevitable turnover
experienced by boards;
·
Assist participating paroling
authority members to inventory their own jurisdiction’s progress on these
targets—and how that progress can continue and be strengthened;
·
Anticipate the challenges they will be
facing regarding continuity; and
·
Assist participating members to
develop a set of “next steps” to enhance progress toward the Ten Practice Targets,
with special attention to the ways in which that progress can support
continuity in their own jurisdiction’s paroling authority operations.
NPRC to Sponsor Scholarships for a Limited Number of Parole
Board Members and Potentially Other Staff
The NPRC is pleased to announce that the
project will support the participation of at least one Parole Board member from
up to 30 different U.S. non-federal/military paroling authorities. The intent
of the NPRC is to ensure broad- based, nationwide participation in this event.
However, if applications are not received from 30 individual parole boards, the
project will fill remaining slots with an additional board member, a hearing
officer, or a senior staff member, from boards with one member already participating.
These decisions will be made on a first come, first serve basis. Support for
these 30 participants will be in the form of “scholarships” available to pay
the costs of transportation, lodging, and per diem for this event. Because this
event will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 and conclude at noon on
Thursday, May 21, one night of lodging will be provided (Wednesday, May 20.)
Please note that the room rate at the training hotel exceeds the federal per
diem rate, and as such participants or their sponsoring agencies will be
required to pay $26 toward their lodging expenses. While the provision of food
and lodging will cover this workshop only, transportation can be arranged so as
to allow for attendance at the entire APAI Annual Training Conference.
(Conference registration fees and additional food and lodging costs for the
remainder of the APAI conference are not covered by the NPRC scholarship.)
Scholarship Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a
scholarship to this event, a nominated candidate must be a member or staff of a state parole board or
releasing authority within the United States; and must commit to attend the
workshop in its entirety.
In the event that not all scholarship opportunities
are sought, remaining slots will be assigned to a second participant from
applying paroling authorities, on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Application Process
Boards may make up to two nominations:
·
First, for the available scholarship
opportunity—they should nominate one Board member;
· A second nomination may also be made
(for an additional board member, a hearing officer, or a senior staff
member),
to take advantage of the opportunity in the event another scholarship becomes
available.
The deadline for receipt of the letters of application is Wednesday,
March 4, 2015, however, applications will be accepted earlier than March 4
(as soon as this notice is posted), and considered on a first-come, first-serve
basis. Final selection decisions will be made by March 6, 2015. Potential
participants should not make any travel arrangements to travel to the workshop
without notification of final selection from the NPRC.
How to Apply
In order to apply, applicants need
only submit the names, titles, and email addresses of interested nominee(s) to:
Leilah Gilligan, NPRC Project Manager, at lgilligan@cepp.com with the subject
line “Strategic Planning Workshop at APAI” by March 4, 2015. Successful
applicants will be asked to register for the workshop on line after being
notified. Please contact Leilah Gilligan with questions via email or by phone
at 301-589-9383.
[1] PLEASE NOTE: This
event will be convened pending final approval from BJA, which is anticipated,
but has not yet been confirmed. Until
final approval is received, scholarship recipients may not make their travel
arrangements. Successful scholarship
recipients will be notified of their selection and when travel arrangements can
be made.
