Download Judge Howard Grodman Justice of the Peace Coconino County

Judge Howard
Grodman
Justice of the
Peace
Coconino
County
Judge Grodman holds Flagstaff
Justice Court sessions in Tuba
City to allow defendants outside
the city to resolve warrants in a
safe setting, and move stalled
cases forward.
Gil Contreras
Parent
Empowerment
Coordinator
Juvenile Court
Coconino County
Gil sees each family he works with as
individuals and provides case management
to parents and caregivers of at risk youths
who are justice system involved and who are
on the edge of being removed from their
homes. He is also a Collective Impact
Coordinator, helping the team to develop the
Common Application for Services and using
his insight and personal experience to hone
the project into a best practice.
Lieutenant William
Glenn
Sheriffs Deputy Jail
District Coconino
County
Bill represents the Jail on the
Behavioral Health Sub
Committee and as a Collective
Impact Coordinator he has
helped the team to develop the
Common Application for
Services.
Summer Glenn
Lead Adult
Probation
Officer Coconino
County
Summer in addition to her
workload at the probation
office is also a Collective
Impact Coordinator and has
helped the team to develop
the Common Application for
Services.
Rene Hobbs
Superintendent
of Schools
Coconino
County
Rene engages vulnerable parents and
guardians in the Transformative
Learning Center’s Family
Development Course.
As a Collective Impact Coordinator
she has helped the team to develop
the Common Application for Services.
Robin Hebert
CJCC Assistant
Coconino
County
Robin solved the technical
problem of how to allow clients
to share their information for the
collective impact initiative by
creating an excel spreadsheet
that functions as a program
making prequalifying for county
services easy for our residents.
Sarah Douthit
Adult Probation
Director
Coconino
County
Sarah leads the Adult
Probation Department that
uses data driven methods to
reduce recidivism every year
for the past X years.
Kara McAlister
COPE Program
Manager
Coconino County
Kara leads the Coconino Online Probation
Education (COPE) program. Cope is a distance
learning component of probation supervision
focusing on mentoring, cognitive behavioral
interventions, employability, other criminogenic
needs and gender-responsive programming that
will enable medium and high risk probationers
that live in rural areas to communicate via virtual
means with Probation Officers, Mentoring
Specialists and mentors in Flagstaff, AZ and other
areas.
Janet Regner
Community
Services Director
Coconino
County
Janet was instrumental in framing the
innovative legislation that created
the Charitable Tax Credit, which
benefits hundreds of charitable
organizations who provide assistance
to the working poor throughout
Arizona. She also initiated the
Collective Impact Initiative in 2015.
Cydney Boyer
Parent
Empowerment
Coordinator
Juvenile Court
Coconino County
Cyd dedicates herself to working with
the parents and caregivers of at risk
youths who are justice system
involved and who are on the edge of
being removed from their homes.
She is also a Collective Impact
Coordinator, helping the team to
develop the Common Application for
Services.
Monique De La Luz
Case Worker Coconino
County Community
Service Center
Monique helps families and individuals in
crisis situations daily, she tries to help
families see their strengths by providing
financial coaching and case management
to assist families to move out of financial
crisis. As a Collective Impact Coordinator
she has helped the team to develop the
Common Application for Services.
Judge
John Napper
Yavapai County
Superior Court
Judge Napper was the Public
Defender when he organized
Yavapai County’s pre-trial
release system to screen and
release low risk defendants
from incarceration in the
county jail.
Larry Green, Jr.
Yavapai County
Chief Executive
Officer
Larry created West Yavapai’s
Crisis Stabilization Center,
Yavapai County’s first facility
that serves as both an
outpatient stabilization
center and inpatient
treatment facility for
patients in mental health
crisis.
David Rhodes
Yavapai County
Chief Deputy
Yavapai County
Sheriff
Chief Deputy Rhodes played a
key role in organizing the Yavapai
County Mental Health Criminal
Justice and Community
Coalition, which establishes a
“continuity of process” that links
the criminal justice system with
the community resources that
can stabilize the lives of those
with mental health issues and
keep them in the community,
rather than the jail.
Scott DeArman
Vietnam Veterans
of America
Juvenile
Probation Officer
(Retired)
Scott is the driving force behind
the creation of the Yavapai
County Veteran’s Court, which
assists veterans successfully
navigate the criminal justice
system through early release,
housing assistance, medical and
mental help treatment, and lifeskills and work programs.
April Razo
Spectrum
HealthCare
Chief Executive
Officer
April created Yavapai County’s
first mobile crisis intervention
and stabilization service for
mental health patients. In the
past year, April’s team has
responded to over 1500 calls for
service and diverted over 400
persons away from incarceration
and to community based
services.
Sergeant
Cory Runge
Flagstaff Police
Department
City of Flagstaff
Cory works with the
Behavioral Health Sub
Committee and NAU to
research the implementation
of the Sequential Intercepts
model of diverting the
mentally ill from jail in
Northern Arizona.
Brent Harris
Prosecutor
City of Flagstaff
Brent emphasizes social
justice and alternatives to
incarceration, spearheading
Veteran’s and Mental Health
Courts, as well as initiatives
toward disrupting the cycle of
domestic violence.
Lt. Paul
Lasiewicki
Flagstaff P.D
Lieutenant
City of Flagstaff
Lt. Lasiewicki developed the
Better Bucks program which
provides a system that allows
donors to buy vouchers for nonharmful goods that can be
redeemed at local retailers. It is
an alternative to cash as a safe
way to donate to panhandlers.
Brad Carolyn
County Attorney
Navajo County
Over the last six years, the
symposium has brought together
law enforcement officials in order
to educate and improve the
processes these agencies use to
help the victims of crime. Since its
creation, the symposium has
grown significantly and is now
attended by hundreds of officials
from around the state of Arizona
and southwestern portion of the
United States.
Judge Dave
Nielson
Navajo County
Superior Court
Judge
Judge Nielson debuted Navajo
County’s Veterans Court
program in 2016 after four years
of development and
coordination with the VA and
VFW. Judge Neilson was also
responsible for creating the
community support networks
and partnerships needed to
successfully begin our Veterans
Court.
KC Clark
County Sheriff
Navajo County
Sheriff K.C. Clark has expanded
the use and function of the
Navajo County Sheriff’s Office
social media to help alleviate
the strain on his understaffed
agency. The page has grown by
nearly 200% over the last year
and become an important news
source for the community
regarding public safety and
emergency situations.
Tonya Reed
Drug Court
Coordinator
Navajo County
Often described as “tough, but
caring,” Tonya is the driving force
behind the County’s Drug Court
program. She not only coordinates the
program but provides needed support
to help participants succeed. There
are currently 38 participants in the
program, and 61 graduates since
2006. The recidivism rate for all
offenses for graduates from 2011 to
2015 is 29.51% and 14.75% for Drug
offenses.
Southwest
Behavioral &
Health Services
Mohave County
Behavioral and Health Services in
Mohave County has a unique
coordination with Mohave County
Detention Center to support
incarcerated pregnant women
who come to the jail addicted to
heroin. Upon release from jail,
these mothers are already
enrolled with services and
Southwest Behavioral is available
for a warm hand off and to further
aid the member and her family in
her recovery.
Southwest
Behavioral &
Health Services
Mohave County
Behavioral and Health Services in
Mohave County has a unique
coordination with Mohave County
Detention Center to support
incarcerated pregnant women
who come to the jail addicted to
heroin. Upon release from jail,
these mothers are already
enrolled with services and
Southwest Behavioral is available
for a warm hand off and to further
aid the member and her family in
her recovery.