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Time to Register! CPOC & CPOC Foundation Statewide Conference 2024
Supporting Excellence in California Probation: Strategies for Success Conference

CPOC and CPOC Foundation are thrilled to announce the opening of registration for our upcoming statewide conference, Supporting Excellence in California Probation: Strategies for Success! This transformative training event aims to educate and elevate probation professionals throughout California, providing attendees opportunities to expand their knowledge, skills, and tools to enhance their probation work across the state.

The conference will delve into various topics, focusing on key areas of probation’s work, including:

  1. Support for foster youth in the juvenile justice system
  2. The juvenile justice continuum, including SB 823 implementation
  3. Working with adults in the justice system including: reentry, supervision, and connections to services
  4. Pretrial programs and services

 

Join us in Anaheim for this one-of-a-kind conference!

Dates: June 24-26, 2024

Conference Registration: Register HERE

Cost: $575 ($356.25 STC reimbursable)

Hotel Information – book your room today and save!

Anaheim Marriott
700 W Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

Link to Reserve Room: Reserve HERE

Discounted Room Rate: $209 a night (not including local/state tax or fees)

The deadline to book under the discounted conference rate is June 2, 2024. Save money by booking your hotel stay today to take advantage of the discounted rate.

Schedule of Events

Sunday, June 23, 2024

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Welcome Reception (TBD)

Monday, June 24, 2024

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

General Sessions, Breakouts, Exhibitor Hall

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

General Sessions, Breakouts, Exhibitor Hall

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

General Sessions

STC’s pending approval for 19 STC hours

For more information contact please contact conference@cpoc.org.

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE: EDUCATIONAL FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER PROBATION, JUVENILE JUSTICE AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERTS TO DISCUSS SOLUTIONS FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED JUVENILES TO ACCESS HIGHER EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Pomona, Calif. – May 8, 2023 – The Prison Education Program (PEP), The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC), and Office of Youth and Community Restoration (OYCR) hosted a half-day educational forum at Cal Poly Pomona last Friday, May 5th. Panel presentations focused on how to provide academic and life-skills to juveniles and young adults in the justice system, as well as information about vocational training and higher education opportunities.

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At Probation’s Youth Services Center, a ‘safe space’ to turn lives around

Moments after a ribbon-cutting, Solano County Chief Probation Officer Chris Hansen (left) and Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall on Thursday celebrate the official opening of the county Probation Department’s newly relocated Youth Services Center on Beck Avenue. (Reporter photo/ Richard Bammer)

The Vacaville Reporter by Richard Bammer 

Part of the Solano County Probation Department, the center, offering a variety of programs and services, from substance abuse and mental health services to education and resume-writing and interviewing skills, creates “a safe space that assists the youths in finding their strength — and so much more,” Nadia Holloman, a supervising deputy probation officer, said during a tour of the facility.

Quarterly Newsletter

The Connector Newsletter – April 2023
California Probation Creating Safer Communities Through Accountability & Opportunity

In this issue of The Connector, read stories of hope and inspiration of how California Probation is helping create safer communities by focusing on holding justice-involved individuals accountable while helping them transition out of the system permanently through transformative and evidence-based rehabilitation. Probation Departments are a connector in the justice system, interlacing and maximizing the resources available within our systems and communities to reduce recidivism by carefully balancing direct human services and research-based interventions.

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Imperial County Probation Department opens third ASPIRE after-school program site in Niland

By Staff Reporter in The Desert Review

EL CENTRO – The Imperial County Probation Department’s Project ASPIRE opened its third program site, Thursday, April 20, in the community of Niland at Grace Smith Elementary School.  Project ASPIRE is an after-school program established by the Youth Services Division of the Department, according to a recent ICPD press release.  

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Lake County Probation awarded grant to establish mobile service center

In Lake County News 

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Probation Department has received a $220,638 grant to establish a mobile probation service center.

The grant will facilitate purchase of a vehicle to provide unhoused Probation Department clients access to all services, including remote court appearances, probation programs, check-ins with their officers, and access to service providers and partner agencies.

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CPOC Releases New Podcast & Webinar

Episode 7 of the Probation Connection Podcast is out now and available on all majoy platforms, including YouTube! 

In addition to Episode 7 of the podcast, CPOC is also releasing our Women’s History Month webinar that took place last week.  Watch on our YouTube channel, linked below. 

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California Probation Connection Podcast Episode 7 is out now

Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) has released the seventh episode of their podcast, The California Probation Connection.

In this episode, we are joined by two recently retired chiefs, both of whom have served as CPOC President, to discuss the evolution of probation over the past two decades.

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Chief Probation Officers of California Call for an Immediate Limited Court Receivership for Los Angeles County’s Juvenile Facilities
Limited court receivership will take politics out of the swift action needed to address the systemic cultural challenges that have resulted in a crisis at the County’s juvenile facilities

Sacramento, California – The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) have made an unprecedented call to action today asking state and county leaders to pursue a narrowly tailored court receivership over the County’s juvenile facilities. Such a receivership will focus on the most immediate issues impacting safety of the youth in the facility and to break through barriers that have existed historically, and uniquely, in Los Angeles County. A receivership can move above normal process, bureaucracy or political impediments which have overwhelmed the system for years.

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Webinar: Diversity Matters – Strengthening the Probation Profession for All

Webinar: Diversity Matters – Strengthening the Probation Profession for All

In celebration of Black History Month, CPOC hosted a webinar to hear from some of California’s Probation Chiefs talk about the diversity within the probation profession, their personal stories of struggles and triumphs as black leaders and how the unique and unduplicated work of probation professionals is enhanced by its high level of diversity in the field.

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California Probation Connection Podcast Episode 6 is out now

Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) has released the fifth episode of their podcast, The California Probation Connection.

This episode features some of CPOC’s legislative team to talk about CPOC priorities and advocacy efforts in 2023.

The California Probation Connection Podcast is a space to dive deeper into complex topics that face probation professionals, as well as California’s justice system. Each episode features chief probation officers, as they share their experiences and perspectives about issues involving probation and our justice system.