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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.

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ICYMI: Reassessing California’s Approach to Public Safety and Reentry

In Case You Missed It

From Capitol Weekly. By CPOC Executive Director, Karen Pank. 

Every day, crime reports shake communities across California, and recent high-profile incidents have heightened public concerns about safety and the policies guiding safety decisions in our state. It’s not just the high-profile cases causing alarm; it’s also the everyday incidents happening in our own neighborhoods. 

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Solano Probation Honors Its Own

From the Daily Republic.

FAIRFIELD — September 24, 2024 — Deputy Probation Officer Clive Lui recently received the “Chief’s Award” at the seventh annual Solano County Probation Department’s awards celebration.

“The awards are given in five categories and award nominees and winners are selected by Probation Department staff. Chief Probation Officer Dean Farrah also bestows a ‘Chief’s Award’ to recognize an employee who goes above and beyond to assist staff, clients and department operations,” the website posting states.

Article Karen Pank

Reassessing California’s Approach to Public Safety and Reentry

By Karen Pank, Executive Director, Chief Probation Officers of California.

Every day, new reports of crime shake communities across California. Recent high-profile violent crime incidents have intensified concerns about public safety and the policies guiding safety decisions in our state. But it’s not just the high-profile cases that have California residents shaken, it’s the too-close-to-home incidents we all see on the streets of the communities in which we live every day.

It’s natural to wonder who or what is to blame and ask why this surge in crime is happening and what went wrong within our communities and public safety systems. The reality is that the situation is both straightforward and complex.

As on-the-ground experts in community safety and rehabilitation, Probation officers have seen firsthand how the state’s efforts to dictate how to address policy issues that impact public safety are attacking the problem from the wrong point of view. While well-intentioned, the state’s top-down approach, which has not fully taken into account the expertise and input of the professionals who do this work every day at the local level – is failing.

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Growing into Mindfulness: Kern County Youth Detention Centers See Impact

From Turn to 23. By Raquel Calo.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Mindful Futures Initiative celebrated incarcerated youth on Saturday, honoring their dedication to mindfulness lessons with certifications that mark the beginning of their empowered futures.

The Mindful Futures Initiative (MFI) honored incarcerated youth with mindfulness certifications on Saturday.

Christine McBride, MFI’s education director, teaches mindfulness to help students build inner strength.

MFI’s program has expanded to all Kern County youth detention centers, supported by a team of six instructors.

Quarterly Newsletter

The Connector Newsletter – September 10, 2024
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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#CAProbation Spotlight: Sacramento County Probation Recovery Court

#CAProbation Spotlight: Sacramento County Probation Recovery Court

Sacramento County Probation’s Recovery Court helps create safer communities by connecting participants to employment, recovery, and community with this life-changing program. Probation and drug courts help keep our communities safer by connecting people in the justice system with transformative rehabilitation and helping change lives. 

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Sierra County Probation Promotes Safety Night for Back To School Month

The Sierra County Probation Department recently visited a local high school during Back to School Month. Deputy Probation Officers Sofia Gonzalez and Scott Quade of Sierra County Probation visited the Loyalton High School Grizzley Night to promote their upcoming TECHWISE SAFETY FAMILY NIGHT on Thursday, October 3, 2024. 

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Ventura County Probation Celebrates Back to School Month with 2024 Backpack Bash

In celebration of #BacktoSchoolMonth, Ventura County Juvenile Probation Officers and Youth Advocates, in conjunction with Goodwill, The Partnership for Safe Families, Public Health, and United Parents, facilitated the 2024 Back to School Backpack Bash on August 6th, 2024. Donations were received by Staples, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Simi Valley, The Coalition for Family Harmony and the Ventura County Grand Jury. The event provided youth and families with 94 JanSport backpacks filled with school supplies as they prepare to return to school this fall.

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A Message from CPOC President Chief Kelly Vernon in Honor of Probation Professionals: Probation Services Week 2024

As we draw Probation Services Week 2024 to a close, we will not stop honoring, acknowledging, and fighting for the incredible work our probation professionals do throughout California.

This week we took extra time to celebrate the remarkable achievements within our industry and worked to express our heartfelt appreciation for the dedicated professionals who make probation work across the state of California possible.

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Chief Probation Officers of California Announces Reentry 2025 and Beyond Education Campaign

Chief Probation Officers of California Announces Reentry 2025 and Beyond Education Campaign

Anaheim, California, June 26, 2024 – At the Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) and the CPOC Foundation 2024 Supporting Excellence in Probation: Strategies for Success Conference, CPOC President Chief Kelly Vernon announced the Reentry 2025 and Beyond Education Campaign to elevate and educate communities and stakeholders about the transformative work done by California Probation Professionals in reentry and how they provide critical supervision and supports and services to help those reentering our communities from incarceration