IACJJA Meeting March 8, 2000  

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Doug Brown, Terry Lewis, Nadine McDonald, Carol Lee, Elaine Broyles, Bill Lasley, Mike Stallcup, Debbie Stallcup, Ronya Hemenway, John Triplett, Steve Jett, Don Garner, Mike Geselle, Brian Walker, Brent Reinke, Terry Shaffer, Paul Carroll.

·        Call to order by Doug Brown, President.

·        Treasurer’s Report  by Don Garner.  4152.83 in the bank account.  IACJJA Membership has increased to 25 counties, representing most of the State’s population.  All of the counties are given information from our meetings.   Any county JJ administrator is welcome to attend the meetings if they are a paid member or not.  We would like every JJ Administrator to participate. 

·        Minutes   It was motioned by Elaine Broyles to accept the minutes from our December meeting, seconded by Mike Stallcup, and approved unanimously.

·        DJC Director Brent Reinke:

·         District meetings announced. 

·        April 17 9-11 Idaho Falls

·        April 18, 9-11 Pocatello

·        April 18 3-5 Twin Falls

·        April 19 9-11 Caldwell

·        April 20 9-11 Coeur d’Alene

·        April 20 3-5 Lewiston

·        April 21 9-11 Boise

·        Mission statement handout shared.

·         Youth and Justice advisory board-Commissioners and clerks approached for volunteers to serve on the committee.  Valerie Hoyjberg, Bob Fort, Kathy Skippen, Judie Hampton, Roy Prescott on the committee. 

·        Lemhi County dealing with their detention compliance problems.  Legislative changes and waivers to the OJJDP mandates will take a long time to run through Congress.  Sheriff Barsalou has made changes in his operation and is continuing to meet with DJC to get into compliance. 

·        RFI for Mental Health   Issues for treatment facility were discussed.  This RFI is to precede RFP for Treatment Facility for Juvenile Offenders with Mental Illness committed to the Department of Juvenile Corrections. Brown Schools and their contract discussed.

·        Building at ST A’s, Yellowstone Cottage, discussed.  DJC will be bringing more of our of state placements back into state.  Developmentally disabled sex offenders will be served at that location.

·        Breakdown of distribution of block grant money handout passed out. 

·        Cig Tax projections briefly discussed.

·        2001 DJC Budget items that were approved discussed. 

·        Community Services Division Administrator

·        LPN Position in Nampa

·        Therapy Resource officer for Nampa

·        JAIBG Grant match

·        Security Equipment for St A’s

·        Positions for Developmentally Delayed Sex Offender Unit at Yellowstone Cottage in St A’s

·        2.2 mil negative supplement discussed

·        200K additional provided to block grant

·        IJOS Server moved to Nampa over the weekend. 

·        Bill Lasley discussed the transition/release policy draft.  He also discussed the handout dealing with terminology used by DJC.  This handout is to be informational to parents, other practitioners, etc.  It is also a draft, and DJC wants our input.  Get any suggestions, additions, etc., to Bill Lasley at wlasley@djc.state.id.us or 2082262698. 

·        DJC is also looking for part time workers to work with IJOS-probation knowledge necessary.

·        Billy Perkins replacement on the Exec Board of IACJJA.  John Triplett was appointed to fill this position. 

·        ICRMP Training.  Management training will be on the 27^th of April at 1000 hrs. in Moscow.  Elaine Broyles arranged a meeting room at the Federal Building. Lunch and lodging arrangements will be on your own.  We will also be arranging management training through BSU for the afternoon of the same day.  RSVP by email to Doug Brown by March 27^nd and prioritize your attendees to help Doug make decisions in case anyone has to be bumped.   Motion made to have Doug set that up, and pay for the BSU Training out of IACJJA budget by Steve Jett, seconded by Debbie Stallcup.  Unanimous approval. 

·        Substance Abuse Doug and John testified to the committee last week on this issue.  Gatekeeping, services, discussed.  1800 number discussed.  PO’s frustrated with services.  Kootenai County took their JAIBG money and started their own program.  Saliva-based drug testing device and ‘patch’ type testing device being used in certain cases in certain counties.  Dr. Stallcup, a speaker out of California, was discussed, and his presentation was highly recommended.  A video tape may be available. 

·        Legislative issues  Fairly quiet year. 

·        SB1293 makes it clear in both kinds of waivers that the person is treated as an adult after the waiver.  Passed in Senate

·        SB1374 blended sentencing bill, passed in Senate

·        HB424 addressing community services, passed in House.

·        HB414 addressing DJC’s ability to issue warrants for escapees, passed in House

·        SB 1294 regarding curfew handling passed in House

·        HB 570, regarding first 250K of cigarette tax $$ held in committee

·        SB1401 was regarding the reduction to the DJC budget

·        HB623 making restitution a priority is held in committee

·        HB624 allowing the placement of sex offenders on probation until they turn 21 years old is in committee

·        HB438 that specifies when a kid turns 18, they are held in a jail, not juvenile detention center has passed the House

·        The legislation regarding victim’s rights has been dropped.

·        Detention Academy plans  Steve discussed the detention academy that will be held in November.  He will be contacting detention administrators soon to identify those people (preferably those who have been through the NJDA instructor course) that will be available to attend an instructor development course in Meridian in May, and will be able to teach in November, and in further academies.  The Instructor Development Course in Meridian in May  will cost about $50/person, plus lodging, etc. which will probably be available at POST. 

·        Detention Center inspections  At the present time, Roch is in the process of certifying the detention centers.  Steve and Don have been inspected, and praised Roch for his professionalism.  The present standards were addressed, and Steve said that Roch found out that the standards were already changed, and the centers were being measured by the new standards.   Steve wondered why the detention administrators were not notified of any change.  Steve participated in the proposed changes, and had called Nancy Bishop recently, and was told that the rules had not been all the way through the legislative promulgation process.  

·        Detention/probation standards meetings  John Triplett discussed the probation standards, and where they were in the process.  The standards are trying to be very sensitive to the availability of resources in the counties, and be brief.  July is the tentative deadline to have the standards done.  Education requirements were discussed

·        NJDA Leadership Challenge  This course has been offered through the Internet, and will be offered  again.  The NJDAis now reviewing curriculum, and would like people to volunteer to review curriculum, and submit input to them.  Anyone interested in helping out with this, please contact Steve Jett at sjett@canyoncounty.org.

·        Report on James Bell/David Sasser Meeting  Brian Walker discussed the Seminar that was put on by James Bell and David Sasser. 

·        Teleconference at POST  On April 19, 2000, at 1100 hrs, the National Institute of Corrections Teleconference entitled “The Application of Restraints in Custody:  Reducing the Risk.  There are limited number of spots, call Steve Jett.

·        Doug discussed a letter from OJJDP concerning the Forum on Serious and violent offenders on April 25 in Denver.  Any questions should go to your JAIBG coordinator. 

·        Doug also went to the most recent Juvenile Corrections Board meeting.  He briefly discussed some of the items covered at the meeting.  He will continue to attend those meetings and report. 

·        Summits coming up,  The Governor’s summit on the Generation of the Child and the Supreme Court sponsored summit on June 28-30. 

·        Agenda items for the 03/09 DJC/IACJJA meeting passed out.

·        Further work on Escape Policy (Bridge Team involvement)

·        Current Legislation and future for next year.

·        Juvenile Justice Terms (booklet)

·        Share Research - AJ Dawn Burns, DJC

·        JMC concerns of commitment information from some counties

·        Three year plan

·        Resistance from counties dealing with release of kids from DJC custody

·        Any items that are suggested at the IACJJA Meeting on the 8th. 

·        Elaine Broyles motioned to adjourn, Debbie Stallcup seconded, approved unanimously.

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