Archive for August, 2011
There are two events relating to the Jail Collaborative that you may be interested in attending on August 31:
1. The annual meeting of the Jail Collaborative will be from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Regional Enterprise Tower, 425 Sixth Avenue–31st floor. The aims of the meeting are to review last year’s accomplishments and this year’s goals, and to highlight areas for improvement. You are welcome to take the survey in advance of the meeting:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WD8LTMC
2. A brown-bag lunch & presentation by Claire Shubik-Richards will be at 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. that day at One Smithfield Street, lower level, Homestead Grays Conference room. Her presentation, which is part of the DHS Speaker Series, is entitled, Comparison of Trends in Jail Populations. Ms. Shubik-Richards will present her research into the decade’s long climb and recent drop in Philadelphia’s local jail population. Her research (conducted for Pew Charitable Trusts) investigated what was driving the change the jail population, the fiscal impact for Philadelphia, and implications for public safety. She will compare these findings and trends to what is happening nationally and here in Allegheny County.
If you would like to attend one or both events listed above, please rsvp to Kathy McCauley at mccauleyk at gmail dotcom
As a follow-up to PSVP’s 2010 partner learning and Fall Pitch investments, we’d like to share the just-published Annual Report of the Jail Collaborative of Allegheny County.
The Jail Collaborative is a large and broad group of people, all working to improve public safety by building a better system of reentry for people coming out of the Allegheny County Jail. Early in 2010, we embarked on a planning process to learn about the problems at the root of a too-high rate of recidivism and approaches that would work. We spoke with over 300 people in the area, including family members, ex-offenders, and people from faith-based organizations. We looked at other cities for models. And we studied the research to look for the strongest evidence of which programs actually reduce criminality. From this we developed a three-year plan for reducing recidivism.
The first year of that plan ended on June 30, 2011. This report summarizes the progress made and the work that lies ahead.
Download PDF: Jail Collaborative Annual Report 2010-11
Take a look at Thursday’s Post Gazette Business section http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11237/1169695-28-0.stm — our own Todd Palcic is featured for his innovative business development downtown.
Way to go, Todd!
According to the latest available figures, nearly on-third of all children in kindergarten through 12th grades are overweight. “This is a statewide epidemic,” said PA’s Secretary of Health.
Statistics like this are one reason that PSVP is looking to showcase programs that are delivering innovative solutions through health and nutrition education in our 2011 Fall Pitch event.
If you are a nonprofit that is programming in this focus area, you may be a candidate for collaboration with PSVP.
PSVP partners and guests will determine award benefits at the Fall Pitch event on October 19, 2011.
Find details on the 2011 Fall Pitch event pages on the PSVP website.
The application deadline is September 15, 2011.