Goal 3: Improve access to available community resources for prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery.
Career Link expungement classes.
Circulate Collaborating for Youth’s Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD) Directory and website information to all potential referral sources. Updated version available mid-March. • Develop outreach and education strategies for specific educational messages. • Assess level of services currently available for youth and identify gaps.
Goal 4: Continue to support the Heroin Awareness Task Force in its efforts to reduce overdose fatalities in Adams County.
CJAB representation will be maintained on the local community taskforce
The Criminal Justice Advisory Board of Adams County has completed one-hundred and sixteen very successful months and has laid a foundation that holds a promising future for the criminal justice system in Adams County. Complicated challenges, however, are inevitable in the criminal justice system, and the need for collaboration and strategic planning is becoming more and more important.
The Adams County Criminal Justice System has made some significant improvements. However, having one new program here or there throughout the system still does not solve all the problems that exist in the justice system. The future must include planning that crosses all part of the criminal justice and court systems, in order to adequately address all of the problems that exist or will exist in the future.
Maximizing our County resources will be the key to success. It will require comprehensive planning via the CJAB sub-committees and the Board to examine the whole criminal justice picture in the County, rather than looking at departments and agencies individually. The CJAB is the only entity in Adams County capable of completing this task in such a manner. Members of the Board and staff should commit to continuing the previous success of priority identification and sub-committee workgroups that identify and tackle key issues and provide the framework for which the board can address top priorities. This working document and its subsequent planning should guide the Board, the Courts and the justice system for the next several years.
Besides continued planning, the CJAB needs to move diligently on the initiatives already started, such as the Heroin Awareness Taskforce, the E-citation project and Video Conferencing initiative.
Addressing inter-agency communication and collaboration; a continuous process for the Criminal Justice Advisory Board and its members; holds considerable promise to enhance the ability of the Board to function and plan well. Efforts to enhance inter-agency communication should integrate various state initiatives (i.e. JNET, cNET, GIS, etc.) and national initiatives (i.e. Homeland Security, NRA Foundation, etc.).