Tentative Agenda

Thursday, January 26th

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Welcome Reception


Friday, January 27th

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Welcome and Posting of the Colors 
Secretary Ricky Dixon (FL), Florida DOC Honor Guard, and CLA President and Director Anne Precythe (MO)

9:20 AM - 10:10 AM Keynote Speaker - From the Big House to the White House: Possibility during and after incarceration
Executive Director Christopher Poulos, Center for Justice and Human Dignity
10:10 AM - 11:00 AM

Using Peer Support Specialists to Combat Addiction in Prison
Director Bryan Stirling (SC), Executive Director Bryan Collier (TX), and Deputy Director Chris Kuckle (SC)

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Break
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Racial Disparity Committee Updates
Director Rob Jeffreys (IL), Director Harold Clarke (VA), Tama Celi (VA), Commissioner Christina Reagle (IN), and Stevyn Fogg CLA

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Hope Behind Bars
Director Isaac Holt, Founder Jake Bodine, and Director Raeanne Hance, God Behind Bars

1:20 PM - 1:50 PM

Advancing Fairness and Transparency: National Guidelines for Post-Conviction Risk and Needs Assessment
David D'Amora, CSG Senior Policy Advisor, and Ruby Qazilbash, Bureau of Justice Assistance 

1:50 PM - 2:25 PM

CLA on the Hill
Liliana Coronado, The Brimley Group

2:25 PM - 2:35 PM Break
2:35 PM - 3:30 PM

Addiction Treatment in Corrections: Implementation, Practical Application, and Lessons Learned
Executive Director Jessica Hulsey, Addiction Policy Forum

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM  Reception


Saturday, January 28th
  

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast 
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Past President's Meeting (Past President's Only)
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM

Business Meeting

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

CLA's National Initiative to Address the Workforce Crisis in Corrections
Executive Director Bryan Collier (TX), Mike Thompson, John Wetzel (Associate PA), and Andy Barbee (TDCJ)

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Break
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM

Post-Incarceration Healthcare Strategies: Optimizing Reentry and Public Safety by Leveraging Healthcare Payers and Providers
John Koufos, Healthcare and Workforce Consultant - Cottage Four, LLC, Meaghan DuPuis of UMASS Chan Medical School, Joseph W. Manger AETNA

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

The Prison Research & Innovation Initiative: An Evidence-Based Approach to Culture Change and Reform
David Pitts, Senior Research Fellow, Dayna Belfiore, Prison Research (DE), and Dana Cafourek, Prison Research (MO)

1:40 PM - 2:30 PM

Communications Inside and Outside the Fence
Michelle Glady (FL)

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Break
2:40 PM - 3:40 PM Executive Session (Directors Only)
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Special Reception (Directors and Gold Partners Only)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Reception 

 
Sunday, January 29th 

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM

Solutions to Correctional Challenges of Today: Integrating Occupational Therapy Health Promotion with Correctional Institution Goals
Lisa Jaegers, PhD, Saint Louis University

9:50 AM - 10:50 AM

Expanding Routes to Recovery
Director Annette Chambers-Smith (OH), Kelly Storm, LISW-S

 10:50 AM - 11:00 AM  Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Resources to Help the Correctional Workforce
Tony Parker (Associate TN), Executive Director Bryan Collier (TX), and Kristi Anderson, Fourth Purpose

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Updates from the Department of Justice
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon, Bureau of Justice Assistance Director Karhlton F. Moore, National Institute of Justice Director Nancy La Vigne, Ph.D., and Bureau of Justice Statistics Director Alex R. Piquero, Ph.D.

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

What's Next? 
CLA President and Director Anne Precythe (MO)

2:00 PM

Adjourn