Mapping

Alameda County, CA (March 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: Map decision points in JJ and CW and create SOP for proper info to be shared with other agencies at each decision point.

    • Update (2014): The team has made substantial progress in identifying the flow of information when a crossover youth is referred to the DA's office, and has created a draft of the system map from police contact to dismissal. The team is also working with Probation Information Services to create a process for earlier identification of dependent youth and communicating the information to PO and DA more efficiently. 

  • Contacts: 

    • Rhonda Burgess, Presiding Judge, Alameda County - State of California

    • Roger Chan, Executive Director - East Bay Children’s Law

    • Gumaro Garay, Division Director - Alameda County Social Services Agency

    • Adrian Kirk, Director, Student Programs and Services - Alameda County Office of Education

    • Carissa Pappas, Management Analyst - Alameda County Probation Department

    • Dominique Pinkney, Assistant Public Defender - Alameda County Public Defender

    • Jeff Rackmil, Assistant Director BHCS Child and Youth Services - Alameda County HCSA

    • Brian Richart, Chief of Staff - Alameda County Probation *NOTE* Brian is currently the Chief Probation Officer with El Dorado County, CA.

    • Terry Wiley, Assistant District Attorney, Head of Juvenile Division - Alameda County District Attorney

    • Victoria Wu, Senior Deputy County Counsel - Alameda County, Office of the County Counsel

California (March 2013 ISCP)

• • Description: Review confidentiality guidelines in each agency, co-locate service providers to allow better coordination, develop shared definition of child abuse.

    • Update (2024): ConnectWellSD, the countywide information sharing database, supported service referral integration across county and community providers until it sunsetted in September 2023. Over 6,000 providers were included in the database, and over 750,000 referrals were made to these providers. ConnectWellSD housed over 2.5 million customer records and over 9,500 staff utilized the system to support service delivery. Data in the database was parcelled by type to allow for permissions to view based on what was permissible by law. Staff and community partners were given access by job role, and staff accessing ConnectWellSD could pull up demographic information as well as electronic copies of supporting documentation as needed to avoid the customer having to locate it.

Prior to this electronic record database and remaining active today, the "Confidentiality Guide" summarizes information sharing parameters for 71 entities. This was most recently updated in September 2024 and continues to serve as a valuable tool regarding what information can and cannot be shared based on current law.

• • Contact: Leah Van Lingen, Child Welfare Services Policy Analyst - County of San Diego, Policy and Program Support

Brevard County, Florida (2013 MSI)

• • Description: Ensure youth aged 12-17 who are at risk of entering and/or dually involved with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems receives formal and informal supports, in an effort to ultimately reduce the number of youth who are dually involved in both the juvenile justice and foster care systems. The main components of this project include: 1) Conducting an analysis of crossover youth and measure the supports available, and 2) Developing and implementing protocol to refer crossover youth for Strength and Cultural Discovery and Wraparound Family Team Conference to ensure crossover youth receive services and support needed.

    • Update (2015): Brevard C.A.R.E.S. and Brevard Family Partnership have participated in an information sharing template to improve the exchange of information with other system partners; the team completed a crossover youth process map, an interagency point-of-contact list has been updated with a dissemination plan, and several child welfare staff has been trained in the FL Juvenile Justice Information System.

  • Contacts:

    • Valerie Holmes, Executive Director - Brevard C.A.R.E.S.

    • Patricia Nellius, Chief Executive Officer - Brevard Family Partnership

Bronx, New York (2013 MSI)

*Note: Sadly, Dr. Werchol passed away and the project is no longer active.

• • Description: Map different agencies' roles in CYPM.

  • Contacts:

    • Keith Baumann, Attorney - The Bronx Defenders

    • Sandra Davidson, Unknown - ACS

    • Lauren Meller, Supervising Attorney Bronx Family Court Legal Services - NYC Administration for Children's Services

    • Dawne Mitchell, Attorney in Charge - The Legal Aid Society

    • Peter Passidomo, Judge - NYS OCA

    • Sam Rosaldo, Director of Referral, Enrollment and Transition - District 79, NYC Department of Education

    • Stacye Spear, Borough Director - New York City Dept. Of Probation

    • Kedeshia Spooner, Disposition Specialist - The New York City Law Department

    • Marcia Werchol, Assistant Vice President, Family Court Mental Health Services - New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation

Virginia (2013 MSI)

• • Description: The VA Team will develop a state plan for improving outcomes for dually-involved youth based on data that they collect through:

    • identifying differences in demographics, outcomes, and processes for dually-involved youth in comparison to youth involved in only the child welfare or juvenile justice system.

    • identifying jurisdictions with high rates of crossover youth, service gaps and overlaps, and information needs. Based on the new data, develop a state plan for improving outcomes for dually-involved youth.

  • Update (2015): The team contracted with Hornby Zeller to pursue a case-matching process of statewide data, with the primary data coming from DJJ and DSS. There will also be some case matching with education data. Data analysis is underway. The data collected as a result of this project will benefit several groups and initiatives in the jurisdiction, including the Governor's Children's Cabinet (working on school-to-prison pipeline and challenging schools), Statewide advisory committees for Vision 21 (projects related to children exposed to violence), Project AWARE (mental health services in schools), and Interagency Partnership to Prevent and end Youth Homelessness. 

  • Contacts:

    • Tracey Jenkins, Policy Analyst - Virginia Dept of Criminal Justice Services

    • Alex Kamberis, Acting Director - Virginia Department of Social Services

    • Laurel Marks, Manager, Juvenile and Adult Services - Va. DCJS

    • Ashaki McNeil, ReEntry Program Manager - Department of Juvenile Justice

    • Leah Mills, Senior Legislative Analyst - Virginia Commission on Youth

Alameda County, California (July 2012 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Create system flowchart and inventory current capacities/standard practices.

    • Update (2014): Instead of implementing the original Capstone Project, the team decided to launch the Crossover Youth Practice Model.

  • Contacts: 

    • Aundrea Brown, Assistant Public Defender - Alameda County Public Defender

    • Rhonda Burgess, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court, Alameda County - State of California

    • Roger Chan, Executive Director - East Bay Children's Law Offices

    • Lori Cox-Jones, Agency Director - Alameda County Social Services Agency

    • LaDonna Harris , Acting Chief Probation Officer - Alameda County

    • Michelle Love, Assistant Agency Director, Children and Family Services - Alameda County Social Services Agency

    • Jennifer Madden, Deputy District Attorney - Alameda County District Attorney's Office

    • Brian Richart, Chief of Staff - Alameda County Probation **Brian is currently the Chief Probation Officer with El Dorado County, CA

    • Monica Vaughan, Director, Alternative Education - Oakland Unified School District

    • Andrea Youngdahl, Director, Interagency Children's Policy Council - Alameda County

Louisiana (2012 ISCP)

• • Description: Develop a plan for structured data collection, including state education, juvenile justice, corrections, child welfare, and health data, to improve information sharing; map relevant confidentiality laws and information sharing gaps. 

  • Contact: Samuel Robison, Research Associate - Louisiana State University

Nevada (Oct. 2011 MSI - Public)

• • Description: Service-mapping; MOU to facilitate inter-agency information sharing and alter computer system; create joint case planning protocol; implement MDT.

  • Contacts:

    • Jill Marano, Social Services Chief II - State of Nevada, Division of Child and Family Services

    • Steve McBride, Unit Manager - Nevada Youth Parole Bureau

    • Jeff Morrow, Administrative Services Officer 4 - State of Nevada, Division of Child and Family Services

    • Kathleen Sandoval, Program Director - The Children's Cabinet

New York (2009 MSI)

• • Description: Reduce service-duplicity by adopting the CCAMP 4.1 computer software (which it appears the participant created and is now trying to market) to map community assets.

  • Contact: Conor Cusack, Assets Coordinator - Greece Central School District 

Washington State (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Map and fill gaps in wraparound services to youth in reentry (coordinated by school).  But, changed project to: implement education advocate positions throughout the state for youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

  • Contact: Kathleen Sande, Institute Education Program Supervisor - Washington State Office of Sup. Of Public Instruction

Ramsey County, Minnesota (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Conduct internal analysis to streamline process/services for youth.

  • Contacts: 

    • James (Jim) Loye, Assistant Deputy Director - Juvenile Division - Ramsey County

    • Becky Montgomery, Planner/Youth at Risk Project Manager - Ramsey County

Connecticut (2008 MSI CPI)

• • Description: Map and then fill gaps in services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

  • Contact: Ann-Marie DeGraffenreidt, Director of Program Development - Bureau of Juvenile Services/Department of Children and Families