Indiana

2014 ISCP Indiana Team

Contact:

Michael Commons, Staff Attorney - Indiana Supreme Court

Lisa Thompson, Project Manager - Judicial Automation Committee, Indiana Supreme Court

Doris Tolliver, Chief of Staff - Department of Children Services

Julie Whitman, VP - Indiana Youth Institute

Capstone Description:

Provide recommendations and resources to promote effective and efficient information sharing through the mapping of current information sharing practices and policies:

1. Conduct a survey of data sharing knowledge, needs, and challenges among key stakeholders involved in child welfare and juvenile justice.

2. Conduct legal analysis of state and federal confidentiality and information sharing policies.

3. Develop and disseminate an information sharing guidebook.

4. Develop sample MOUs to be used for local agencies.

5. Identify several pilot sites to implement best information sharing practices.

Capstone Update:

The team has finished drafting an Information Sharing Guide and obtained endorsement of the guide's content, and developed a website and mobile app to distribute the Information Sharing Guide, designed to be accessible in the field for staff even when no internet is available. 

2010 MSI (Private) Indianapolis, IN Participant

Contact:

Keith Reissaus, Vice President, Community & Workplace Initiatives - Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Inc. (*note: Reissaus retired from Goodwill and NFP in 2015)

Capstone Description:

Implement a nurse-family partnership program, a community health program that provides support and training for mothers pregnant with their first child. The program pairs expectant mothers with a registered nurse, who promotes the mother's health, proper care of the child, healthy environments, and parents' life course development.

Capstone Update (2024):

The nurse family parternship program was successfully implemented and has now expanded statewide. Reissaus retired from Goodwill and NFP in 2015. 

2022 BSC Allen County, IN Team

Michael Manuel, Director of Security, Fort Wayne Community Schools

Joseph Jordan, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Fort Wayne

Iric Headley, Director, Fort Wayne UNITED

Andrea Trevino, Judge, Allen County Superior Court / Allen County Juvenile Center

Izaiah Elward, Youth Representative

Ashley Inge, JDAI Coordinator, Allen County Juvenile Center

Nicole Elward, Parent Representative

Shelby Price, Juvenile Justice Specialist, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

Renee White, Juvenile Justice Compliance Monitor

2019 TJP Marion County, IN  

Contacts :

Jill Johnson, Juvenile Division Chief, Marion County Public Defender Agency

Christina Ball, Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Marion Superior Court Probation Department

Mark Jones, Judge, State of Indiana

Leon Keith, Chief, Juvenile Division, Marion County Prosecutor's Office

Kay Knorr, Probation Supervisor, Marion County Probation

Damon Lane, Re-Entry Employment Liaison, City of Indianapolis

Marilyn Moores, Judge, Marion County Superior Court, No. 9 State of Indiana

Nancy Wever, Director, Indiana JDAI Indiana Supreme Court, Office of Court Services

Capstone Description: 

The team is focused on transforming the county’s juvenile probation system and addressing racial and ethnic disparities by 1) increasing diversion opportunities, 2) redesigning court and probation practices to facilitate agency-wide culture change, and 3) ensuring families and the community are engaged and supported to meet the needs of system-involved youth    

March 2019 RED LaPorte County, IN 

Contacts: 

Mary Lake, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, LaPorte County Prosecutor

Caroline Maslankowski, NOVA Coordinator and Caseworker, LaPorte County Juvenile Service Center

Abagael (Abby) May, Development Manager, Michigan City Area Schools, Safe Harbor Afterschool Enrichment Program

Kris Pate, Executive Director, United Way of LaPorte County

Erika Stallworth, Executive Director, LaPorte County Juvenile Services Center

Capstone Description:

To address racial and ethnic disparities in LaPorte County, the team plans to develop strategies to collect data on law enforcement stops, develop and implement a decision-making tool at the arrest decision point, and facilitate a law enforcement/youth training to build positive relationships.

2010 MSI (Private) Indianapolis, IN Participant

Contact:

Linda Lipscomb, President/Founder, Transitional Assistance Services, Inc.

Capstone Description:

Develop a diversion program to help crossover youth experience a seamless transition to school, home, and community that is culturally sensitive, individualized, and increase equal opportunities to succeed re-entry. The program's primary goal is to decrease academic failure when they return to traditional school settings from supervised community-based or structured residential care.

Capstone Update (2012):

The diversion program was implemented in July 2011, and Linda is working to increase enrollment through community awareness initiatives.