Tennessee

2019 Local Evidence-Based Decision-Making (TN)

DCS Central

Mark Anderson, Program Director

Ikesha Cain, Director, Provider and Foster Home Quality Team

Victoria Calvin, Program Coordinator (Data)

Tyran Copeland, Director, West Grand Region

Lisa Earles, Director, Middle Grand Region

Michael Flanery-Gray, Executive Administrative Assistant

Magdalynn Head, Program Manager

Debbie Miller, Deputy Commissioner

Jacqueline Moore, Program Director

Misty Neely, Executive Director

Crystal Parker, Executive Director, Office of Continuous Quality Improvement

Shannon Romans, Director, East Grand Region

Brian Stephens, Director, Provider Monitoring & Evaluation

DCS Region

Bridget Alderson, Case Manager

Tamara Bonds, Team Leader

Debbie Dew, Case Manager

Julia Johnson

Jimmie McKinnie, Case Manager

Nate Pigrum, Team Leader

Nikita Reeves, Case Manager

Marcella Sain, Team Leader

Patrice Sangster, Case Manager

Margaret White, Team Coordinator SW Region

Domica Young, Case Manager

Madison County

Mary Jo Bell, Intake Manager

Debbie Bellinghausen, Intake Counselor

Pam Bourchard, Probation Officer

Pat Gullett, Intake Counselor

Fennix Johnson, Assistant Director, Madison County Juvenile Court Services

Amy Jones, Director, Madison County Juvenile Court Services

Delvecchio Love, Child and Family Intervention Officer

Greg Perry Jr., Intensive Probation Officer

Jennifer Rivers Parker, Probation Officer

Stanley Smith, Interventions Manager, Madison County Juvenile Court Services

Melody Wiggers, Intake Counselor

McNairy County

Pam West, Youth Services Officer, McNairy County Juvenile Court

Tipton County

Scottie Delashmit, Court Administrator

Stephen Shopher, Youth Services Administrator

2010 MSI (Private) Knoxville Participant

Contact:

Nancy Christian, President and CEO - The Florence Crittenton Agency, Inc

Capstone Description:

Implement CASI, a quality assurance tool which determines whether mental health, substance abuse, and developmental delay/disability assessments pass the following questions:  Are they good/validated assessments? Are the necessary people, including families, notified of results/recommendations? Are results used to match the youth with appropriate services?

2012 MSI Rutherford County Team

Contacts:

Donna Davenport, Juvenile Judge - Rutherford County

Deirdre Lackey, Team Coordinator - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Susan Mitchell, Executive Director, Network Development - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Rebecca Partin, Case Manager 2 - Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Patricia Reneau, Truancy Officer - Rutherford County Schools

Capstone Description:

Develop programs and initiatives to prevent youth from crossing over from child welfare to juvenile justice.

Capstone Update (2015):

The team has consistently meet every other month and narrowed the focus to supporting parents through providing parenting classes, referrals to resources, counseling referrals, and community outreach. The team is also reviewing interventions specific to youth that are effective in reducing truancy, teenage pregnancy, and delinquency. 

2014 RED Shelby County Team

Contacts:

Donna Armstard, Supervisor, Juvenile Defender Unit - Shelby County

Kerri Campbell, Team Manager - Mayor's Innovation Delivery Team

Larry Hill, Shelby County Sherfiff's Office - Shelby County Sherfiff's Office

Lisa Hill, DMC Coordinator - Shelby County Mayor's Administration

Kimbrell Owens, JDAI Site Coordinator - Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court

Malrie Shelton, Project Director - Defending Childhood Initiative—Network for Overcoming Violence and Abuse (DCI-NOVA)

Altha Stewart, Executive Director - Just Care Family Unit

Capstone Description:

Develop an alternative to summons diversion program for youth who are facing charges of domestic violence or domestic assault, as this is the leading source of summons and referrals to detention in Shelby County; Develop additional community-based resources for these youth who would be diverted; Providing training to police officers to decrease influence of racial bias in decision making at the relevant referral decision point, especially with respect to this type of offense, including trauma-informed responses and practices.

Capstone Update (2015):

The Capstone team offered training to the Memphis police academy regarding various topics related to the juvenile justice system, including topics such as adolescent development, history of juvenile court in Memphis, juvenile arrests, assessment for detention, etc. The team proposed a program to allow troubled youth to obtain targeted treatment services outside of the system without a criminal record.