West Virginia

2017 RED Monongalia County 

Contact: 

Danny Trejo, Director/Counselor, Morgantown Area Youth Services Project

Capstone Description:

Developed as part of a Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) pilot project funded by the Morgantown Area Youth Services Project DMC grant, the project aims to reduce DMC in the Monongalia County juvenile justice system by developing a multi-disciplinary committee to oversee DMC reduction initiatives and implement culturally competent services for at-risk minority youth.

2014 RED Raleigh County Participant

Contact: 

Arnold Leftwich, Director, MUSTER Project, Inc. 

Capstone Description: 

Identify and reduce racial and ethnic disparities at the arrest/referral decision point through establishing a governing committee to assess local jurisdiction's policies and practices and developing an institutional response using data collected. Then, implement additional diversion options such as home detention, evening reporting centers, electronic monitoring, wireless monitoring, and mentoring in a pilot jurisdiction to reduce RED.

2013 MSI Individual Participant

Contact:

Kathy Szafran, President and CEO - Crittenton Services, Inc

Capstone Description:

To develop an assessment tool.