42ndAnnual Chief Probation Officers Conference
October 5 – 8, 2014
Galveston, Texas
Sunday, October 5, 2014
8:30 am Golf TournamentMoody Gardens
3:30 pm – 5:30 pmRegistrationFoyer
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Welcome ReceptionConferee Lounge
Monday, October6, 2014
7:30 am – 8:30 amRegistrationFoyer
8:30 am – 9:00amWelcome Ballroom AB
Doug Dretke, Executive Director, Correctional Management Institute of Texas
Carey Welebob, Director, Community Justice Assistance Division
James Williams, TJJD Senior Director of Probation and Community Services
9:00 am – 10:15 amHaving Our Voices Heard: Steps for Legislative SuccessBallroom AB
Joe Gagen, Legislative Grassroots Training
10:15 am – 10:45 amBreak
10:45 am – 12:00pmHaving Our Voices Heard… Cont’dBallroom AB
12:00pm – 1:15 pmLunch(On Your Own)
1:15 pm – 1:45 pmLegislative Budget Board Ballroom AB
Laurie Molina, Manager, Criminal Justice Data Analysis Team, LBB
Ed Sinclair, Analyst, Criminal Justice Data Analysis Team, LBB
1:45 pm – 2:00 pmBreak
2:00 pm – 3:15pmDefending Unemployment ClaimsBallroom AB
Sheila Gladstone, Attorney at Law
Elizabeth Hernandez, Attorney at Law
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmBreak
3:30 pm – 5:00 pmDefending Unemployment…Cont’d
5:30 pm – 7:30 pmAwards Reception Pool Deck
Tuesday, October 7, 2014– CJAD
8:30 am – 10:00 amCJAD Opening
Carey Welebob, Director
Manny Rodriguez, Deputy Director
10:00 am – 10:15 amBreak
10:15 am – 12:00pmTitle
Speaker
12:00 pm – 1:30 pmLunch (On Your Own)
1:30 pm – 2:30 pmTitle
Speaker
2:30 pm – 3:15 pmTitle
Speaker
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmBreak
3:30 pm – 4:15 pmTitle
Speaker
4:15 pm – 5:00 pmTitle
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TJJD
8:30 am– 9:15 amTJJD Update
James Williams, TJJD Senior Director of Probation and Community Services
9:15 am – 10:30amRaising the Age of Criminal Responsibility from 17 to 18 in Texas….An Interactive Discussion
Michele Deitch, Senior Lecturer, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
10:30 am – 10:45 amBreak
10:45 am – 11:15amPost-Merger: An Assessment and Group Discussion of TJJD Services to the Probation Field
James Williams, TJJD Senior Director of Probation and Community Services
11:15 am – 12:15 pmOverview of TJJD Legislative Appropriations Request
James Williams, TJJD Senior Director of Probation and Community Services
12:15 pm – 1:30 pmLunch (On Your Own)
1:30 pm –2:00 pmProposed Salary Study for Juvenile Probation Departments and TJJD 2015-2017
Lisa A. Capers, J.D., TJJD Senior Director of Administration and Training
2:00 pm – 3:15 pmOverview of Report “Core Principles for Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other
Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System”
Nancy Arrigona, Research Manager, Council of State Governments, Justice Center
3:15 pm – 3:30 pmBreak
3:30 pm – 4:30 pmSubmission of Fiscal Information and Reimbursement Procedures & Processes
James Williams, TJJD Senior Director of Probation and Community Services
4:30 pm – 5:00 pmUpdate on Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) and PREA Audits
Lisa A. Capers, J.D., TJJD Senior Director of Administration and Training
Wednesday, October8,2014
8:30 am –9:45 am21st Century Leadership…When you speak are people listening?Ballroom AB
Jay McChord
9:45 am – 10:15 amBreak
10:15 am – 12:00pm…Cont’d