Community Services Division

The Community Services Division coordinates technical assistance, specialized training, and other programs related to probation, parole, and other forms of community-based corrections.

The Division also sponsors the development of publications and materials on topics of interest to community corrections practitioners, and it coordinates an interdisciplinary effort to assist jurisdictions in developing a more evidence-based, cost-effective, and collaborative criminal justice system.

Technical assistance related to Community Corrections is provided on issues such as caseload management, victims programs, employee safety, classification and assessment, and intermediate sanctions. The Division also provides specialized training and other programs that focus on: Executive Leadership and Development; Women Offenders; Evidence-Based Offender Interventions; Inmate Transition to Communities; Justice-Involved Veterans; Workforce Development; and Responding to Probation/Parole Violations.

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Topic-Driven Content

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Webinars & Trainings

Communicating with Families and Children in Correctional Facilities [Webinar]

Accession Number

033320

This webinar was created for the Family Connections Project. On April 16, 2020, the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) presented a 1.5-hour training webinar on strategies for staff to communicate with families and children in correctional facilities. This webinar covered four major topics: Communication 101: Basic Types and Everyday Challenges; Points of Contact and Communication with Families in Correctional Facilities; Best Practices on Communication and Active Listening; Tips for Staff on Interacting with Families and Children in Correctional Facilities

COVID-19: How are Pretrial Service Agencies Dealing with the Coronavirus? [Webinar]

Accession Number

033372

In line with directives from the White House, state authorities, and local officials, criminal justice agencies around the country have modified operations to comply with social distancing, travel restrictions, and mandatory health orders due to COVID-19. These policies have a significant impact on

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Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field [Webinar]

Accession Number

033573

Like its previous edition, Measuring What Matters, Second Edition helps agencies gather consistent and meaningful data to track the performance of pretrial programs based on the mission and needs of their local criminal justice system.

The second edition emphasizes measures that “work” in the real

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Veteran Intercepts in the Criminal Justice System - [Webinar Series]

Accession Number

033669

Develop a better understanding of the Veteran Sequential Intercept Model (V-SIM) and the intervention strategies and resources available at each intercept in part one of NIC’s four-part series highlighting reentry, diversion, and desistance alternatives for justice-involved veterans as they progress

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Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way [Internet Broadcast]

Accession Number

029869

This program on justice-involved veterans, highlights the lifesaving role being played by veterans treatment courts (VTCs) across the country.

From WWII through the continuing global war on terror, there are approximately 21.5 million veterans in the U.S. today. So many of these men, and

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Community Supervision Leadership Symposium 2021

Accession Number

033553

The National Institute of Corrections created a first of its kind interactive webinar series with members of the Pretrial Executives, Urban Chiefs, and Probation and Parole Executives networks. The series focuses on whole system leadership; implementation science; and diversity, equity, and

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