2006: The Wayne County Collaborative Team is dedicated to developing strategies, consistent with evidence-based best-practice standards, to address the most critical needs and to monitor and evaluate the implementation of juvenile sex-offender management from the point of investigating a sexual crime to the completion of treatment, supervision and community reintegration. A multidisciplinary collaborative team has been assembled in conjunction with this grant effort to critically assess the current programs, practices, policies and resources utilized to manage the County's juvenile sex offenders. The provision of grant resources will be used to identify the strengths and weaknesses within Wayne County's current system of care (Phase I assessment). Phase I of the project will encompass 4 major task areas: 1) Team composition and team functioning, 2) Pre-assessment data collection, 3) Comprehensive assessment activities, and 4) Development of an implementation plan addressing the needs identified in the assessment process.
2005: The Red Lake Board of Chippewa Indians will use grant funds to execute a two phased approach in improving its current sex offender management practices. The Phase I assessment and planning portion of the proposed project will involve research and assessment of how Red Lake manages both juvenile and adult sex offenders along the spectrum of a sexual assault case from report to reentry. However, Phase II of the project proposes to focus solely on juvenile offenders as it develops an implementation plan to address gaps in the current strategy.
2001: Kent County is located in the western part of the Michigan and represents the state’s largest population outside of Detroit. The county covers 864 square miles and had a 2001 population of approximately 574,000. The county received a planning grant from the Office of Justice Programs to develop a system map that would describe how sex offenders are processed and managed in the criminal justice system and to identify gaps in the system that warranted attention. The team reviewed policies and procedures and innovative practices from around the country in an effort to formulate a comprehensive plan to manage sex offenders under community supervision.
