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Time to Register! CPOC & CPOC Foundation Statewide Conference 2024
Supporting Excellence in California Probation: Strategies for Success Conference

CPOC and CPOC Foundation are thrilled to announce the opening of registration for our upcoming statewide conference, Supporting Excellence in California Probation: Strategies for Success! This transformative training event aims to educate and elevate probation professionals throughout California, providing attendees opportunities to expand their knowledge, skills, and tools to enhance their probation work across the state.

The conference will delve into various topics, focusing on key areas of probation’s work, including:

  1. Support for foster youth in the juvenile justice system
  2. The juvenile justice continuum, including SB 823 implementation
  3. Working with adults in the justice system including: reentry, supervision, and connections to services
  4. Pretrial programs and services

 

Join us in Anaheim for this one-of-a-kind conference!

Dates: June 24-26, 2024

Conference Registration: Register HERE

Cost: $575 ($356.25 STC reimbursable)

Hotel Information – book your room today and save!

Anaheim Marriott
700 W Convention Way
Anaheim, CA 92802

Link to Reserve Room: Reserve HERE

Discounted Room Rate: $209 a night (not including local/state tax or fees)

The deadline to book under the discounted conference rate is June 2, 2024. Save money by booking your hotel stay today to take advantage of the discounted rate.

Schedule of Events

Sunday, June 23, 2024

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Welcome Reception (TBD)

Monday, June 24, 2024

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

General Sessions, Breakouts, Exhibitor Hall

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

General Sessions, Breakouts, Exhibitor Hall

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

General Sessions

STC’s pending approval for 19 STC hours

For more information contact please contact conference@cpoc.org.

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In this episode, we hear from Chief Marshall Hopper and Probation Manager Aaron Johnson of Placer County to talk about their innovative approach to servicing their communities through mobile probation vehicles and how these vehicles have become a moving landmark to the probationers they serve.

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ICYMI: We are in the profession of supporting positive change’:
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by ANNE STOKES in Sacramento News and Review

Julie Wherry would like to work herself out of a job. As assistant chief probation officer for Sacramento County, she wants more people to understand that the dedicated officers and staff she works with are there to support the men, women and juveniles they supervise. Contrary to popular belief, she says the department’s focus is on getting people back on their feet instead of looking for ways to punish them further.

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Press Release: ‘Harm to Healing’ Restorative Justice Program Celebrates First Graduation for Youthful Offenders

VENTURA, Calif. – The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, Ventura County Probation  Agency and Interface Children & Family Services are thrilled to announce the successful  completion of the inaugural Restorative Justice Conferencing, for 10 graduates. The program, titled  Transforming Harm to Healing, kicked off in July 2022, and is available for non-violent offenders,  ages 12 through 21.  

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PRESS RELEASE: Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation and California Department of Social Services Host Screening of Jetro’s Journey Documentary and Panel Discussion

PRESS RELEASE: Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation and California Department of Social Services Host Screening of Jetro’s Journey Documentary and Panel Discussion

For Immediate Release

May 25, 2023

PRESS RELEASE

Chief Probation Officers of California Foundation and California Department of Social Services Host Screening of Jetro’s Journey Documentary and Panel Discussion

The film showcases the positive impact of the support and care provided to a Jetro – a supervised foster youth – by his resource family and Sacramento County Probation

 

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By Mike Aldax in the Richmond Standard

The Contra Costa County Probation Department has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Talkspace to provide free virtual therapy to individuals who are on probation.

The new offering, set to launch Wednesday, “will allow clients under probation supervision to engage in therapy with a dedicated provider, matched based on individual needs,” according to County officials.

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April 18, 2023: Deputy Chief Probation Officer, Brad Michnevich, presented at the Sonoma County Family, Youth & Children’s Services and Juvenile Probation County Self-Assessment launch event. This event begins the process, required every five years of assessing ways to improve services for achieving safety, permanency and well-being for families, youth and children.

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Sacramento, California, May 12, 2023 – The Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) continues to highlight the need for better support from the state to best ensure safety and minimize disruption to the teens and young adults being transferred to local counties in this historic and never been done before realignment.

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By Pristine Villarreal in NBC Palm Springs

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday affirmed the appointment of a longtime probation officer to head the Riverside County Department of Probation, a decision he called “the highest honor” he’d ever received.

Wright takes over from former Chief Probation Officer Ron Miller, who retired last month after just over three and a half years in the position and several decades in law enforcement.

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