April 2017
On Thursday, April 20, 2017, at 2pm EDT, the National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC) will host a 60-minute webinar entitled, "Event Information: Vermont's Four-Step Process for Effective Policy Development."
In order to cultivate system-wide buy in, correctional agencies must effectively communicate policies and directives to stakeholders, staff, and people returning to communities after incarceration. Effective policies set expectations for staff, affirm the administration’s role, and are grounded in evidence-based principles.
In this webinar, presenters will discuss the four steps involved in the Vermont Department of Corrections’ (DOC) policy-development process: identifying and approving the concept, drafting the policy, gathering comments from staff and the public, and finalizing the policy. Presenters will also use Vermont’s recent case-management directive as a case study and discuss how the policy-development process can be applied to recidivism-reduction efforts.
Register here.