April 19, 2024 Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board Meeting

Audience

Redeploy Illinois Oversight Board Members and Staff. The public is welcome to attend.

Date/Time

  • Friday, April 19, 2024
  • 9:30am to 11:30am

Location

  • Chicago: 401 S. Clinton, 7th Floor Executive Video Conference Room
  • Springfield: 100 South Grand Avenue East, 3rd Floor Executive Conference Room

Agenda

  1. Call to order/Roll call/Approval of December 15th, 2023 Meeting Minutes
  2. Illinois Department of Human Services Update
  3. Redeploy Illinois Program Report
    1. FY24 Project & Program Expend/Youth Served/Commitments
    2. Success story
    3. FY25 Executive Board Members
  4. Items for Approval
    1. FY25 Funding
  5. RIOB Work Group Report
    1. Membership Work Group
    2. Data Work Group
    3. Evaluation Work Group
  6. Redeploy Illinois Projects Report
    1. Orbis Partners, Inc.
    2. Redeploy Illinois Focused
    3. Intensive Site Visits
    4. Redeploy Illinois Annual Report update
  7. Adjourn

Upcoming meetings and events

  • Data Work Group Meeting: Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
  • RIOB Executive Committee Meeting (if necessary): Friday, May 17th, 2024 
  • Full RIOB Meeting: Friday, June 21st, 2024 
  • St. Clair County/Madison County Site Visit: April 23rd, 2024 
  • Sangamon County Site Visit: May 1st, 2024 
  • 4th Judicial Circuit Site Visit: May 9th, 2024

Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order/Roll call/Approval of December 15th, 2023 Minutes
    The meeting was called to order at 9:35AM by Orlando Mayorga for Secretary Dulce Quintero. Kristen Marshall called the roll.
    Board Members Present: Walter Brandon, Elizabeth Clarke, Dan Hunt, John Johnson, Miquel Lewis, Andrea Lubelfeld, Orlando Mayorga (for Secretary Dulce Quintero), John Rekowski, Tracy Senica, Anne Studzinski, Rick Velasquez, Rob Vickery, Paula Wolff
    By phone: Delrice Adams and MaryAnn Dyar
    Board Members Absent: Suzanne Isenberg-Chabra, Avik Das, Krish Mohip
    Staff and Guests: Hailey Colpits and Seth El-Jamal of ICOY, Erica Hughes, Kristen Marshall, Karrie Reuter of IDHS (by phone), Jennifer Rosas (guest of Paula Wolff)
    Motion: Approve minutes of December, 2023 meeting. Offered by: Paula Wolff, Seconded by Anne Studzinski Motion carried by voice vote.
  2. Illinois Department of Human Services Update
    Mr. Mayorga gave the board an update on FY25 funding throughout IDHS.
  3. FY24 Project & Program Expend/Youth Served/Commitments
    Erica Hughes directed members to the program and expenditure information in the FY24 report. Ms. Hughes pointed out that the number of youth who have been served is a projected estimate from the sites.
    Rick Velasquez pointed out that reports of youth commitments from the Redeploy sites differ from the reports posted by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Ms. Hughes explained that the numbers reported by the sites are based on information received from local probation departments. Ms. Hughes will discuss the possible reasons for the differences with the sites.
  4. Items for Approval - FY25 Funding
    Ms. Marshall directed the members to a document laying out funding recommendations for State Fiscal Year 2025. She announced that the training and technical assistance grant, currently awarded to the Illinois Collaboration on Youth, was scheduled to be competitive re-bid for 2025. The Notice of Funding was expected to be released the following week. She also pointed out that the grant covers both assistance to the Redeploy program but also other Youth Intervention programming. The funding proposed in the document was the portion allocated for Redeploy.
    Ms. Wolff asked for clarification on why the Orbis contract has been included in the Training and Technical Assistance contract. Karrie Reuter explained that this was a decision made after Orbis was bought out by a larger company that had stricter requirements for contracted grant work. Ms. Wolff followed up by asking who would be in charge of Orbis deliverables. Ms. Reuter replied that it would fall to the Training and Technical Assistance provider. Ms. Wolff requested that a regular report be created for the Board and the Evaluation Work Group tracking the size of the Orbis subcontract, the link to the providers and specifying how the Orbis work relates to the board.
    As Cook County employees, Tracy Senica, Miquel Lewis, and Andrea Lubelfeld recused themselves from the discussion of the Cook County proposal. As an employee of Youth Services Network, John Johnson recused himself from the discussion regarding the Winnebago proposal.
    Ms. Hughes highlighted the following:
    1. She noted that all sites appear to be lapse funds in SFY 24 but requested the same funding level for SFY 25. For example, Lake County appears to underspend. Some of the reasons for this include staffing and spending increases that happen near the end of the fiscal year. Sometimes subcontractors delayed invoices until year's end. The 4th circuit was unable to hire a coordinator.
    2. Winnebago County requested additional funding to expand to Boone County.
    3. Champaign County requested additional funding since FY25 would be its first year of complete implementation.
    4. $25,000 has been set aside for Focused funding for FY25.
      Motion: Approve funding for SFY 25 as recommended by staff. Offered by Ms. Wolff. Seconded by Ms. Studzinski. Motion carried.
  5. RIOB Work Group Reports
    1. Membership Work Group
      Mr. Velasquez reported that he had atended the all sites meeting in March (3/14/24). At the meeting, he requested applications for membership on the RIOB. He announced that three applications have been submited from various sites. The workgroup will be reviewing the applications for presentation to the secretary. Seven names have also been submited to the Secretary for appointment to the Executive Committee.
    2. Data Work Group
      Ms. Hughes reported that the Data Work Group is working on changes to the structure of the annual report for the SFY 24.
    3. Evaluation Work Group
      Ms. Marshall reported that the Criminal Justice Information Authority which is conducting the evaluation has hired a data associate for the project. She has a Ph.D. in sociology. Mr. Velasquez suggested that each site select a liaison to work with the data associate.
  6. Redeploy Illinois Project Reports
    1. Orbis Partners, Inc.
      Ms. Marshall reported that Orbis will begin the testing phase at the end of April. One person from each site will participate in the testing of the system. Training will begin in June for all sta? on the new YASI with full implementation by July 1st. Ms. Clarke requested the board be briefed of the new YASI-2.
    2. Redeploy Illinois Focused
      Hailey Colpits gave an update on Redeploy Focused, noting efforts to increase visibility of the program to probation officers and other relevant officials in Redeploy Focused eligible counties. Ms. Clarke requested that Judge Sheehan discuss the program with the judges in some of the areas that are eligible for Focused. Dan Hunt announced that the bench cards have gone out. Members agreed to update the website to redirect the focal point to the Redeploy Focused program.
    3. Intensive Site Visits
      Members were encouraged to participate in the site visits that are scheduled for the spring. The Champaign visit has been postponed since the site has just begun taking referrals.
    4. Redeploy Illinois SFY 23 Annual Report
      It was announced that the Redeploy Illinois SFY 23 Annual Report had been published. A link was shared with Board members and the sites. The DHS Communications Office was expected to share it with members of the General Assembly within days of the meeting.
      The meeting adjourned at 11:27.