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Global to Local: Smart Technology Innovations in Community Supervision
SESSION INFO
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop
Technology continues to shape how community corrections professionals deliver supervision, connect with clients, and promote successful reentry. This workshop bridges global innovation and local implementation—showing how digital tools can both transform systems and meet on-the-ground needs. Julie Truschel, Founder of the Supervision Around the World (SAW) Project and Chair of APPA’s International Relations Committee, will highlight worldwide applications of supervision technology such as electronic monitoring, digital reporting, and data-driven assessment models that enhance outcomes through compassionate use. Erica Averion, Executive Director of the Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence, will spotlight Florida’s Mobile Reentry Van - a mobile service unit using advanced digital tools to provide client onboarding, resource access, and program engagement in real time. Together, presenters will connect international lessons with community practice, demonstrating technology’s power to make justice more humane, efficient, and inclusive.
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Erica Averion
Executive Director, Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence
Erica Averion Spivey is the Executive Director of the Florida Foundation for Correctional Excellence (FFCE), the Direct Support Organization for the Florida Department of Corrections. She leads statewide efforts to strengthen Florida’s workforce by connecting career-trained returning citizens with employers, advancing fair and second chance hiring, and reducing recidivism.
Under her leadership, FFCE has launched CDL scholarships, entrepreneurship training, mobile re-entry services, technology upgrades system wide, industry-specific equipment, and an employer engagement network that links correctional education with labor market demand. These initiatives support thousands of credentialed job seekers annually while building stronger pipelines for Florida’s key industries.
Previously, Erica spent over a decade designing and leading in-prison programs, including character and re-entry dorms, and co-founded a mentorship program now deployed statewide. She began her career in child welfare and remains passionate about expanding economic opportunity, believing people want to live their greatest wishes, not resolve their greatest regrets. She champions overlooked talent with criminal histories as one of America’s most underutilized workforce assets.
Julie Truschel
CEO, SAW Project
Julie Truschel is an international community supervision consultant and founder of the Supervision Around the World (SAW) Project, a global collaboration network that documents and shares effective supervision practices. She chairs APPA’s International Relations Committee and has presented for ICPA, CEP, and the World Congress on Probation and Parole. Her work promotes technology, compassion, and collaboration as tools for smarter, more humane justice.
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