Strategies for Improving State/Tribal Collaboration in Native American Reentry

SESSION INFO

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Session Type: Workshop

This presentation will highlight strategies for improving collaboration among Tribes and States to improve the outcomes of Native American reentering the community from incarceration in tribal, federal, state, or local jails and prisons. This presentation will highlight the benefits and challenges of existing collaborations among tribes and states. This presentation will also highlight the Reentry Toolkit for Tribal Communities that provides strategies for establishing tribal reentry programs and the importance of collaboration in creating these programs.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Mark Dyea
Tribal Grants Manager, American Probation and Parole Association


Mark Dyea is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna and Disabled Veteran. Mark is the Tribal Grants Manager for the American Probation and Parole Association where he collaborates with Tribes to secure training and technical assistance in program planning, implementation, and enhancement. Mark has 17 years of Community Supervision and Treatment Court experience. Mark worked for the Pueblo of Laguna’s Probation & Parole Services for over ten years (2004-2015) as a Probation Officer, Wellness Court Coordinator, and Program Manager. During his time with Laguna’s Probation & Parole Services Mark co-founded the Pueblo’s Community Wellness Court and served as its Co-Coordinator from 2007 to 2014. Mark has also worked as a Case Manager for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Specialty Courts and Coordinator for the Pueblo of San Felipe Healing to Wellness Court. Mark served as a Sr. Consultant for the NADCP Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Planning Initiative and as faculty for TLPI. As a consultant Mark has worked with numerous jurisdictions across the country to develop and enhance Treatment Courts.