Measuring the Impact of your Tribal Reentry Program to Build Sustainability
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SESSION INFO

Monday, February 27, 2023
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Session Type: Workshop
The Reentry Toolkit serves as a guide for developing Tribal Reentry programs that incorporate indigenous teachings and evidence – based programs to prepare incarcerated tribal members and the community for the eventual return to the community. The Reentry Toolkit is a Five (5) part document. This presentation is the final in a series of presentations that were designed to provide Tribes with the skills to develop their Reentry Programs. In prior presentations an introduction to the Reentry Toolkit was provided (Chicago 2022), Part 1: THE PLANNING TEAM, and Part 2: IDENTIFYING AND COLLABORATING WITH PARTNERS (Webinars) were discussed in more detail. This presentation will discuss the importance of measuring the impact of your reentry program to build sustainability. Measuring the impact of your program involves collecting data of the participants of your program and their successful, or unsuccessful, return to the community, but building sustainability involves much more than just measuring the impact of your reentry program. Building sustainability involves gathering collateral information on the true impact the reentry program is having on the participants and the community has a whole. This presentation will provide some basic steps for collecting and analyzing your reentry data and one of the greatest challenges – building long-term sustainability.

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 18 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.