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Addicted and Unhoused: How Stanislaus Probation Provides a Bridge to Overcome Addiction Through CARE Team
SESSION INFO
Monday, February 27, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Type: Workshop
The Community Assessment Response and Engagement (CARE) team is led by the Stanislaus County Probation Department and is a cross-sector, cross-agency, multi-disciplinary team focused on helping to restore individuals with needed services and supports through an accountability lens. CARE provides outreach, engagement, and case management services to a segment of society causing a large impact on local resources. The CARE team’s mission is to facilitate the expedited identification, assessment, and linkage of CARE clients to supportive services within Stanislaus County. Case managers help broker access to services and community supports and ensure that each client is tracked throughout the entire engagement process for the continuity of care. Come learn how local governments can innovate to help address public health and safety issues where the crossroads of addiction, mental health, homelessness and public safety meet."
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SESSION PRESENTERS
Laura Dixon
Communications Director, Chief Probation Officers of CA
Chief Mark Ferriera
Chief Probation Officer, Stanislaus County Probation
Mark Ferriera Chief Probation Officer In February of 2020, Mark Ferriera was appointed as the Stanislaus County Chief Probation Officer by the Stanislaus County Superior Court. Chief Ferriera has been employed with the Stanislaus County Probation Department since August of 1999. He began his career as a Group Supervisor I assigned to Juvenile Hall before his promotion to the position of Deputy Probation Officer I in April of 2002. Chief Ferriera has been assigned to a variety of assignments throughout his career. Those assignments include being assigned to field services, the Day Reporting Center, the Superior Courts and the Community Corrections Partnership. In February of 2019, he was transferred back to the Juvenile Institutions, where he served as the Superintendent until his appointment as the Chief Probation Officer. Chief Ferriera is a graduate of California State University, Stanislaus, and is a lifelong Stanislaus County resident. He is a member of the California Probation, Parole and Correctional Association, the Chief Probation Officers of California and the Law Enforcement Executives Committee.
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