Dear CAPS Members and Colleagues;

It will soon be time to renew your membership in CAPS or join for the first time.  Membership fees are due by March 31, 2009. The membership rate is $25 for Level II and $15 for Level I, and remember your membership entitles you to join the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) at the Affiliate Class rate of $20 (membership in NAPSA for administrators and managers is $75 and regular membership is $50).

On behalf of the Executive Committee Members, I encourage you to support your association. You will have the satisfaction of knowing you are contributing to the only professional association designed to meet the needs of pretrial services professionals in Colorado.

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                 National Survey of Pretrial Services Programs
 
            The Pretrial Justice Institute has opened a national survey of pretrial release programs that is the result of collaboration with the National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies (NAPSA) and the support of the JEHT Foundation.  This will be the fourth survey of pretrial release programs and the information provided from these surveys has proved to be a valuable asset to the field of pretrial services.  
 
            Continuing to build our knowledge on pretrial practice remains as important as ever.  Pretrial programs benefit from information about other jurisdictions to support policy and practice.  Program administrators find it beneficial when they can share and exchange information regarding program operation and practice. Through this survey, we will continue to explore your dministrative locus, program scope and size, funding and staffing as well as actual program practices.  We will gather information on current issues, such as the level of technological innovation in our field, the latest in assessment schemes, and new supervision models and protocols.  The survey will also explore how programs are dealing with special populations, such as defendants with mental illness and juveniles charged as adults.
 
            If you have not received an e-mail invitation and wish to participate in this important national survey, please contact Ken Rose at ken@pretrial.org or at (202) 638-3080 x304.  This online user-friendly survey will take less than an hour and will close August 15, 2008.  

The National Institute of Corrections recently published its annual issue.  In the issue you will find information on the Colorado Improving Supervised Pretrial Release (CISPR) Project.  The article discusses pretrial services in Colorado and CISPR's purpose and goals.  Click on the link below the project is discussed on pages 13-17.

National Institute of Corrections: Topics in Community Corrections

Do you have information about upcoming events or pretrial service resources or literature that you would like to share?

E-mail us at:

caps_colorado@yahoo.com

Your association needs your membership to support its activities on behalf of the members and your profession.

Thank you for your continuing support.

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