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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk63326234"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><a name="_Hlk68158767"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Vice
Chair Jacobs to Participate in NACo Webinar on Justice Peer Learning Network<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk63326234"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif">Free session to be held virtually on April 5 at 2 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk63326234"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:2.0pt;font-family:"Avenir LT Std 55 Roman",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk63326234"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham, N.C. – </span></b></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk63326234"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
Board of County Commissioners Vice Chair Wendy Jacobs will be a participant in the National Association of Counties (NACo) webinar “County Leaders Championing Justice Efforts in Local Communities” on Wednesday, April 5 from 2 to 3 p.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">This free
</span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/events/county-leaders-championing-justice-efforts-local-communities"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">webinar</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
will feature three county leaders – Jacobs; Commissioner Alana Sanders of Newton County, Georgia; and Commissioner Shannon Reid of Douglas County, Kansas; who were among 13 selected nationwide to participate in NACo’s County Justice Peer Learning Network (PLN)
to discuss local efforts and impacts achieved, as well as lessons learned throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Counties nationally are directing resources to programs, practices and policies to reduce the overuse and misuse
of the criminal legal system, improve public safety, better serve residents with behavioral health conditions and improve community stability and health. County elected officials are championing these efforts to improve community members’ access to justice
and behavioral health services.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">“One of my key priorities as a County Commissioner is addressing the mental health needs of people in our community,
keeping people with mental health conditions out of our criminal justice system and addressing the racial disparities we see in access to care and our jail population,” Vice Chair Jacobs said. “Visiting Pima County (Tuscon) County, Arizona and Lucas (Toledo)
County, Ohio, as part of the NACo Justice Peer Learning Network was an incredible opportunity to see in person best practices happening across our country and bring them back home to Durham County.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Learn more about this NACo event
</span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/events/county-leaders-championing-justice-efforts-local-communities"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.
Register for free </span></span><a href="https://member.naco.org/web-registration/?id=5cc24220-f7b1-ed11-83fd-6045bd029ba1"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The webinar is part of a series of webinars focused on the PLN. The others are:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">April 6, 2 p.m. – Reducing Jail Populations: Lowering Recidivism Through Jail- and Community-Based Treatment and Services. Register
</span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/events/reducing-jail-populations-lowering-recidivism-through-jail-and-community-based-treatment-and"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">April 19, 2 p.m. – Strategies for Leveraging County Health Rankings Data to Improve Community Health. Register
</span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/events/strategies-leveraging-county-health-rankings-data-improve-community-health"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333">As part of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s </span></span><a href="https://safetyandjusticechallenge.org/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#0088BB;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Safety
and Justice Challenge</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333">, NACo created a </span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/blog/naco-launches-new-county-justice-peer-learning-network-13-counties" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#0088BB;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">County
Justice Peer Learning Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333"> (PLN) to support county leaders
– as a key constituency for justice reform – from January 2020 to October 2022. Counties participating in the PLN developed and implemented action plans to reduce the number of community members with behavioral health conditions involved in the legal system
and identify and eliminate racial and ethnic disparities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333">Between January 2020 and October 2022, of the 12 Peer Learning Network sites developing policies, practices and programs to better
serve community members with behavioral health conditions, enhance public safety and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">10 opened, approved or explored developing a crisis triage center<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">10 deployed, piloted or discussed implementing mobile crisis teams<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">8 launched behavioral health programs to assist people in jail<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">6 partnered with local universities to support research activities and data-driven decision making<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">9 dedicated a combined $38.3 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Recovery Funds towards public safety and behavioral health programs and improvements<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">7 established data dashboards, and<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">6 launched or enhanced initiatives focused on racial equity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333">“It is always a most valuable experience to participate in NACo's learning
events, whether it is a webinar or a site visit to a peer mentor site,” said Criminal Justice Resource Center Director Gudrun Parmer, who attended some of the PLN events with Jacobs. “We can learn so much from each other and bring best practices and valuable
lessons learned to our Durham County community as we continue to strive and improve the lives of our most vulnerable citizens."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Each of the 13 members of the PLN gave an impact story on the impact of their participation in the Network. Watch
all of the videos, including one from Vice Chair Jacobs, </span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/resources/counties-building-safe-and-healthy-communities-12-impact-stories"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333">The report outlines the accomplishments of the PLN members in supporting vulnerable residents, reducing the local jail population
and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">To learn more about the impact of the PLN, visit
</span></span><a href="https://www.naco.org/resources/counties-building-safe-and-healthy-communities-12-impact-stories"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk128144675"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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