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The Social and Political Economy of Poverty and Mass Incarceration in America: Causes and Consequences

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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR and INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

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NINETEENTH ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS RETREAT The Social and Political Economy of Poverty and Mass Incarceration in America—Do Costs and Consequences Provide Cause for Change?

September 10-11, 2015 Sheraton Hotel Pittsburgh at Station Square

If you have questions about the materials or any aspect of the program, please inquire at the registration desk.

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About the Institute

Director’s Note

Program Agenda

Biographies

Program Criteria and Strategies

Board of Fellows List

Policy Committee Lists

For Further Reading

Evaluation Instructions 50

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About the Institute MISSION The Institute of Politics delivers timely information about the great issues affecting our region to elected officials and community leaders—and the public whom they serve—and provides a neutral forum where that knowledge and associated diverse viewpoints are discussed, digested, enriched, and applied to the goal of promoting an improved quality of life, government efficiency, and economic vitality in Western Pennsylvania.

VISION The Institute of Politics will be recognized as the region’s most effective partner in the development of enlightened public policy that promotes the vitality of Western Pennsylvania to the benefit of individuals, institutions, and businesses.

ELECTED OFFICIALS RETREAT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The March 7, 1997 Institute of Politics Board of Fellows meeting produced a request that the University of Pittsburgh host a retreat for public officials from different levels of government in Western Pennsylvania. Its principal purpose is to provide an informal forum for the discussion of strategies to address regional issues. The meeting also aims to enhance professional relationships among the participants.

PURPOSE OF BRIEFING BOOK This book provides program materials retreat participants will find useful. Within the briefing sections of this book, we have provided information on the Institute of Politics, its board members, and its committees; an agenda for the retreat; and useful information about the speakers who will be presenting and the organizations they represent.

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Director’s Note Welcome to the 19th Annual Elected Officials Retreat! We are delighted that you are joining us for two days of thought-provoking presentations and discussions on two topics of critical importance to our region.

For more than 20 years, the Institute has been a trusted partner in the development of public policy solutions to address some of southwestern Pennsylvania’s thorniest problems. We have tackled municipal pensions, regionalization, and shale gas development, to name a few. And Morton Coleman and Elsie Hillman, the namesakes of the Institute’s two awards honoring the community and public service of the region’s leaders, have always encouraged the exploration of challenging issues, issues that normally divide people and cause discord. Moe and Elsie have a history of bringing people together around difficult issues, and we strive to emulate their efforts.

The topics for this year’s retreat were chosen with that legacy in mind: poverty and criminal justice system reform. As daunting as these issues may seem, we know we are in good company. Our efforts follow on the heels of the work of Majority Leader Dave Reed, who several years ago began under the auspices of the House Majority Policy Committee to look at barriers to exiting poverty for people across Pennsylvania. The committee’s subsequent report, Beyond Poverty, has inspired a number of legislative and regulatory changes to make state programs work better for those they are designed to assist.

In addition, at this year’s retreat the Institute will be offering a first look at Municipal Poverty: Beyond the Urban Core, a policy brief under development by a subcommittee led by Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel and Majority Leader Dave Reed. This subcommittee has just begun to meet, and the product of Thursday’s discussions and sessions will be used to inform its work.

On Friday, the Institute will be addressing the topic of criminal justice system reform with a welcome and introduction of the topic from the Institute’s new chair, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg. The Institute is certainly not the first organization in Allegheny County to examine this subject closely, but, as Fred Thieman and other community leaders have noted eloquently in recent years, greater attention needs to be paid, as jail and prison populations continue to rise and the financial and social costs of incarceration continue to escalate.

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We are grateful that you will join us in examining these difficult topics over the course of the next two days. We believe that, through your participation, we will help elected officials and other community leaders build relationships and craft solutions to just a few of the many challenges they face each day.

Sincerely,

Terry Miller

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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR and INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

present the NINETEENTH ANNUAL ELECTED OFFICIALS RETREAT

The Social and Political Economy of Poverty and

Mass Incarceration in America—Do Costs and Consequences Provide Cause for Change?

September 10-11, 2015 Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square

Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:15-1:15 pm General Registration Grand Station I (Ballroom)

1:15-1:20 Welcome and Introduction by Terry Miller, Director, University

of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics and Elsie Hillman Civic Forum 1:20-1:45 Presentation of Coleman Award by Mark Nordenberg,

Chancellor Emeritus, Distinguished Service Professor of Law, and Chair, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh

1:45-2:00 Introductions and Retreat Overview by Terry Miller 2:00-2:30 Experiencing Poverty—National Trends by Alexandra Murphy,

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

2:30-3:05 Open Discussion moderated by Walter Smith, Deputy Director,

Office of Children, Youth, and Families, Allegheny County Department of Human Services

3:05-3:20 Break 3:20-3:25 Speaker Introductions by Mark Nordenberg

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3:25-3:40 Beyond Poverty Overview by Dave Reed, Majority Leader, PA House of Representatives

3:40-4:50 Perspectives on Moving Forward Panel Discussion moderated by Maxwell King, President, The Pittsburgh Foundation

• Community Voice Panel - video• Esther Bush, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater

Pittsburgh• Marc Cherna, Director, Allegheny County Department of

Human Services• Karen Dreyer, Director, Southwestern PA Food Security

Partnership• Dan Frankel, Democratic Caucus Chair, PA House of

Representatives• Dave Reed, Majority Leader, PA House of Representatives

4:50-4:55 Introduction of Chancellor Pat Gallagher by Mark Nordenberg

4:55-5:10 University Welcome by Pat Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

5:10-5:45 Reception Reflections Room

5:45-6:30 Dinner

6:30-6:35 Speaker Introductions by Terry Miller

6:35-6:45 Introduction of Poverty in Rural, Suburban, and Urban America by Dan Frankel

6:45-7:15 Geography and Inequality Discussion moderated by Walter Smith featuring Alexandra Murphy

7:15-8:00 Roundtable Discussions

8:00-8:15 Closing Remarks by Morton Coleman, Director Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

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Friday, September 11, 2015

8:00-8:30 am Breakfast Grand Station I (Ballroom)

8:30-8:45 Mass Incarceration in America: National Momentum for Change by Mark Nordenberg

8:45-9:05 A Closer Look: Jail Population in Allegheny County—Preserving Public Safety, Enhancing Fairness and Controlling Costs by Fred Thieman, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania and President, The Buhl Foundation

9:05-10:20 Discussion of Jailing Policies and Practices moderated by David Harris, Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

• Cameron McLay, Chief, City of Pittsburgh Bureau ofPolice

• Thomas McCaffrey, Administrator, Criminal Division,Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas

• Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., District Attorney, Allegheny County• Elliot Howsie, Chief Public Defender, Allegheny County• Philip A. Ignelzi, Judge, Criminal Division, Allegheny

County Court of Common Pleas• LaToya Warren, Deputy Warden, Allegheny County Jail

10:20-10:30 Comments by Rich Fitzgerald, County Executive, Allegheny County

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45–11:20 Working Sessions Grand Station I, Brighton II, Brighton III, Brighton IV

Facilitators: • Janice Dean, Director, Pretrial Services, Fifth Judicial

District of Pennsylvania• Eric Holmes, Commander, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of

Police• Shanicka Kennedy, Deputy Director, Allegheny County

Office of the Public Defender• Larry Scirotto, Commander, City of Pittsburgh Bureau of

Police• Rebecca Spangler, First Assistant/Chief of Staff, Office of

the District Attorney of Allegheny County

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• Angharad Stock, Deputy Administrator-Special Courts,Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania

• LaToya Warren

11:20–11:50 Working Session Review by Marc Cherna, Director, Allegheny County Department of Human Services

Grand Station I

11:50-12:00 Closing Remarks by Mark Nordenberg

12:00-12:45 Lunch Fountainview Room

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

ESTHER L. BUSH

As the President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, Esther L. Bush has established herself as a voice of reason, a coalition builder and a force for positive change in the Greater Pittsburgh community and throughout the United States. Under her leadership, the Pittsburgh Urban League recently ranked as one of the nation’s top performing affiliates– for the second time in succession; a feat accomplished by only two affiliates. In February 2013, Esther was one of ten Americans recognized at the White House as a Champion of Change in the Educational Excellence for African Americans program.

Ms. Bush is nationally recognized as a strong and very vocal advocate for economic and social equality initiatives that benefit African Americans and thereby the whole community. This advocacy impacts the traditional education, employment and housing programs of the League, as well as more contemporary programs such as helping formerly incarcerated parents find jobs, encouraging African American adolescent men to set high standards and challenging goals for themselves, developing a charter school, overseeing community-based family support centers, offering classes on preparing for home ownership, facilitating early childhood services and youth development activities, and more. Her community service goes far beyond what professional obligations would require. She is a frequently sought after motivational speaker.

A graduate of Pittsburgh’s Westinghouse High School, Ms. Bush began her career as a high school teacher. She also worked as a college administrator and corporate consultant. She has moved progressively up the ladder of the Urban League movement, starting in 1980 with the position of Assistant Director of the Labor Education Advancement Program for the National Urban League in New York City. From there, she served first as Director of the New York Urban League Staten Island Branch, then as Director of its Manhattan Branch. Before returning to her hometown of Pittsburgh in December 1994, Ms. Bush was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Urban League of Greater Hartford. She is the first female to serve in each of her last four positions in the Urban League movement.

Ms. Bush was appointed by Governors to serve on the: Pennsylvania State Board of Education, PA Commission for Crime and Delinquency, Law Enforcement and Community Relations Task Force, the Governor’s Commission on Academic Standards, and the Voting Modernization Task Force. She served on several committees to establish the new Home Rule Charter form of government for Allegheny County. She served on the Executive Committee of the National Urban League Association of Executives and is Chairman of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School Board of Trustees. She is a current member of the International Women’s Forum, Pittsburgh Chapter and formerly on the International Women’s Forum Board

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of Directors. In addition, Ms. Bush has served as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee and serves on the boards of UPMC, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, United Way, Duquesne University, and on many other boards and committees. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh and is a member of several advisory committees at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University.

Ms. Bush holds a BS degree in Education from Morgan State University and an MA in Guidance and Counseling from The Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Bush has also received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Hartford in 1997, an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Carlow College in 2004, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Allegheny College in 2009.

MARC CHERNA

Marc Cherna was appointed Director of the Allegheny County, Department of Human Services in 1997. This integrated department, with a budget of nearly one billion dollars, includes five programmatic offices: Aging, Behavioral Health, Children, Youth and Families, Community Services, and Intellectual Disability. Marc first came to Allegheny County as a result of a national search to take charge of the county's child protective service agency and immediately implemented system-wide changes that have resulted in better permanency outcomes for children.

Under Marc’s direction, DHS has received several awards for Innovations in American Government given by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, including the State Forensics Program in 2005, the Adoption Legal Services Project in 2006, and the Allegheny County Music Festival Fund in 2012.

His innovative practice and leadership abilities have also garnered him prestigious awards by numerous child welfare, humanitarian, and civic organizations such as: the Betsey R. Rosenbaum Award for Excellence in Child Welfare Administration from the National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators; the Urban League’s Ronald H. Brown Civic Leadership Award; the Good Government Award from the League of Women Voters, the Social Work Citizen of the Year from the National Assn. of Social Workers, the Coleman Award for Excellence in Community Service from the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics, the Community Hero Award from UCP CLASS, and most recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Child Welfare Leadership from Casey Family Programs.

He serves on many local and national boards including the University of Pittsburgh, School of Social Work’s Board of Visitors; the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics Board of

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Fellows; and the Leadership Committee of the National Association of Public Human Service Administrators. He has also served on the Philadelphia Child Welfare Review Panel and currently serves on the Mayor of Philadelphia’s Community Oversight Board. Marc has served as an Adjunct Professor at both Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School for Public Policy and Management and at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Marc began his career in human services as a youth worker over 40 years ago. He has extensive work experience in the field, including four years as the Director of Planning, Allocations and Agency Relations with the United Way of Union County, New Jersey and 13 years as an Assistant Director with the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services.

Marc received his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an M.S.W. from the Hunter College School of Social Work in New York. He has three childrenand six grandchildren.

KAREN DREYER

Karen Dreyer is the Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Food Security Partnership, an initiative of Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The primary goal of the Food Security Partnership is to significantly reduce hunger in the 12 counties of Southwestern PA by increasing participation in food assistance programs such as SNAP, School Meals, and Summer Food; supporting community led efforts to improve food security; and facilitating collaborations between organizations to better serve neighbors in need. The Partnership does this by engaging and convening individuals from a variety of sectors (e.g. nonprofit, for-profit, government, education, and faith-based) to utilize their resources and connections to improve food security, with the end goal of assisting families to stabilize lives and ultimately their communities.

Karen began her career in higher education working as a Residence Director and Assistant Director of Minority Student Life at Messiah College. She provided students with opportunities to connect the theories and research they were learning in the classroom with experiences in the larger Harrisburg community. After Messiah, Karen spent 15 years working with children and families at The Pittsburgh Project, a community organization on Pittsburgh’s North Side. She served as the Director of Youth Development and the Interim Executive Director, providing leadership to develop programs that had meaningful outcomes for children, that were responsive to parents’ and children’s needs, and that fostered the development of assets in the lives of young people. Karen cares deeply about seeing under-represented students have excellent learning opportunities, and the highlight of her time at The Pittsburgh Project was seeing neighborhood kids become the first in their families to graduate from college.

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Karen has a Bachelor’s Degree in German from Calvin College and a Master’s Degree in Higher Education from Geneva College, where she focused her thesis on service learning. She has worked with researchers at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to learn about authentic early childhood assessment and interventions. In 2010, she earned her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied effective interventions for young people living in poverty.

Karen is currently serving on the national planning committee for the Closing the Hunger Gap conference, which will be held in Portland, Oregon in September 2015 and will bring together food banks, anti-hunger advocates and food justice activists from across North America to work together to strengthen community food systems.

DAN B. FRANKEL

During his more than 15 years as a legislator serving Pennsylvania, Rep. Dan Frankel has been an outspoken advocate for civil rights and public health. He's championed legislation to bring equality to Pennsylvania for LGBT residents for more than a decade, opposed efforts to limit women's health-care options and worked to improve our community's overall well-being through legislation supporting strong public health measures, and expanding access to health care and human services.

As Democratic Caucus chair, he is a member of the leadership team that shapes the policy direction of the House Democrats. Before being elected caucus chair, he served as Allegheny County Delegation chair.

An active community leader, Rep. Frankel is dedicated to promoting urban and environmental issues. He's honored to have participated in Pittsburgh's urban renaissance through his past service on the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau. Two of Pittsburgh's largest parks, Frick and Schenley, are located in District 23. Frankel proudly promotes all of Pittsburgh's parks and green spaces through service on the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's boards of directors.

Frankel was born and raised in Pittsburgh, and returned a few years after finishing college to live and work in his home city. As chairman of the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition, he initially worked with the Pennsylvania legislature as an advocate for appropriate funding for those non-profits caring for vulnerable residents, and he remains a strong advocate for those community organizations fulfilling one of government's critical roles – caring for citizens in need.

Other board service includes membership on the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Board of Trustees and the State Employee Retirement System board. Previously, Rep. Frankel served as a

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commonwealth trustee for the University of Pittsburgh; past president of the Jewish Family and Children's Services board, where he remains an emeritus member; and on the boards of Magee Women's Research Institute, WQED Multimedia and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation.

Frankel recently received an award as one of 12 male leaders promoting gender equity in Pennsylvania from the Women and Girls Foundation.

Frankel graduated from Pennington School in 1974. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1978 from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. In 2000, he completed a certificate program for senior executives in state and local government at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Formerly an insurance executive, he served as vice president of Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co., and as vice president of the Frankel Co., a regional insurance brokerage firm.

Rep. Frankel was first elected to the legislature in 1998. He and his wife Debra have three children.

DAVID HARRIS

Professor David Harris is Distinguished Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence.

Professor Harris is the leading national authority on racial profiling. Professor Harris’s first law journal articles about profiling became the basis for the Traffic Stops Statistics Act of 1997, introduced in Congress by Rep. John Conyers. The Act was the first legislative proposal in the nation to attempt to address profiling. His 2002 book, Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work and his research on profiling led to reform efforts by the federal government, by more than half the states, and by hundreds of police departments. He has testified numerous times in the U.S. Congress and before many state legislative bodies on profiling and related issues. His other books include Good Cops: The Case for Preventive Policing (2005) and Failed Evidence: Why Law Enforcement Resists Science (2012).

In the wake of recent events in Ferguson, MO, and elsewhere, Professor Harris has had the opportunity to work with police departments, governments, and citizens groups in Pittsburgh and around the country on police/community relations, body cameras for police, police accountability, and racial profiling. He gives speeches and does professional training for police, judges, attorneys, and community groups, and presents his work regularly in academic conferences. He also works frequently with the domestic and international media (including the New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show and Nightly News, the PBS Newshour, The Diane Rehm Show, CNN, and many others). He is a regular contributor to Pittsburgh public radio’s Essential Pittsburgh show. In March of 2015, Professor

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Harris was named a winner of the Jefferson Award for Public Service, in recognition of his national and local work bringing together law enforcement and the communities they serve in order build mutual trust, justice, and public safety.

ELLIOT HOWSIE

Elliot Howsie grew up in Wilkinsburg and graduated from Central Catholic High School. Mr. Howsie attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he obtained both his undergraduate degree and master’s degree in criminal justice. Mr. Howsie then attended Duquesne Law School’s evening program while working two full-time jobs. Mr. Howsie earned his Juris Doctor in 1998. While attending Duquesne Law School, Mr. Howsie served as an intern for the Public Defender’s Office as well as Neighborhood Legal Services. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Howsie began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Justin M. Johnson of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Mr. Howsie then worked for the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office for five years as an Assistant District Attorney. After leaving the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Howsie started his own law firm and worked as a sole practitioner. In his practice, Mr. Howsie specialized in criminal law matters as well as personal injury cases.

On March 19, 2012, Elliot Howsie was appointed by Allegheny County Executive, Rich Fitzgerald, as Allegheny County’s first African American Chief Public Defender. As the Chief Public Defender of Allegheny County, Elliot Howsie is responsible for managing the office and providing effective legal representation to any indigent person that is in need of an attorney.

In addition to his professional role, Mr. Howsie serves on the Macedonia FACE BOARD. He also teaches at Duquesne Law School as an adjunct professor, where he teaches and mentors first year minority law students.

PHILIP A. IGNELZI

Judge Ignelzi was elected to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Fifth Judicial District in 2009. He commenced his service on January 4, 2010 in the Family Division, where he served through January 1, 2012. From January 1, 2012 to the present , Judge Ignelzi serves in the Criminal Division. Presently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law. Before being elected to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Judge Ignelzi was a former partner at Ogg, Cordes, Murphy & Ignelzi, LLP. He concentrated his practice in the areas of medical malpractice, products liability, automobile accidents and white-collar criminal defense.

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As an Allegheny County Bar Association ("ACBA") member, Judge Ignelzi has served on the Young Lawyers Division Council, Young Lawyers Education Committee, Federal Judges Profile Committee, and the Federal Court Section. He was a member of the ACBA Board of Governors having been elected by members of the ACBA, for two three-year terms completing his second term on June 30, 2014. He was a member of ACBA Judiciary Committee from July 1, 2006 through June 1, 2008. He served on and/or participated in the following committees: Bylaws, Family Law, Juvenile law, Criminal law, and Nominating. Judge Ignelzi is an Allegheny County Bar Foundation Fellow.

He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, where he chaired the Federal Practice Program Committee, served on the Membership Committee, and the Board of Governors. Judge Ignelzi is also a former member of the Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association as well as the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the St. Thomas More Society.

Judge Ignelzi has received an AV rating from, Martindale Hubbell and has been named in Woodward & White's The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of personal injury, civil litigation and criminal defense. Philadelphia Magazine and Law and Politics named him a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer. In 2008, these publications recognized him as one of the top fifty (50) lawyers in Pittsburgh and the Judiciary Committee of the ACBA rated Judge Ignelzi"Highly Recommended" for the Court of Common Pleas, their highest rating

Judge Ignelzi graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dayton, receiving a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in Accounting. Judge Ignelzi is a cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, graduating with a J.D. He also received his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certificate. Prior to entering private practice, Judge Ignelzi served as a law clerk for the Honorable Donald E. Ziegler, and he was also an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania during the period of January, 1984 through April, 1988.

MAXWELL KING

Mr. Maxwell King was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer for The Pittsburgh Foundation in August 2014. Established in 1945, The Pittsburgh Foundation is one of the nation’s oldest community foundations and is the 13th largest of more than 750 community foundations across the United States.

Maxwell King's career has spanned more than four decades, and has included time as an editor and writer on newspapers and magazines, leadership of two of the important institutions in the American philanthropic community, and service on numerous civic boards and committees. He

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served almost eight years as editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer in the 1990s, nine years as president of The Heinz Endowments, and six years on the board of the National Council on Foundations, including two years as chair.

Mr. King retired as president of The Heinz Endowments in Pittsburgh in 2008, and then served for two years as director of the Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa. The Fred Rogers Center was established after Mister Rogers' death to serve as a national and international resource for addressing emerging issues affecting children and families. The challenge Mr. King accepted from the chancellor of the college was to take a fledgling center that had a beautiful new building but virtually no programs and to play a catalytic role in starting programs and securing funding. The center is now well underway, with half a dozen programs and a dozen and a half grants to support them. From July, 2010, to the present, Mr. King has taken the position of Senior Fellow at the center, researching and writing the first-ever full biography of Fred Rogers.

Mr. King spent nearly a decade as president of The Heinz Endowments in Pittsburgh, known as one of the most innovative and enterprising foundations in the country. During his tenure, the Endowments awarded about $500 million in grants to projects, organizations and initiatives, most of them in western Pennsylvania. His strong leadership on environmental issues and in advocating for more economic opportunities for the disadvantaged--especially for women and minorities who have had less access to the most influential positions in regional life--are hallmarks of his tenure. Other areas in which he has made significant contributions include: the development of strong urban design, the promotion of early literacy, early childhood education and academic reform in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. During much of his tenure as president of the Endowments, Mr. King served as a member of the board of directors of the National Council on Foundations, based in Washington, D.C. He was the first chair of the council's new Ethics and Practices Committee, serving as chairman of the board from 2006 to 2008.

From 1990 to 1998, Mr. King served as editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, during which time he had responsibility for The Inquirer’s news operations and its Editorial Board. During that time, the Inquirer was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the five best newspapers in America. Mr. King also served as city editor and executive vice president of the Inquirer during his time there. In addition, he worked as a writer at Forbes Magazine, The Louisville Courier-Journal and The Providence Journal. He served as chair of the Values and Ethics Committee of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and is a founding member of the Committee of Concerned Journalists.

He is the recipient of the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, presented by the Coro Fellows Program for young professionals; the Coleman Award, presented by the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics for excellence in leadership; the 20th Anniversary Spirit of Enterprise Fred Rogers Good Neighbor Award; the Andrew W. Mathieson Fame Leadership

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Award; and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Point Park University and the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. King received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Harvard University in 1967, and attended the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Mr. King’s pastimes include hiking, biking, rowing, reading and writing poetry. He has published nearly two dozen poems in various literary periodicals and has had a small book of poetry, Crossing Laurel Run, published by Autumn House Press in Pittsburgh.

Mr. King current serves on the board of directors of The Pittsburgh Promise, a supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

THOMAS MCCAFFREY

Thomas McCaffrey is the Criminal Court Administrator for the 5th Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County). Mr. McCaffrey was appointed as the Criminal Court Administrator in December of 2012. As the Criminal Court Administrator, Mr. McCaffrey is responsible for the operation of the Adult Probation Department, Pretrial Services Department and the Criminal Court operations at the common pleas level.

Prior to being appointed to the position of Criminal Court Administrator, Mr. McCaffrey worked as the director of the Allegheny County Adult Probation Department. As the Chief Probation Officer, he was responsible for the supervision of approximately 20,000 offenders active on Probation or Parole. Mr. McCaffrey also worked as a Court employee as the Director of the Pretrial Services Department. He was responsible for the development of this department which continues to receive national recognition for best practices in administering pretrial justice in an evidence based environment. Prior to the development of Pretrial Services, Mr. McCaffrey worked as a probation officer, supervisor, and manager with the Adult Probation Department. Mr. McCaffrey is an active member of the National Pretrial Executives Network board sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections. He also consults as a peer reviewer for the U.S. Office of Justice Programs. Mr. McCaffrey is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh school of Social Work and is married with three children.

CAMERON MCLAY

Cameron McLay was hired as the Chief of Police for the City of Pittsburgh on, September 15, 2014. Prior to his selection, he enjoyed working was a leadership consultant, teaching Leadership in Police Organizations for the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

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Chief McLay served for 29 years with the City of Madison (WI) Police Department, where he retired at the rank of captain. During his career, his command assignments District Commander overseeing Madison’s North Police District, SWAT Team Commander, Patrol District Lieutenant, Shift Commander. He led Department initiatives to include the creation of a department Leadership Development program, strategic planning efforts for Police /Community Trust, and was on the project team to create the department’s Community Policing Teams. At lower ranks, he served as a sergeant in Patrol, Narcotics and Gangs Task Force and on SWAT team.

Throughout his career, he was heavily involved in police training in the area of use of force, crisis intervention, communication, tactical deployment, and other topics related to increasing the professionalism of police operations.

His passion is the development of people and organizations. Chief McLay decided to return to policing service after his retirement, to pursue his passion for elevating the policing profession by institutionalizing ethical leadership systems and research-based best practices.

ALEXANDRA K. MURPHY

Alexandra K. Murphy is an Assistant Professor in Sociology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research. She received her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2012 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Poverty Center, University of Michigan from 2012-2014. Her research uses ethnographic methods to examine how poverty and inequality are experienced, structured, and reproduced across and within multiple domains of social life including neighborhoods, social networks, and the state. One line of research investigates the new suburban poverty. Murphy's work in this area has focused on variations in social service responses to rising poverty across diverse suburbs; urban and suburban comparisons in social service capacity; and the theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues suburban poverty raises for a sociological understanding of geography and inequality. Murphy is currently working on her book, When the Sidewalks End: Poverty in an American Suburb (under contract with Oxford University Press), an ethnographic study of the social organization of poverty in one suburb. Another line of research examines the causes and consequences of transportation insecurity.

DAVE REED

Serving his seventh term in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Dave Reed represents the 62nd Legislative District. In November 2014, Reed was elected by his colleagues to be the Majority Leader of the 199th legislative session of the General Assembly, a position he assumed on December 1, 2014.

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Dave Reed’s emergence as one of Pennsylvania’s key leaders mirrors his approach to life: Preparation and perseverance are the keys to making a difference. He learned the value of hard work from his parents.

During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Dave has remained focused on what he views as his two main responsibilities: pushing for good policies in Harrisburg while providing quality, reliable constituent services to residents in the district.

In November 2010, Dave’s hard work on legislative issues first culminated with his selection by members of the House Republican Caucus to serve as the chairman of the House Majority Policy Committee. As Majority Policy Committee chairman, he conducted hearings about important issues, working with stakeholders and his colleagues to address major issues facing the Commonwealth.

As Policy Chair, he focused on improving quality of life for all Pennsylvanians and improving the climate for job creation.

Dave created and led to passage a competitive business tax package designed to stimulate economic growth and private sector job creation. In addition, as a strong believer in the need to balance our economic necessities with our environmental responsibilities, Dave supported commonsense policies which helped grow the Marcellus Shale gas industry while protecting the Commonwealth’s natural heritage for future generations.

Alongside partners from the nonprofit sector, faith based organizations and community groups, Rep. Reed also led the Empowering Opportunities: Gateways Out of Poverty policy initiative, designed to study the barriers facing low-income residents as they work to become self-sufficient.

In November 2014, as chairman of the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC), House Republicans increased their majority to 119 members. Reed chaired HRCC three consecutive cycles, growing the majority each election. This latest election resulted in the largest majority Republicans have held in the state House since the 1957-1958 legislative session.

During the leadership elections for the 2015-16 Session, the 119 members of the House Republican Caucus elected Reed Majority Leader. In this role, he remains committed to passing responsible, on-time budgets, while focusing on policies to help grow in-state jobs and spur additional job creation.

Dave remains committed to the core principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility and

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accountability. His goal is to improve the Commonwealth for current residents and future generations.

Born on March 6, 1978, Dave represents the sixth generation of his family to reside in Indiana County. While growing up in Homer City, Dave was raised to believe that, with enough hard work, anything is possible.

Dave graduated from Homer-Center High School, where he was on the baseball and football teams. He went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from the Robert E. Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). He served as an intern for Gov. Tom Ridge’s Policy Office for Community and Economic Development, where he continued to demonstrate his strong work ethic.

Dave’s graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Master of Governmental Administration Degree, focused on effective and efficient government.

Dave, his wife, Heather, their son, Joshua, and their two daughters, Gracie and Ellie, live in White Township. The Reeds are members of Grace United Methodist Church and participate in numerous civic and community organizations.

WALTER HOWARD SMITH, JR.

Walter Howard Smith, Jr. career focuses on the use of Bowen family systems theory to understand the functioning of families, organizations, and social groups. This theory views the family as a single interlocking set of relationships, rather than interacting individuals. In the past twenty years, Dr. Smith has focused on understanding how family relationships change with stresses and result in child abuse, domestic violence, and conflict. He has applied his knowledge of family systems to organizations and human service systems.

Dr. Smith works for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services as the DHS Clinical Director and the Deputy Director for Children Youth and Families. His responsibilities include integrating services across the human services system that includes aging, behavioral health, child welfare, community services and intellectual disabilities. The county system of care serves 205,000 residents.

In 2012 Dr. Smith retired as the Executive Director of Family Resources. Family Resources is a private non-profit organization that prevents and treats child abuse by serving more than 20,000 children, teens, and adults in the Pittsburgh region. The agency’s twenty-three services span from after-school programs in subsidized housing communities to psychotherapy services for all members of a family. Prevention programs include community-based support groups, parent

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education, a family support center, nature retreats for families, and public education and information. Dr. Smith became the agency’s first clinical director in 1987, and became its second executive director in 1997.

Dr. Smith is a licensed psychologist with a private practice that specializes in treating children, couples, and families. He is the founding member of the Western Pennsylvania Family Center, an education resource center for lay and professional persons interested in family therapy and family studies. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Psychology Program at Duquesne University. He has presented lectures and conferences on child abuse and family emotional process throughout the United States and in several other countries.

He is an organization consultant to several organizations and businesses, including a university department, an employee assistance firm, a religious order, a medical practice, and several human service non-profit organizations. His consultation focuses on leadership coaching and organization conflict.

FREDERICK W. THIEMAN

Frederick W. Thieman was named President of the Buhl Foundation, Pittsburgh’s oldest multi-purpose foundation, in June of 2007. A former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Mr. Thieman arrived at Buhl with an impressive civic and professional background. Appointed by President Clinton, Mr. Thieman served as the United States Attorney from 1993 to 1997, where he headed an office of 42 attorneys who both prosecuted criminal violations throughout Western Pennsylvania and handled voluminous civil litigation ranging from health care issues and tort liability to employment rights and environmental impact. While serving as the U. S. Attorney, Mr. Thieman was instrumental in establishing a youth crime prevention effort in Allegheny County that garnered national attention. Over the course of his 30 year legal career, Mr. Thieman practiced as a trial attorney with a specialty in complex business related litigation. He began his career in 1977 as a law clerk to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Pomeroy, Jr. While practicing law, Mr. Thieman was recognized in professional journals as one of the leading attorneys in Pennsylvania. Mr. Thieman was admitted to practice in 1977 after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as Assistant Editor of the Law Review. A 1973 honors graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Thieman is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Bar, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Thieman has served on numerous non-profit boards and foundation boards, including the Heinz Endowments and the Buhl Foundation, and is the recipient of numerous civic leadership awards from organizations such as the University of Pittsburgh, the Urban League and the Mentoring Partnership of

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Southwestern Pennsylvania. Mr. Thieman is a lifelong resident of the Pittsburgh area where he resides with his wife Christine.

LATOYA WARREN

LaToya Warren is the Deputy Warden of Inmate Services at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pa., responsible for ensuring quality, evidence-based rehabilitative programs in the jail and post-release, for the delivery of services to inmates, including intensive case management and filing of legal documents with the Courts, and for management of an extensive community corrections system. She develops strategic and innovative initiatives with the Courts, the health and human services system, and with the community to strengthen public safety and achieve better results for inmates, ex-offenders, and family members.

STEPHEN A. ZAPPALA, JR.

Stephen A. Zappala Jr. has served as District Attorney of Allegheny County since 1998, overseeing more than 250,000 indictments during his tenure. Mr. Zappala has used his time as District Attorney to effectuate significant changes in the operation of the office including the creation of dedicated prosecution units focusing on such crimes as child abuse, domestic violence, auto theft, insurance fraud, and most recently, a dedicated unit to help the victims of elder abuse. As the chief law enforcement officer in Allegheny County, Mr. Zappala is heavily involved in the community serving as a board member for such organizations as Animal Friends, the Center for Victims of Violence and Crime, and the Catholic Youth Association. Mr. Zappala has also served as a member of the National Review Board of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; the Executive Advisory Board for Special Olympics Pennsylvania; the Elder Abuse Committee to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; and the Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Executive Board. Mr. Zappala is also recognized as an honorary lifetime member of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, the Western Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association and the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. The son of a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Mr. Zappala obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979 and his law degree in 1984 from the Duquesne University School of Law.

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Program Criteria and Strategies The Institute of Politics committees and staff use the following criteria to develop publications and forums relating to key regional policy issues.

The Criteria

• The two primary criteria for Institute programs are that they are planned,developed, and implemented with the involvement of elected officials and that thereare policy outcomes.

• A unique role of the Institute of Politics is to serve as a neutral catalyst to bring togetherelected officials from different levels of government, community and civic leaders,foundation, business and labor executives, and other stakeholders to freely discuss thecritical policy issues facing our region. Thus, the Institute will conduct its business in apolitically neutral environment where open, inclusive, candid, civil discourse is bothpromoted and valued.

• The signature programming strategy of the Institute will continue to be to serve as acatalyst for regional policy making. Unless otherwise determined by its governingstructure, Institute sessions will be regional, intergovernmental, interdisciplinary,non-partisan, and off the record.

• Effective policy discussions and desirable outcomes are dependent on an informedexchange of ideas rooted in up-to-date information that measures the region’sperformance against best practices. To that end, policy committees will utilize availablesources of regional data to inform their deliberations.

• To ensure that Institute programs and publications meet the approval of its governingstructure—Board of Fellows, Executive Committee, and Policy Committees—Institutestrategies will be generated and fulfilled through this internal governing structureand the Institute staff.

• The Institute hopes to achieve policy outcomes in the forms of public policy education,public discussion and dialogue, dissemination of publications, and dissemination ofregional information to inform state and national policy development. All programs willbe individually evaluated; an overall evaluation will be conducted periodically.

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• Educational Forums: In the form of seminars, conferences, retreats, and programs onsubstantive regional issues for elected officials and civic, community, and businessleaders.

• Federal, State, and Local Government Policy Sessions: Small-scale data-drivenforums on policy issues facing the region. Sessions can be held in southwesternPennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Harrisburg.

• Development of Policy Guidance Documents: A committee may determine that itmakes good sense to research, produce and disseminate a policy guidance paper to informthe development of an education forum, a policy session, or pending legislation.

• Policy Committee Working Sessions: Policy committees may determine that it isappropriate to meet on an ongoing basis to develop and refine particular policy issuesrelative to their committee prior to pursuing other Institute strategies.

• Continuing Briefing Sessions: These may be held in the case of a need to resolvespecific issues arising from the Institute’s seminars. They may include committeemembers and other key stakeholders.

• Programs for the General Public: In the past, in cooperation with WQED, the Institutedeveloped a series of discussions among public officials, business executives, and civicleaders to provide information on civic, social, and public-policy issues facing the region.The exchanges may be broadcast statewide. Other formats can also be explored.

• Student Programming: To stimulate student interest and knowledge about electedofficials and the region’s issues.

• Publications:

o ISSUE BRIEF – Provides in-depth analysis of a specific critical policy issueaffecting the region.

o REPORT – Semiannual publication that summarizes the recent activities of theInstitute.

o STATUS REPORT – Provides a “snapshot” analysis of the currentlegislative/administrative status of a public-policy issue.

o FORUM – Provides an overview of all major viewpoints in a particular regionalpublic-policy debate through the transcription of a roundtable discussion withmajor policy makers and stakeholders.

o CASE STUDY – Through access to world-class academic resources, includingarchival collections and utilization of editorial boards, provides cutting-edge,research-based analyses of regional public-policy issues through the use ofspecific state and regional cases.

The Strategies

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o NEWS BRIEFS – A bi-weekly electronic publication that provides links to newsarticles that may be of interest to policymakers and other constituents.

o CASE IN POINT – A shorter snapshot publication that features pivotal policyissues and events.

o POLICY BRIEF – The Institute’s newest form of publication, the policy brieftakes an in-depth look at a particular issue and offers policy options forconsideration.

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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

INSTITUTE OF POLITICS

Board of Fellows

Federal Elected

The Honorable Mike Doyle Member, U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Timothy F. Murphy Member, U.S. House of Representatives

Federal Administration

Colonel Bernard R. Lindstrom Commander, Pittsburgh District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

State Administration

The Honorable Erin Molchany Director, Governor's SWPA Office

State Elected

The Honorable Jake Corman Majority Leader, PA Senate

The Honorable Jay Costa, Jr. Democratic Leader, PA Senate

The Honorable Paul Costa Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Frank Dermody Democratic Leader, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Hal English Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Eli Evankovich Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Dan B. Frankel Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Dominic Pileggi Member, PA Senate

The Honorable David Reed Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Rick Saccone Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Joseph B. Scarnati III Member, Pennsylvania Senate

The Honorable Matthew Smith Member, PA Senate

The Honorable Pam Snyder Member, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Michael Turzai Speaker, PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Randy Vulakovich Member, PA Senate

The Honorable Kim L. Ward Member, PA Senate

Local Elected

The Honorable Tyler Courtney Commissioner, Westmoreland County

The Honorable Steve Craig Commissioner, Lawrence County

The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald Chief Executive, Allegheny County

The Honorable Dan Gilman Member, Pittsburgh City Council

The Honorable Diana Irey Vaughan Commissioner, Washington County

The Honorable Michael E. Lamb Controller, City of Pittsburgh

The Honorable Daniel Lavelle Member, Pittsburgh City Council

The Honorable Rodney D. Ruddock Commissioner & Chairman, Indiana County

The Honorable Pamela A.Tokar-Ickes Chair & Commissioner, Somerset County

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The Honorable Daniel Vogler

Academia

Dr. Patricia Beeson

Mr. G. Reynolds Clark

Dr. Morton Coleman

Dr. Jackie Dunbar-Jacob

Dr. Kevin P. Kearns

Dr. Beaufort B. Longest, Jr.

Foundation

Dr. James V. Denova

Ms. Kate R. Dewey

Ms. Sylvia V. Fields

Ms. Sheila Fine

Mr. William P. Getty

Mr. Maxwell King

Mr. Grant Oliphant

Mr. Frederick W. Thieman

Dr. Stanley W. Thompson

Community/Civic

Ms. Deborah L. Acklin

Mr. Marc Cherna

Rabbi James A. Gibson

Mr. Courtland P. Gould

Dr. Karen Hacker

Mr. Kevin L. Jenkins

Dr. Linda Lane

Ms. Ellen McLean

Mr. Robert Nelkin

Ms. Stefani Pashman

Ms. Lisa Scales

Dr. Edith L. Shapira

Mr. Dennis Yablonsky

Business/Labor

Ms. Kenya T. Boswell

Chair, Lawrence County Commissioners

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

Former Vice Chancellor and Special Assistant to the

Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh

Emeritus Director & Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Dean & Distinguished Service Professor, School of Nursing,

University of Pittsburgh

Professor, GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh

M. Allen Pond Professor of Health Policy & Management,

University of Pittsburgh

Vice President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

President, The Forbes Funds

Executive Director, Eden Hall Foundation

Chair & Officer, LEAD Pittsburgh & Fine Foundation

President, Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

President & CEO, The Pittsburgh Foundation

President, The Heinz Endowments

President, The Buhl Foundation

Education Program Director, The Heinz Endowments

President and CEO, WQED Multimedia

Director, Department of Human Services, Allegheny County

Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai

Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh

Director, Allegheny County Health Department

Vice President of Operations, Manchester Bidwell

Corporation

Superintendent of Schools, Pittsburgh Public Schools

CEO, Port Authority of Allegheny County

President & CPO, United Way of Allegheny County

CEO, Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board

President and CEO, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food

Bank

President, Board of Directors, The Pittsburgh Foundation

Chief Executive Officer, Allegheny Conference on

Community Development

President, BNY Mellon Foundation of SW Pennsylvania

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Ms. Candi Castleberry-Singleton Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, UPMC Center for Engagement and Inclusion

Mr. Evan S. Frazier Senior Vice President of Community Affairs, Highmark Health

Mr. David J. Malone President & CEO, Gateway Financial Services

Mr. Jack Shea President, Allegheny County Labor Council

Mr. Richard W. Taylor Chief Executive Officer, Imbue Technology Solutions, Inc. (“ImbuTec”)

Mrs. Doris Carson Williams President & CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Economic Development Committee

The Honorable Brian Beader

Commissioner

Mercer County

Mr. Henry S. Beukema

Executive Director

McCune Foundation

Dr. Andrew R. Blair

Faculty Emeritus

University of Pittsburgh

The Honorable Jim Christiana

Member

PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Steve Craig

Commissioner

Lawrence County

*

The Honorable Michael J. Finnerty

Member, District 4

Allegheny County Council

Ms. Mariann Geyer

Vice President, External Affairs

Point Park University

The Honorable Ted Harhai

Member

PA House of Representatives

Mr. Scott D. Izzo

Director

Richard King Mellon Foundation

Mr. John Paul Jones

Principal

J2 Development Group

Mr. Richard Lunak

President & CEO

Innovation Works

The Honorable Timothy F. Murphy

Member

U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Joseph G. Spanik

Commissioner

Beaver County

Mr. Richard W. Taylor

Chief Executive Officer

Imbue Technology Solutions, Inc.

(“ImbuTec”)

*

Mr. Eric M. White

Business Development Executive

Urban Redevelopment Authority of

Pittsburgh

* Co-Chair

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Mrs. Doris Carson Williams

President & CEO

African American Chamber of Commerce

of Western PA

Mr. Dennis Yablonsky

Chief Executive Officer

Allegheny Conference on Community

Development

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Education Committee

Mr. Tom Baker

Member

Allegheny County Council

Mr. Gregg S. Behr

Executive Director

The Grable Foundation

Mr. Ron Cowell

President

The Education Policy & Leadership Center

Mr. Mike Crossey

President

Pennsylvania State Education Association

Dr. Linda L. Croushore

Executive Director

The Consortium for Public Education

Ms. Susan S. Everingham

Director, Pittsburgh Office

RAND Corporation

Ms. Carey Harris

Executive Director

A+ Schools

Dr. Linda B. Hippert

Executive Director

Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Mr. William H. Isler

CEO, The Fred Rogers Company

Board Member, Pittsburgh Public Schools

The Honorable Michael E. Lamb

Controller

City of Pittsburgh

Dr. Alan M. Lesgold

Renee and Richard Goldman Dean, School

of Education

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Amiena Mahsoob

Director of Education

World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The Honorable Erin Molchany

Director

Governor's SWPA Office

Dr. Jeanne Pearlman

Senior Vice President for Program and

Policy

The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Honorable Jeffrey P. Pyle

Member

PA House of Representatives

The Honorable Mike Reese

Member

PA House of Representatives

* Co-Chair

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Ms. Jennifer L. Ross

Educational Specialist

PVAAS Statewide Core Team

The Honorable Rodney D. Ruddock

Commissioner & Chairman

Indiana County

*

The Honorable Natalia Rudiak

Member

Pittsburgh City Council

Ms. D'Ann Swanson

Senior Program Officer

The Grable Foundation

Dr. Stanley W. Thompson

Education Program Director

The Heinz Endowments

*

Mr. James W. Turner

Director of Professional Development

OnHand Schools, Inc.

Dr. James Wagner

Executive Director

ARIN Intermediate Unit 28

The Honorable Jake Wheatley, Jr.

Member

PA House of Representatives

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Environment Committee

Mr. Andrew Butcher

CEO and Founding Principal

GTECH Strategies

The Honorable Frank Dermody

Democratic Leader

PA House of Representatives

*

The Honorable Mike Doyle

Member

U.S. House of Representatives

Mr. Grant Ervin

Sustainability Manager

Office of Mayor William Peduto

Ms. Caren E. Glotfelty

Executive Director

Allegheny County Parks Foundation

Mr. Courtland P. Gould

Executive Director

Sustainable Pittsburgh

*

The Honorable Scott E. Hutchinson

Member

PA Senate

Dr. Edward K. Muller

Professor, History Department

University of Pittsburgh

The Honorable John R. Pippy

CEO

Pennsylvania Coal Alliance

Mr. Andrew Place

Corporate Director

EQT

Dr. Edith L. Shapira

President, Board of Directors

The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Honorable Pam Snyder

Member

PA House of Representatives

Dr. Joel A. Tarr

Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

Mr. Davitt Woodwell

President and CEO

Pennsylvania Environmental Council

Mr. Robert Zulick

Sr. Sales Executive

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Fiscal Policy & Governance

Ms. Heather Arnet

Chief Strategy Officer

The Women and Girls Foundation of SWPA

Dr. Morton Coleman

Emeritus Director & Professor

University of Pittsburgh

The Honorable Jay Costa, Jr.

Democratic Leader

PA Senate

Mr. Richard Dunlap

Member

Hampton Township Council

The Honorable Rich Fitzgerald

Chief Executive

Allegheny County

*

The Honorable Vince Gastgeb

Vice President of Government &

Community Affairs

Allegheny County Airport Authority

Mr. William P. Getty

President

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Mr. Richard Hadley

Executive Director

Allegheny League of Municipalities

Ms. Susan G. Hockenberry

Executive Director

Local Government Academy

Dr. Brian K. Jensen

Senior Vice President

Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Ms. An Lewis

Executive Director

Steel Valley Council of Governments

Dr. David Y. Miller

Professor & Director, Center for

Metropolitan Studies

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Kerry J. O'Donnell

Ms. Aradhna Oliphant

President & CEO

Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc.

Mr. Dan Onorato

Executive Vice President, Public Policy

Highmark, Inc.

The Honorable William R. Robinson

Member

Allegheny County Council

* Co-Chair

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Mr. James Roddey

Firm Director

Baker Tilly, LLP

The Honorable Matthew Smith

President

Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Frederick W. Thieman

President

The Buhl Foundation

*

Mr. Sala Udin

Chairman

Hill District Education Council

The Honorable Chelsa Wagner

Controller

Allegheny County

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Health & Human Services Committee

Ms. Carmen Anderson

Senior Program Officer, CY & F

The Heinz Endowments

Mr. Nicholas J. Beldecos

Executive Director

DSF Charitable Foundation

Ms. Susan H. Brownlee

Executive Director

The Fine Foundation

Ms. Candi Castleberry-Singleton

Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer

UPMC Center for Engagement and

Inclusion

*

Dr. Morton Coleman

Emeritus Director & Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Mary A. Crossley

Professor of Law

University of Pittsburgh

The Honorable Anthony M. DeLuca

Member

PA House of Representatives

Mr. John Denny

Principal

Denny Civic Solutions

Ms. Kate R. Dewey

President

The Forbes Funds

Dr. Jackie Dunbar-Jacob

Dean & Distinguished Service Professor,

School of Nursing

University of Pittsburgh

Dr. Karen Wolk Feinstein

President & CEO

Jewish Healthcare Foundation

The Honorable Dan B. Frankel

Member

PA House of Representatives

*

Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein

Professor and Dean Emeritus, GSPH

University of Pittsburgh

Mr. Seth T. Hufford

Partner

The People Group, LLC

Mr. Kevin L. Jenkins

Vice President of Operations

Manchester Bidwell Corporation

* Co-Chair

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Dr. Randy P. Juhl

Former Vice Chancellor, Research

Conduct & Compliance and

Distinguished Service Professor,

School of Pharmacy University of

Pittsburgh

Dr. Kevin P. Kearns

Professor, GSPIA

University of Pittsburgh

Dr. James M. Kelly

Professor

Carlow University

Dr. Judith R. Lave

Professor of Health Economics

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Olivia M. Lazor

Circles Support Leader

Community Action Partnership of Mercer

County

Ms. B.J. Leber

President & CEO

Adagio Health

Dr. Beaufort B. Longest, Jr.

M. Allen Pond Professor of Health Policy

& Management

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Kathleen McKenzie

Vice President, Community & Civic Affairs

Allegheny Health Network

The Honorable Brandon Neuman

Member

PA House of Representatives

Ms. Mary Anne Papale

Director, Community Affairs SW Region

Highmark, Inc.

Ms. Margaret M. Petruska

Senior Program Director, CY & FThe Heinz Endowments

Ms. Sandra L. Phillips

Executive Director

Peoples Oakland

Dr. Loren H. Roth

Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for

Clinical Policy and Planning

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Kristy Trautmann

Executive Director

FISA Foundation

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Infrastructure Committee

Mr. Stan Caldwell

Executive Director, Traffic21 Institute

Carnegie Mellon University

Mr. H. Daniel Cessna

District Executive

PA Department of Transportation District

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The Honorable Paul Costa

Member

PA House of Representatives

*

Mr. Michael P. Crall

Vice President

HDR Engineering, Inc.

Mr. Shaun Fenlon

Vice President, Conservation Programs

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

Dr. James R. Hassinger

Executive Director

Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission

Mr. Brian J. Hill

Senior Program Officer

Richard King Mellon Foundation

The Honorable Patricia L. Kirkpatrick

Director

Kirkpatrick Consulting

Colonel Bernard R. Lindstrom

Commander, Pittsburgh District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

*

The Honorable Robert J. Macey

Member

Allegheny County Council

Mr. Paul Messineo

Business Development Manager

Allen & Shariff Engineering

The Honorable Tedd Nesbit

Member

PA House of Representatives

The Honorable William Peduto

Mayor

City of Pittsburgh

Mr. John Schombert

Executive Director

3 Rivers Wet Weather, Inc.

The Honorable William Shuster

Member

U.S. House of Representatives

Mr. Richard A. Stafford

Distinguished Service Professor of Public

Policy

Carnegie Mellon University

* Co-Chair

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Mr. Ron Steffey

Executive Director

Allegheny Valley Land Trust

The Honorable Donald C. White

Member

PA Senate

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Committee

Mr. Nicholas J. Buls

Individual Assistance/VOAD Liaison Officer

Pennsylvania Emergency Management

Agency, Bureau of Recovery and Mitigation

Mr. G. Reynolds Clark

Former Vice Chancellor and Special

Assistant to the Chancellor

University of Pittsburgh

*

The Honorable Dominic J. Costa

Member

PA House of Representatives

Mr. Robert Full

Chief Deputy Director

PA Emergency Mgmt Agency

Mr. Alvin Henderson

Chief of Emergency Services and Fire

Marshal

Allegheny County

Mr. Richard B. Lohr

Executive Director

Somerset County

Mr. Thomas A. Michlovic

Adjunct Professor, GSPIA and Former

Member, PA House of Representatives

University of Pittsburgh

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Perrott

Support Group Commander

171st Air Refueling Wing

The Honorable Rick Saccone

Member

PA House of Representatives

Mr. Salvatore M. Sirabella

Manager

Collier Township

Mr. Phil Smith

Special Agent & Weapons of Mass

Destruction Coordinator/Hazmat Team

Leader

FBI Pittsburgh Field Office

The Honorable Timothy J. Solobay

Commissioner

PA Office of the State Fire Commissioner

The Honorable Pamela A.Tokar-Ickes

Chair & Commissioner

Somerset County

The Honorable Randy Vulakovich

Member

PA Senate

*

The Honorable Kim L. Ward

Member

PA Senate

* Co-Chair

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University of Pittsburgh Institute of Politics

Workforce Development

Ms. Kenya T. Boswell

President

BNY Mellon Foundation of SW

Pennsylvania

Ms. Theresa Bryant

Vice President for Workforce Development

Community College of Allegheny County

Ms. Esther L. Bush

President & CEO

Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Dr. Darby L. Copeland

Executive Director

Parkway West Career & Technology Center

Dr. James V. Denova

Vice President

Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation

Mr. Victor Diaz

President

Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic

Chamber of Commerce

Dr. George W. Dougherty, Jr.

Assistant Professor, GSPIA

University of Pittsburgh

Ms. Jane Downing

Senior Program Officer

The Pittsburgh Foundation

The Honorable Eli Evankovich

Member

PA House of Representatives

*

The Honorable Richard L. Fink

Commissioner

Armstrong County

Ms. Laura S. Fisher

Senior Vice President

Allegheny Conference on Community

Development

The Honorable Wayne D. Fontana

Member

Pennsylvania Senate

Ms. Brenda Frazier

Former Member & Civic Leader

Allegheny County Council

Ms. Ami Gatts

President

Washington Greene County Job Training

Agency, Inc.

Dr. Patrick E. Gerity

Vice President, Continuing Education

Westmoreland County Community College

The Honorable Amanda Green Hawkins

Member

Allegheny County Council

* Co-Chair

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Dr. Joe Iannetti

Retired

Mr. Jeff Kelly

CEO

Hamill Manufacturing Company

Ms. Lisa Kuzma

Senior Program Officer

Richard King Mellon Foundation

Dr. Kathleen A. Malloy

Dean, Health Professions & Biology

Division

Westmoreland County Community College

Mr. David J. Malone

President & CEO

Gateway Financial Services

Ms. Bridget McCourt

Corporate Communications Manager

Matthews International

Ms. Valerie A. McDonald Roberts

Chief Urban Affairs Officer

Office of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto

Ms. Angela Mike

Director, Career and Technical Education

Pittsburgh Public Schools

Mr. David Mosey

Executive Director

Smart Futures

Ms. Stefani Pashman

CEO

Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board

*

Mr. Jack Shea

President

Allegheny County Labor Council

Mr. Thomas L. Stevenson

Attorney

Thomas L. Stevenson & Associates

Ms. Lynnette Taylor-Criego

Director, Employment and Training

Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

Mr. William J. Thompson

Executive Director

Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce

Investment Board

The Honorable Angela Zimmerlink

Commissioner

Fayette County

* Co-Chair

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For Further Reading The following links are a selection of the best resources that the Institute recommends for review prior to attending this year’s Retreat. The articles and reports below provide an overview of the challenges in addressing poverty and the criminal justice system.

Poverty

• The Effects of Exposure to Better Neighborhoods on Children: New Evidence from the Moving Opportunity Experiment

o http://www.nber.org/papers/w21156.pdf The results of the study showed that children, who were under the age of

thirteen when they moved with their family to an area with less than 10 percent poverty, had significantly higher income and increased college enrollment and attendance. In addition, they were less likely to live in low poverty neighborhoods as adults and less likely to become single parents.

• Poverty and Income Insecurity in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Areao http://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/alfresco/publication-pdfs/2000009-

Poverty-and-Income-Insecurity-in-the-Pittsburgh-Metropolitan-Area.pdf In 2007 about one in eight residents in the Pittsburgh area had incomes

below the US poverty line. Between 2000 and 2013 , most counties in the Pittsburgh area saw their poverty rates increase, while the number of people living in this area decreased. Reducing poverty levels and income insecurity calls for public dialog and public action.

• The Hamilton Projecto http://www.hamiltonproject.org/files/downloads_and_links/policies_to_address_p

overty_in_america_highlights_2.pdf Given this growing social, economic, and political concern, The Hamilton

Project asked academic experts to develop policy proposals confronting the various challenges of America's poorest citizens, and to introduce innovative approaches to addressing poverty. When combined, the scope and impact of these proposals has the potential to vastly improve the lives of the poor. The resulting 14 policy memos are included in The Hamilton Project's Policies to Address Poverty in America. The main areas of focus include promoting early childhood development, supporting disadvantaged youth, building worker skills, and improving safety net and work support.

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• Beyond Povertyo http://www.pahousegop.info/docs/Reed/beyondpovertyreport2014/offline/downlo

ad.pdf Most of the barriers facing someone trying to escape poverty can fall into

one of two categories: either they represent a barrier preventing anindividual from gaining the employment necessary to transition out ofpoverty or they represented a barrier that occurred as the result of the lackof employment to begin with. In Beyond Poverty, these specific barriersare discussed as well as reasonable solutions.

• Confronting Suburban Poverty in Americao http://confrontingsuburbanpoverty.org/

This website accompanies the book of the same title that discusses the riseof poverty in the suburbs. Briefs and case studies from communitiesacross the country are offered along with links to data and otherinformation from the book.

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Criminal Justice

• Prison and Poverty Trapo http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/science/long-prison-terms-eyed-as-

contributing-to-poverty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 New York Times author John Tierney discusses the relationship between

incarceration and poverty in a unique and interesting way. The articlelooks at how long term prison sentences can affect not only the individual,but their families and communities at large.

• The Poor Get Prisono http://www.ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/IPS-The-Poor-Get-Prison-

Final.pdf Poverty leads easily to criminal charges from unpaid debts and unrenewed

licenses. Local governments have increased the fees, fines and court coststhey levied for minor transgressions and at the same time, increased thenumber of misdemeanors. Poor people, especially people of color, face afar greater risk of being fined, arrested and even incarcerated for minoroffenses than other Americans.

• Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes DisadvantagedNeighborhoods Worse

o https://global.oup.com/academic/product/imprisoning-communities-9780195305791?cc=us&lang=en& In the first detailed, empirical exploration of the effects of mass

incarceration on poor places, Imprisoning Communities demonstrates thatin high doses incarceration contributes to the very social problems it isintended to solve: it breaks up family and social networks; deprivessiblings, spouses, and parents of emotional and financial support; andthreatens the economic and political infrastructure of already strugglingneighborhoods. Especially at risk are children who, research shows, aremore likely to commit a crime if a father or brother has been to prison.Clear makes the counterintuitive point that when incarcerationconcentrates at high levels, crime rates will go up. Removal, in otherwords, has exactly the opposite of its intended effect: it destabilizes thecommunity, thus further reducing public safety.

• Incarceration’s Front Door: The Misuse of Jails in Americao http://www.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/incarcerations-front-

door-report_02.pdf Local jails, which exist in nearly every town and city in America, are built

to hold people deemed too dangerous to release pending trial or at highrisk of flight. This, however, is no longer primarily what jails do or whomthey hold, as people too poor to post bail languish there and racialdisparities disproportionately impact communities of color. This reportreviews existing research and data to take a deeper look at our nation’s

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misuse of local jails and to determine how we arrived at this point. It also highlights jurisdictions that have taken steps to mitigate negative consequences, all with the aim of informing local policymakers and their constituents who are interested in reducing recidivism, improving public safety, and promoting stronger, healthier communities.

• Principles of Effective State Sentencing and Corrections Policyo http://www.ncsl.org/documents/cj/pew/WGprinciplesreport.pdf

The National Conference of State Legislatures comprised a list of sevenprinciples regarding sentencing and corrections policies with the intendedpurpose of providing broad, balanced, and bipartisan guidance to statelawmakers.

• Federal Drug Sentencing Laws Bring High Cost, Low Returno http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2015/08/federal-

drug-sentencing-laws-bring-high-cost-low-return The federal government has a uniquely important role to play in the fight

against the illegal drug trade: It is responsible for preventing thetrafficking of narcotics into the United States and across state lines. Inresponse to rising public concern about high rates of drug-related crime inthe 1980s and 1990s, Congress enacted sentencing laws that dramaticallyincreased penalties for drug crimes, which in turn sharply expanded thenumber of such offenders in federal prison and drove costs upward. Theselaws—while playing a role in the nation’s long and ongoing crime declinesince the mid-1990s—have not provided taxpayers with a strong publicsafety return on their investment.

• 538 - Should Prison Sentences Be Based On Crimes That Haven’t Been CommittedYet?

o http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/prison-reform-risk-assessment/ Pennsylvania is on the verge of becoming one of the first states in the

country to base adult criminal sentences not only on what crimes peoplehave been convicted of, but also on whether they are deemed likely tocommit additional crimes.

• The Bail Trapo http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/magazine/the-bail-trap.html?_r=2

Every year, thousands of innocent people are sent to jail only because theycan’t afford to post bail, putting them at risk of losing their jobs, custodyof their children, even their lives.

• How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)o http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/upshot/how-to-cut-the-prison-population-

see-for-yourself.html?rref=upshot&abt=0002&abg=0o http://webapp.urban.org/reducing-mass-incarceration/index.html

Presented by the Urban Institute, a new prison population forecaster aimsto illuminate the necessity of reducing sentencing laws not only on thefederal level, but the state as well. This new program is interactive andallows you to assess for yourself the impact of different policy changes.

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• The Meteoric, Costly and Unprecedented Rise of Incarceration in Americao http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/30/the-meteoric-

costly-and-unprecedented-rise-of-incarceration-in-america/o http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18613

Pleas to reform prison policy in the United States have come from numerous interest and advocacy groups over the years, their numbers steadily expanding as the size of the world's largest prison population has, too. But this latest voice may carry the most weight yet: On Wednesday, the National Research Council published a 464-page report, two years in the making, that looks at the stunning four-decade rise of incarceration in the United States and concludes that all of its costs — for families, communities, state budgets and society — have simply not been worth the benefit in deterrence and crime reduction.

• Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration for People with Mental Health Needs in the Criminal Justice System: The Cost-Savings Implications

o http://www.vera.org/sites/default/files/resources/downloads/treatment-alternatives-to-incarceration.pdf Jails and prisons are expensive to operate and costs are even greater when

the person entering custody requires treatment for a mental health condition. Because they are so costly, providing access to treatment in lieu of a prison or jail sentence can save money while also improving health outcomes and reducing the likelihood of rearrest in the future.

• Study: Replacing Prison Terms with Drug Abuse Treatment Could Save Billions in Criminal Justice Costs

o http://www.rti.org/newsroom/news.cfm?obj=1A73B88D-5056-B100-0C4FCB2644F94C21 A study conducted by researchers at RTI International and Temple

University found that sending substance abusers to community-based treatment programs rather than prison could reduce crime rates and save billions of dollars.

• Changing Priorities: State Criminal Justice Reforms and Investments in Educationo http://www.cbpp.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/10-28-14sfp.pdf

At least 30 states are providing less general funding per student this year for K-12 schools than before the recession, after adjusting for inflation; in 14 states the reduction exceeds 10 percent. State economies would be much stronger over time if states invested more in education and other areas that can boost long-term economic growth and less in maintaining extremely high prison populations. The economic health of many low- income neighborhoods, which face disproportionately high incarceration rates, could particularly improve if states reordered their spending in such a way.

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• A Major Criminal Justice Reform Bill Will Get A Vote On The House Flooro http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8846673/safe-justice-act

A new and exciting bipartisan bill introduced into the House in July has a serious chance of becoming law. If enacted this bill will significantly cut prison sentences, decrease the number of nonviolent drug offenders in prison and the amount of time they serve, allow prisoners to decrease their prison term by participating in rehabilitation and other programs and direct money to policing efforts.

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