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POPAI News
2025 Membership
The POPAI Membership Year is January through December. Many departments prefer to pay in...
[Wayne County] Probation dept. wants reduced work week
As part of the 2025 budgeting process, Wayne County Council received a request that...
POPAI Membership Information Changes and Newsletter Subscription Form
Here's a quick way to report member account changes directly to us. We've included...
POPAI’s Recommended 2025 Minimum Salary Schedule for Probation Officers
For the past several years, the POPAI Executive Board has been advocating for increases...
POPAI Training Coordinator: Welcome Shannon Chambers
Anthony Williams has been successfully coordinating our conferences for the past 4...
Founder’s Award Winner: Deborah Kesler
On Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the Probation Officers Professional Association of...
Founder’s Award Winner: Cherie Epley
On Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the Probation Officers Professional Association of...
Rookie Probation Officer of the Year Award Winner: Michelle Murfin
On Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the Probation Officers Professional Association of...
Line Probation Officer of the Year Award Winner: Stephanie Eddy
On Thursday, September 5, 2024 at the Probation Officers Professional Association of...
Fall Conference plans are on track, starting with our Call for Speakers and an invitation to new Corporate Sponsors.
Articles
Board Members find articles we think might interest you. We welcome submissions from POPAI members especially if they feature your county, just send them to ContactUsatPOPAI@gmail.com
To build peer support workforce for substance use recovery, Indiana covers certification costs
Certified peer support professionals play an important role in Indiana’s substance use...
Judiciary Releases First Annual Report on the Workplace
All federal courts have put in place an effective dispute resolution plan giving...
2024 Impaired Driving Prevention Month Toolkit for Treatment Courts
Impaired driving is one of the most serious threats to public safety in the United...
AllRise Practitioner Training: Coordinators
The Treatment Court Institute's Practitioner Training is designed exclusively for...
Public safety secretary named
Gov.-elect Mike Braun announced on Monday that he will appoint Jennifer-Ruth Green as...
Fidelity in Focus: Indiana’s Commitment to Evidence-Based Practices and Reducing Recidivism
After 30 years of research and progress in the field, community supervision agencies are...
M.S. v. State, 24A-JV-715, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 5, 2024).
M.S. appeals his adjudication as a delinquent child for dangerous possession of a...
Apply Now for New Smart Supervision Resident Analyst Program to Increase Supervision Agencies’ Data Analysis Capacity
The CSG Justice Center and the U.S Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’...
Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center Celebrates the Opening of the Caring Recovery Opioid Treatment Program
Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of...
Lt. governor hears about advances in NE Indiana mental health system
FORT WAYNE — According to Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, the COVID-19 pandemic brought some...
Two Juvenile Probation Videos
Conflict Resolution: How to Interrupt Cycles of Community Violence During this video,...
NCSC Behavioral Health Resources
The National Judicial Task Force examined State Courts' response to mental illness and...
All Rise Journal for Advancing Justice Vol. V, “Sustaining Long-Term Recovery as Part of Justice Reform”
Our understanding of recovery, particularly from substance use and mental health...
A National Study on the Effect of Supervision Fees on Probation Agency Operations Technical Report
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) collaborated with the National Association...
Justice Involved Veterans
The National Institute of Corrections has developed a microsite that offers information...
Centering Inclusion in Recruitment, Hiring, and Staff Wellness: A Conversation with Massachusetts Commissioner Pamerson Ifill
Since 2016, the Massachusetts Probation Service has worked to increase diversity within...
Indiana Law Bars Media From Seeing First Execution Since 2009
Indiana prison staffers, the condemned man’s friends and family members, and the...
Jelly Roll visits youth, inmates at Indiana correctional facilities to share a message of hope
PENDLETON, Ind. (WPTA) - GRAMMY Award-winning artist Jelly Roll took time before his...