The planning process is designed to guide development of policies and procedures to ensure that responsive and effective services are developed to meet the operational, programming, and supervision needs of women offenders.

Audience

Three-person teams committed to developing a gender-informed agency-wide plan to better meet the needs of women offenders in their systems. Teams must have at least one agency administrator with the authority to direct resources to effect the anticipated changes in policy and practice and two managers with the responsibility for implementation. Applications without this level of participation will not be considered.

Participant teams will develop their plans through information/activities that include, but are not limited to, needs assessments, data gathering, developing internal and external partnerships, and establishing measurable goals.