"From Crisis to Collaboration: Building Resilient Justice Systems"
The deadline to register is Friday, March 28, 2025
The 2025 CJAB Conference "From Crisis to Collaboration: Building Resilient Justice Systems" will bring together criminal justice, behavioral health, and treatment partners for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking one and a half-day event. We have an exciting line-up of national and local experts who will discuss new and reemerging issues impacting our criminal justice and behavioral health systems, providing innovative strategies and collaborative solutions to meet the challenges ahead.
- Retired Col. Brenda Dietzman will introduce "The LEAF Concept", an innovative approach encouraging employees to think long-term, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and personal fulfillment.
- In "Thriving After Resiliency", Jeff Wallace will explore the critical journey of moving beyond resilience to true thriving; not just for the youth you serve but for yourself.
- We will also be joined by retired Sgt. Mark DiBona who, in "More Than A Feeling", will speak about how his childhood trauma, his mental health issues and how his suicide attempt affected his career and marriage.
- In addition to these engaging plenary sessions, we will feature break-out sessions covering topics such as behavioral health screening and risk assessment, collaboration, crisis response, intellectual disabilities and autism, mental health and law enforcement, and building your CJAB's resiliency.
Who Should Attend
The conference is open to all CJAB members, criminal justice, and behavioral health practitioners. Plenary and breakout sessions feature universal appeal to all criminal justice and behavioral health professionals, including both introductory level material as well as innovative new concepts.
Continuing Education Credits
We anticipate offering continuing education credits for social workers, attorneys, and judges, as we have in the past. We will post additional information on credit availability as our applications are reviewed and approved by the respective boards.
The Details
When: April 22-23, 2025
Where: The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College
Fee: There is no fee to attend. Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided on both days.
For overnight accommodations, please visit The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, or contact 800-233-7505 and utilize the booking code CJAB25A.
The deadline for the discounted room rate of $139.00 is Friday, March 21, 2025.
To ensure that this conference continues to be free for attendees, PCCD asks that registrants make every effort to notify staff of cancellations by Friday, April 11, 2025. Cancellations after the deadline or 'no shows' to the conference may be subject to a fee of up to $79.00 per person. This amount is based on the Premium Day Meeting package rate charged by the Penn Stater and paid for by PCCD.