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THE

LOCAL MOTION

CCJC Foundation

www.ccjcfoundation.org

Newsletter for Local Fund Advisory Boards

Connecting local efforts to support collaborative court participants as they strive to graduate.

May, 2016 Vol. 3, No. 2

This Issue’s Highlights

Yuba Co FDC News…………….………….... Pg. 2

NADCP Conference Workshop.......................Pg. 2

Mendo Co Sober Celebration..…….…..…….Pg. 3-4

Host Your Own………………..……………...Pg. 5

Donor Thanks……………………….……..…Pg. 6

SHARES Cards Update…… ………..………Pg. 6

Update on Dental Effort……………………...Pg. 7

Orange Co CC Foundation…………………..Pg. 7

IEC3 assists Veteran………………………….Pg. 7

Role of Court Team Liaison……………….…Pg. 8

CCJC Board …………………..………...… ...Pg. 8

Starting a Local Fund Committee?…….……Pg. 8

CA Collaborative Justice Courts

Foundation The CCJC Foundation partners with California’s local

collaborative courts to meet unique, unfunded, basic life needs of

participants striving to satisfy program requirements.

…dedicated to stronger families, resilient children, healthier communities and increased public safety

Welcome to Sober Charities of San

Joaquin County

The CCJC Foundation is glad to share that Sober Charities of San Joaquin County has joined our cadre of Local Fund Committees. Finding housing for those left homeless by the merciless struggle with addiction was Sober Charities initial point of focus. Joining the CCJC Foundation is an opportunity to expand the support that Sober Charities offers to San Joaquin County’s collaborative court participants. This jurisdiction hosts an adult drug court, a dependency drug court, a DUI court and a parolee re-entry court.

Local Fund Committees raise funds; review requests for funding from program participants and recommend grant award payments to the CCJC Foundation.

Hello! The seeds planted by the CCJC Foundation and its Board members continue to grow. Yuba, Mendocino, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties have active Local Fund Committees serving collaborative court participants. In addition, Sober Charities of San Joaquin County is now a part of this effort. Yuba County Friends of Drug Court news is on page 2. Mendocino Co. Friends of Drug Court, under the care of the Mendocino County Community Foundation, is hosting a 20th anniversary celebration of drug courts in that county and raising funds while they are at it. See page 3-4 Riverside and San Bernardino Counties’ local fund committee, Inland Empire Champions of Collaborative Courts elected to work under a local foundation, Reaching New Heights. New accomplishments for this on-going effort begun under the care of the CCJC Foundation follows on page 7. Thank you for your efforts to assist those in the merciless grasp of addiction.

Dianne Marshall, President, CCJC Foundation Board of

Directorsdonorservices@ccjcfoundation.org.

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Through our Yuba County, CA, Friends of Drug Court Fund by Judith Guthrie We have helped participants meet their goals by providing financial support after all other community

resources have been exhausted. A father of six children ages1 month to 12 years received sorely needed

clothing provided as Christmas gifts. A mother with two sons aged 2 and 13, with funds to offset the price of

text books and to purchase gas card vouchers to get to and from college. She has now completed her AS

degree and is hoping to continue her education.

We have filled requests for participants to pay for:

Pre-paid gas cards that we purchased through a First 5* grant so that that the children could get to school on time; keep important medical appointments and attend community events the whole family could enjoy together.

Tattoo removal fees,

Co-pay for dental fees for tooth extraction so that a female participant could get new dentures,

Baby formula, diapers, and groceries

CCJC Foundation Presents “Fund Raising and Ethical Considerations”

Workshop at NADCP Conference

The National Association of Drug Court Professionals 22nd annual conference will be held in Anaheim, CA, June 1-4, 2016. “Fund Raising and Ethical Considerations”, a workshop proposed by Dianne Marshall and accepted for presentation will be presented on Thursday, June 2, 2014 at 11:00a.m. to 12:15p.m. Excellent members of the

collaborative justice field will be a part of this panel presentation. Included are:

Phil Breitenbucher, Panel Moderator, Director, Children & Family Futures, Co-Founder, CA

Collaborative Justice Courts Foundation;

Judge Richard Vlavianos, San Joaquin County Collaborative Courts, CA;

Dr. Shannon Carey, Co-President and Senior Research Associate at NPC Research;

Deborah Cima, Treatment Court Coordinator, Superior Court of California, County of San

Bernardino

Judith Guthrie, Chair, Yuba County Friends of Drug Court, SUDS Prevention Services

Coordinator for the Options For Change, Licensed Advanced Drug and Alcohol Counselor;

Dianne Marshall, Therapeutic Courts Administrator, (ret), Mendocino County Superior Court, Co-

Founder & President, CA Collaborative Justice Courts Foundation

Learning Goals for this Workshop:

1) Present how a Non-Profit Partner can provide needed ethical distance from the Courts. 2) Discuss how a

Non-Profit Partner helps you raise needed funds to tackle those needs. 3) Demonstrate how partnering

with a Non-Profit is supported by The Ten Key Components, Best Practices and Design Features. 4)

Identify “unmet needs” for your participants. 5) Focus on successful fund-raising

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SOBER CELEBRATION Recovery Comedy Show to Highlight 20th

Anniversary

Superior Court Judge Dave Nelson, Coby Colyear, board president of the Friends of Drug Court, and attorney Duncan James

all support the comprehensive drug and alcohol treatment program for nonviolent offenders to achieve total abstinence

from drugs and alcohol. Chris Pugh-Ukiah Daily Journal.

By Karen Rifkin, For The Ukiah Daily Journal

POSTED: 04/30/16, 5:05 PM PDT | UPDATED: 3 DAYS AGO

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Mendocino County Adult Drug Court will be welcoming back Mark Lundholm

to perform an evening of his no-holds-barred recovery comedy at the Ukiah High School Cafetorium on Sunday,

May 14, at 8 p.m.

….Duncan James, one of the original organizers, helps fundraise with the Friends of Drug Court to raise money for

incentives to keep those in the program involved, recognizing their needs and successes.

The planning for the Mark Lundholm fundraiser has been in the works for two years and with the money raised from

this event and other activities, offenders are aided with housing issues, educational fees, payment of utility bills and

perhaps the purchase of a bicycle, some clothing or diapers.

…..The Friends of Drug Court present Mark Lundholm in Addicted, A Comedy of Substance at the Ukiah High

School Cafetorium on Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available at Ukiah Hospice at 401 South

tate Street (462 3141) and Mendocino Book Company at 102 South School Street (468-5940). For further

information about Adult Drug Court and Friends of Drug Court, contact Kathleen Forbes 463-4178.

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Host Your Own Celebration for Your Collaborative Justice Courts?

Here is what to do:

Pick an occasion

Decide on entertainment o Secure said entertainment

Get sponsors to cover the costs including o Publicity o Event Location o Entertainment o Lodging if you are bringing in someone like Mark L

Find a location

Set ticket prices (sale of tickets is where you will raise money for your fund) o Secure a couple ticket outlets to help you sell them

Develop a publicity campaign early o Posters and handbills may be donated by local print shops…ask ‘em!

Get the word out to: o Collaborative Court Team members, o Friends, o Families, o Program participants and graduates, o Local newspapers; o On the radio (Public Service Announcements are free!)

Decide how complicated you want this to be. Do you want to: o Sell bottled water or food? o Include a silent auction? o Raffle tickets?

RECOMMENDATION: KEEP IT SIMPLE!

Decide if you want to recognize people during this event and if yes, who and why o Are certificates, plaques or other items needed?

The night of the event you will need: o Programs that include all your sponsors o Ticket sellers o Ticket takers o Ushers (maybe) o An emcee with a program spelled out for him or her

Be sure to recognize all your sponsors!

Most importantly, enjoy pulling off this event. Have fun! You are doing vital good!

If there is an active Local Fund Committee serving collaborative court participants in your community, donors may contribute to your fund through the CCJC Foundation website, http://www.ccjcfoundation.org/contribute-here/. All donations are directed to the designated fund.

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Special thanks to all our donors. A complete list of our 2014/15 donors can be found in our 2014-15 Annual Report. Our Corporate Donors include:

Children and Family Futures

Microsoft CityNext

California Association of Collaborative Courts

S.H.A.R.E.S. Cards

Supporting Humanities, Arts, Recreation, Education and Sports

ROI: We offer our Corporate Donors logos and links on

the CCJC Foundation website, distribution of information at conferences and CA Coordinators Work Group Meetings and recognition in this newsletter

S.H.A.R.E.S. Cards Update! E-script is where its at!

Don’t miss out on earnings for California Collaborative Justice Courts this summer! Sign up new families and register grocery club and credit/debit cards now!

Here's how:

1. Distribute this flyer to all your families.

2. Distribute the message below by email, post it to your website, and add it to your group’s

Facebook page.

To encourage new families to sign up, be sure to include the link to the video we've provided (the full

link is also available at the very bottom of this email if you need it).

Shop at eScrip merchants & earn all summer long for California Collaborative Justice Courts! If you

haven't signed up for eScrip yet, please take a few minutes and do so now. >>> Watch this short

video - spend 2 minutes today and support California Collaborative Justice Courts all year long!

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UPDATE EFFORT TO ADDRESS DENTAL NEEDS

Last Fall the CCJC Foundation conducted a dental needs survey with the goal of approaching dental insurance companies to request funding. These companies do have funds to give away and good solid data and personal stories are needed to secure this funding. There is very little if any current statewide data available on California’s collaborative courts. So…those communities who either responded to the survey or have a Local Fund Committee will be contacted for additional information and we will continue to work on their behalf.

The Orange County

Collaborative Courts

Foundation is a Model for Local

Fund Committees!

Stellar work is being done by the

Orange County Collaborative Courts

Foundation to support Orange County’s 19

collaborative justice courts and the

individuals making their way through

these judicially supervised treatment

programs. From securing $20,000 from

the local Assistance League to be used to

meet transportation, medical, dental,

vision, and education needs to offering

training in money management, job

interviewing, rock climbing and more!

At Drug Court: from left to right: Judy Soulakis, Assistance League President; Chris Grant and Michelle Cleary, scholarship winners; Judge Matthew Anderson; and Gayle Whitaker, Assistance League Vice President of Philanthropy

IEC3 MAKES EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY AVAILABLE FOR

RIVERSIDE COUNTY VETERANS TREATMENT COURT PARTICIPANT

Veteran served 5 years in the U.S. with deployment in combat. This honorably discharged veteran struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. He has made progress and his treatment providers feel he would benefit from equine assisted therapy. This request for funding was approved by the Inland Empire Champions of Collaborative Courts and recommended to the Reaching New Heights Foundation for funding.

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ROLE OF “COURT TEAM LIAISON” ON A LOCAL FUND COMMITTEE

The Court Team Liaison is a representative of the Collaborative Justice Court Team(s) who reminds Team

members that funding is available to assist participants through their Local Fund Committee. This person may

have a supply of Requests for Assistance to share with other Team members for their use on behalf of

participants. The Court Team Liaison may attend meetings of the Local Fund Committee to assure open

communication between the local Collaborative Justice Courts Teams and the Committee and is not expected to

have fund raising responsibilities. In jurisdictions with multiple Collaborative Justice Courts, there may be a

Court Team Liaison for each Team.

STARTING A LOCAL FUND COMMITTEE? ….CCJC Foundation Accounting Practices

Forms you are looking for… …Sample Participant Request Application? Adapt this sample application for funding used by collaborative

court participants seeking assistance from your local fund.

…Designated Fund Agreement ? With signatures on this document, you are ready to receive matching fund awards from the CCJC Foundation and to

tell your local donors that your fund qualifies as a donation to a recognized 501-c-3 organization.

… Sample Bylaws for your Local Fund Advisory Board? Here you will see the bylaws used by the

Mendocino County Friends of Drug Court.

CA Collaborative Justice Courts Foundation Board of Directors

President: Dianne Marshall, Therapeutic Courts Administrator, (ret), Superior Court of CA, County of Mendocino Phil Breitenbucher, Program Director, Children and Family Futures, Irvine, CA Jonathan Graham, CA Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs James O. Heiting, Trial Attorney, Managing Partner, Heiting & Irwin, Riverside County, CA Judge Peggy Hora (ret), Superior Court of CA, County of Alameda, Senior Judicial Fellow, National Drug Court Institute Secretary: Robert Maynard, Financial Consultant, Aminta Mickles, Consultant For Change , Independent Consultant, Contra Costa County, CA Paddy Michalski, Therapeutic Courts Coordinator, Mendocino County Superior Court (inactive) Ken Minesinger, Minesinger and Associates, Riverside County Charles Murray, Deputy Trial Counsel, State Bar of California, Los Angeles, CA Steven Swink, Program Supervisor , Placer County Adult Systems of Care Advisor: Judge Albert P. Dover (ret), Superior Court of CA, County of Nevada