CEPP Works to Address Unique Needs

Compassion as a Core Value

Evidence-based. Research-informed. These are important aspects of how we approach our work. Compassion is another. We help partners make systems more humane and respond to the distinct needs of unique populations.

We help jurisdictions assess whether their policies and practices are gender-responsive and trauma-informed. We build frameworks to assist pretrial services in helping justice-involved women succeed. We help our partners apply a racial equity lens at the intersection of criminal justice and behavioral health.

Whatever the needs are, CEPP brings compassion to the work.

#FreeBlackMamas 

This Mother’s Day, like all Mother’s Days since 2017, the National Bail Out collective freed as many mamas and caregivers as possible—bringing them home to their families and communities. But their work spans beyond Mother’s Day to build a community-based movement to support people and end systems of pretrial detention and mass incarceration.

We honor and uplift groups like National Bail Out and Essie Justice Group, which provide much-needed services and opportunities for those who have experienced incarceration. 

The Intersection of Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health

CEPP has been working with the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center to expand CSG’s Stepping Up initiative to include a focus on racial equity at the intersection of criminal justice and behavioral health.

On Wednesday, May 24, CEPP's Senior Manager for Racial Equity, Orleny Rojas, joins the CSG Justice Center for a webinar on the brief “Applying the Stepping Up Framework to Advance Racial Equity." Ms. Rojas and the other speakers will discuss ways counties can build policies, programs, and practices that increase racial equity and break down structural racism inherent in the justice system.