CU Fresh Start Interventions

CU Fresh Start is a local crime prevention program (more information here: "What is CU Fresh Start?") that's one of the many programs and organizations that are intertwined with the local criminal justice system in Champaign County. The News-Gazette points out that they will be stepping up interventions again soon:

CU Fresh Start to resume 'call-in' interventions March 8
The CU Fresh Start program to curb violence will return to conducting "call-in" interventions next month, with one scheduled for March 8.

That will be the third call-in, after others conducted in October 2016 and March 2017. Vivian Gray, Fresh Start's project specialist, said the event will again be held at the Illinois Terminal.

Call-ins are for residents who meet police criteria to indicate that they're susceptible to gun violence. They meet with city and state authorities who tell them to leave gun violence behind in exchange for resources to rebuild their lives...

More at the original article. A snapshot of just some of the criminal justice programs and organizations is on our Racial Justice Task Force page and below:

Groups and Organizations: related to or possibly key to implementing RJTF recommendations.

Click on chart for clickable links or go directly to the criminal justice subgroups: Before Contact, Contact, Incarceration, and Re-Entry:

PATH Printable Champaign County Community Resource Guide

Two groups that would implement and oversee the recommendations are still in the process of being created:

• Restorative and Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (implementation)
• Community Engagement Oversight Commission

This is a work in progress and I apologize for any errors. Corrections and more updates and links will be posted here as they are created and information is available on them. I hope to have pages on each subgroup with more information on how they interact with government bodies and law enforcement to better understand the full picture of Champaign County's criminal justice programs and organizations.