Evidence Based Practices

The Evidence Based Practices (EBP) team provides technical support for research projects, strategic planning, teaching quality-assurance tools aligned with EBP competencies, and specialty program development.

The EBP team works to promote data driven decision making, improving program prioritization and use, improving staff skills and core correctional competencies, reinforcing risk reduction strategies to reducing re-offending. This team focuses on supervision strategies, guidance of best practices/principles of effective interventions and provides technical assistance to assist in updating policy, automation and practice,  to ensure adherence to Risk, Need and Responsivity principles for better outcomes.

The team provides training to assist in building sustainability teams for Community Supervision and Prisons, such as EBP for front line staff and case managers, Motivational Interviewing, Case Planning, Carey Guides, Behavior Response, NC Predictive Analysis Supervision Efforts, CRV Behavior Management System, and others. The team provides trainings that include an Overview for Specialty Mental Health Officers, Pilot Medication Assisted Treatment and the National Institute of Corrections pilot for Facilitating Behavioral Change skill set training.  

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For more information , contact Lateisha Thrash, Reentry Services Director, at Lateisha.Thrash@dac.nc.gov.