CEPP Works to Strengthen Community Well-Being

Collaboration Is One of CEPP’s Core Values

An important aspect of strengthening community well-being is collaboration. We know that criminal justice systems can produce better outcomes for everyone when there’s collaboration among system and community stakeholders. 

Collaboration is central to all of CEPP’s projects—whether it’s our work with the Council of State Governments Justice Center to support its Justice Reinvestment work in Kansas, our dosage probation initiative, or our racial equity and community engagement activities.

Explore all of our projects aimed at strengthening community well-being and how CEPP can support your local system.

CEPP’s Community Supervision Resource Center Team Presents at the Association of Paroling Authorities International’s Annual Training Conference 

Parole boards make release decisions and set supervision conditions that impact tens of thousands of people and communities each year. Last week, at APAI’s annual training conference in Kansas City, CEPP spoke with parole board members and other practitioners about the different methods jurisdictions can use to evaluate information like program participation, criminal history, and reentry preparation fairly, objectively, consistently, equitably, and transparently.

CEPP can help parole boards improve their decision making practices. Sign up to learn more about a free technical assistance opportunity and to receive announcements and updates about the new Bureau of Justice Assistance-sponsored CSRC, including early notification of the launch of the website.

The CSRC Team is Growing

The CSRC will serve as an online centralized hub for pretrial, probation, and parole supervision agencies around the country. CEPP is proud to welcome two new team members with broad expertise who will provide information, training, and technical assistance to the community supervision field.

Cyndi Mausser is CEPP’s newly hired senior manager. Ms. Mausser has been an award-winning state practitioner and leader in Ohio’s community supervision and corrections system for over 30 years. She has held several positions within the Ohio Parole Board, including nine years as chair, and she frequently collaborated with counterparts in the Ohio Adult Parole Authority to implement data-driven and evidence-based practices.

Traci Fredrikson is CEPP’s newly hired program manager. Ms. Fredrikson spent the last 17 years working for the South Dakota Department of Corrections. She has extensive knowledge of and expertise in institutional and community correctional operations, parole board operations, and supervision best practices. She has been a member of APAI for nearly 10 years and became a member of the American Correctional Association in 2022. 

Learn more about Ms. Mausser and Ms. Fredrikson on our website.