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As you work towards your various strategies to reduce jail populations and make improvements in the Justice System, community engagement can be a helpful tool in accomplishing this work. Community engagement is an important way to hear voice from the community and to allow for the community to participate directly in shaping outcomes in policy and practice. But without a clear path, conducting community engagement, like any other multi-faceted endeavor – can get complicated.

A community engagement plan is a valuable tool to help you:
a. Identify goals and a purpose for community engagement in your jurisdiction
b. Create a timeline of what you want to accomplish when
c. Establish metrics for how to measure your progress
d. Clarify roles and responsibilities for community engagement
Establishing a community engagement plan is no simple task! Here are ten tips to help you move forward as you embark on this work.
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