From Crisis to Collaboration: Building Resilient Justice Systems
The 2025 CJAB Conference "From Crisis to Collaboration: Building Resilient Justice Systems" was held on April 22-23, 2025 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. This conference brought together criminal justice, behavioral health, and treatment partners for an engaging and thought-provoking one and a half-day event. PCCD featured an exciting line-up of national and local experts who discussed new and reemerging issues impacting our criminal justice and behavioral health systems, providing innovative strategies and collaborative solutions to meet future challenges.
- Retired Col. Brenda Dietzman introduced "The LEAF Concept", an innovative approach encouraging employees to think long-term, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and personal fulfillment.
- In "Thriving After Resiliency", Jeff Wallace explored the critical journey of moving beyond resilience to true thriving; not just for the youth you serve but for yourself.
- We were also joined by retired Sgt. Mark DiBona who, in "More Than A Feeling", spoke about how his childhood trauma, his mental health issues and how his suicide attempt affected his career and marriage.
- In addition to these engaging plenary sessions, we featured break-out sessions covering topics such as behavioral health screening and risk assessment, collaboration, crisis response, intellectual disabilities and autism, mental health and law enforcement, and building your CJAB's resiliency.
The Details
When: April 22-23, 2025
Where: The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College
Fee: There is no fee to attend. Continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks will be provided on both days.
For overnight accommodations, please visit The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, or contact 800-233-7505 and utilize the booking code CJAB25A.
The deadline for the discounted room rate of $139.00 is Friday, March 21, 2025.
To ensure that this conference continues to be free for attendees, PCCD asks that registrants make every effort to notify staff of cancellations by Friday, April 11, 2025. Cancellations after the deadline or 'no shows' to the conference may be subject to a fee of up to $79.00 per person. This amount is based on the Premium Day Meeting package rate charged by the Penn Stater and paid for by PCCD.