Ramsey County, Minnesota
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)

Creating Better Outcomes for Children and Community in Ramsey County
25 West 7th Street | Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
Telephone: 651-266-5307 | AskJDAI@co.ramsey.mn.us
www.ramseyjdai.com

JDAI Logo Ramsey County, Minnesota

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative

Creating Better Outcomes for Children and Community in Ramsey County

Contact

 

JDAI Management Team

 

Rashad Hameed

JDAI / DMC Supervisor

Ramsey County Community Corrections

25 W. 7th Street

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Direct: 651-266-5307

rashad.hameed@co.ramsey.mn.us

 

Michael Steward

Community Liaison / ATD Coordinator

Ramsey County Community Corrections

25 W. 7th Street

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Direct: 651-266-5344

michael.steward@co.ramsey.mn.us

 

Peter Jessen-Howard

Assistant Director, Juvenile Services

Ramsey County Community Corrections

25 W. 7th Street

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Direct: 651-266-5343

peter.jessen-howard@co.ramsey.mn.us

Earl Ross

JDAI / DMC Consultant

Culture Brokers, LLC

25 W. 7th Street

Saint Paul, MN 55102

Direct: 651-266-5324
earl.ross@co.ramsey.mn.us

 

 

JDAI Committee and Subcommittee Chairs

Stakeholder Group

Toni Carter, Co-Chair, 651-266-8366

Thomas Smith, Co-Chair, 651-291-1111

 

Steering Committee

Peter Jessen-Howard, Chair, 651-266-5343

 

DMC Subcommittee

Sarah Walker, Co-Chair, 612-220-2070

 

Communications Subcommittee

Chris Crutchfield, Chair, 651-266-2558

 

Data Subcommittee

Leah Bower, Chair, 651-266-2376

 

RAI Subcommittee

Rashad Hameed, Chair, 651-266-5307

 

Detention Alternatives Subcommittee

Melvin Carter Jr., Co-Chair, 651-335-0734

Laura LaBlanc, Co-Chair, 651-495-1505

 

Special Detention Cases Subcommittee

Roy Adams, Chair, 651-266-4859

 

Case Processing Subcommittee

Tama Hall Co-Chair, 651-266-5110

Amanda Jameson, Co-Chair, 651-266-5138

 

Unique Opportunities

 

For me the JDAI process was one of those unique opportunities where we have many people at the table asking 'How can we do things better?'

- Hon. Gary Bastian
Judge, Second Judicial District (Ramsey County)