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MSPD Holistic Advocates
 
 
 
Missouri State Public Defender’s Holistic Defense Services team has partnered with AmeriCorps Missouri to pioneer a more holistic approach to public defense in Missouri – an approach that seeks to address the underlying needs and risk factors that so many of our clients share – and which are often what led to their involvement in the criminal legal system in the first place. Holistic Advocates will have the unique opportunity to participate in the launch of MSPD’s Holistic Defense Services program and truly impact the way Missouri’s criminal legal system works. Your efforts can help transform this system into one that is more humane and equitable and that recognizes that all people deserve to be treated respectfully and with dignity. Holistic Advocates will go into their local communities to build engagement with service providers and help connect our clients to available resources. Holistic Advocates will also work with attorneys to provide mitigation support to help clients avoid unnecessary pretrial detention and to make sure our clients’ lives and experiences are taken into consideration throughout their case. Holistic Advocates will work within their local trial office and collaborate with attorneys, clients, and support staff, as well as with their regional and the statewide Holistic Defense Services team. Extensive training and support will be provided. We have 5 Current Openings in: St. Joseph, Fulton, Lebanon, Farmington, and West Plains. We are seeking a full time, one-year commitment excluding time off for holidays, annual and sick leave. Holistic Advocates will be eligible for $33,004/yr (before taxes) living allowance, pro-rated and paid in regular bi-monthly increments, member health care coverage for members who are not otherwise covered by a health care policy, a $6,495 education award at the end of the term and professional development training.
 
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Member Duties : • Connecting clients to local resources for housing, mental health care, substance addiction treatment, transportation, etc. • Conducting psychosocial history interviews with clients • Interviewing mitigation witnesses and collecting letters of support • Assisting attorneys in developing mitigation themes • Drafting mitigation memoranda for use in criminal cases • Engaging with community partners to build relationships and address barriers our clients face in accessing services • Collecting data tracking the impact of this work
 
Program Benefits : Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Living Allowance . 
 
Terms :
None
 
Service Areas :
Hunger ,  Ex-Offender Reentry ,  Housing ,  Community Outreach ,  Public Safety ,  Health ,  Veterans ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Homelessness . 
 
Skills :
Social Services ,  Team Work ,  Law ,  Writing/Editing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National
Program
MSPD Holistic Advocates
Program Start/End Date
08/22/2022  -   08/21/2023
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MISSOURI  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  08/01/2022  To  08/15/2022 
Contact Annie Legomsky
1000 West Nifong
Columbia   MO   65203
3143407625
annie.legomsky@mspd.mo.gov
publicdefender.mo.gov
Listing ID 113913

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