Staff Recognition

"Donna has always been extremely helpful and is a subject matter expert on anything related to the interstate compact. She responds quickly and courteously to any question or request no matter how big or small. No matter what is going on she is always extremely kind and helpful taking time to ensure no matter what is going on you get the assistance and support you need. In my time working for the state, she has been one of the most consistently kind and helpful people I have delt. She goes out of her way to make you feel like what you have to say matters even if is a simple or routine question. She goes above and beyond to help make everyone's jobs easier and we could not function without her. Everyone who has worked with her has echoed the feeling that she is amazing and an absolute pleasure to work with."

- Jacob House, Juvenile Probation, Massachusetts

"Luis has worked in the California ICJ office for seven years and regularly goes, “above and beyond the call of duty,” in his daily tasks. His duties have included being responsible for processing transfer of supervision cases, travel permits, as well as helping to facilitate runaway and absconder returns. Additionally, Luis has been asked to assist with training multiple new compact office staff. Luis proactively tracks report and response due dates and sends reminders to field staff to help ensure California’s compliance with timeframes. He has developed positive working relationships with probation and child welfare staff across the state and is always available to assist field staff with ICJ related matters. Luis’ work with field staff, other compact office staff, and the families of juvenile runaways often receives recognition. During the transition of the California ICJ office over the last few years, Luis was relied upon even more to maintain the daily operations of the office and did so without complaint, he just got the work done. Luis is a valued member of the California ICJ team and we could not do our jobs without his dedicated service to our State.”               

- Michael Farmer, Designee, California

"Ms. Sheets continues to go above and beyond the call of duty for Wyoming ICJ whenever there is a runaway/return situation presenting itself in her area. Ms. Sheets is a Social Services Supervisor with the Department of Family Services in the Carbon County area and along with her regular duties, she is always willing to go the extra mile if extra communication is needed to gather more information about the juvenile(s) needing to be returned. One example of note is when a juvenile ran from his home state and was giving a false story to local law enforcement. Ms. Sheets requested contact information from the juvenile to follow up on and the contact stated that he actually had a warrant in his home state for an accused serious offense. Ms. Sheets followed up on this information and was able to obtain the warrant from local law enforcement and the juvenile was placed appropriately. This is just one example of numerous times that Ms. Sheets has went above and beyond the call of duty for Wyoming ICJ. Thank you Ms. Sheets for everything you do."

- Brandon Schimelpfenig, Wyoming ICJ

"I would like to recognize Debra Devine Holcomb with the Arkansas ICJ Office.  She is listed as Staff in the ICJ Directory, but she is more than that.  She goes above and beyond her duties on a regular basis.  Debra has been with ICJ for more than 15 years and handles the Transfer of Supervision cases in and out of AR and also has a big part in handling out-of-state runaways. Debra is knowledgeable of ICJ rules and procedures and shares that knowledge with the people we work with around our State.  She is my back-up when I am out of the office, and I could not do my job without her."  - Judy Miller, Commissioner - Arkansas

"Raymond "Chip" is the New York Probation ICJ Office. Chip is responsible for processing all incoming and outgoing transfer of supervision cases, travel permits, and other correspondence submitted in UNITY to New York State Probation. Despite that workload, Chip finds the time to closely monitor the submission of home evaluation reports, progress reports and responses to violation reports. He is proactive in his approach to ensure New York Probation's compliance in these areas and routinely sends out email correspondence to local probation departments as due date reminders. Chip works with his colleagues from across the nation to resolve issues in a timely and professional manner and is always available to assist the New York local probation department staff in ICJ related matters. He takes the time to walk local probation department staff through the submission of various events in UNITY and has developed a UNITY/ICJ Rule training which he plans to present, in conjunction with the NYS Probation DCA, to local probation department staff in the fall. It is safe to say that Chip goes "above and beyond the call of duty" on a daily basis." 

- Kelly Palmateer, Deputy Compact Administrator, New York - Probation