- Successful Transitions from facility to facility
- Bridging re-entry to school from facility rehabilitation
- Relationship and Communication between LEA and facility – data collection, meeting on grant application and designation
Hosted by Christy Hendricks with NAESPA. Panelists include:
- Travis Anderson, Ed.D. – Montana Department of Corrections
- Steve Ray – Pine Hills Correctional Facility Superintendent
- Teagan Stanley – Pine Hills Correctional Facility Principal
- Hank Richards – Ted Lechner Youth Services Center Lead Educator
- Lance Boyd – Great Falls Public School Director of Student Services
- Shanna Bulik-Chism – Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center
- Marisa Britton-Bostwick – Montana Department of Corrections
Christy Hendricks is the Federal Grants Coordinator for the Montana Office of Public Instruction
and oversees Title I, Part D; Title II, Part A; Title V and is the Foster Care Point of Contact for the
state of Montana. She has been on the Conference Planning Committee for NAESPA for the
past 2 years and has extended her role as the Region V Representative for NAESPA. Christy is
also on the Montana Board of Crime Control Youth Justice Council Board to ensure our most
vulnerable youth receive the services they need to succeed.
In her current role at OPI she works with Egrants, Targeted Assistance and Schoolwide
Programs and Private/Non-public participation in Title II. The Federal Grants Unit distributes
and monitors Title I, Parts A, C, and D; Title II, Part A; Title III Part A; Title V (RLIS); and Title IX
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education. Prior to this Christy was the Data Control Specialist for
the Career Technical Adult Education Department at the OPI. She also spent 18 years as a
CTE/Business Education and Elementary Librarian in a very small rural school in Montana.
Christy is a proud 6th generation Montanan and loves to be outdoors as much as possible and
enjoy her beautiful state she is blessed to call home! AND She LOVES Her KC CHIEFS!!!!