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Policymaker and Practitioner Perspectives and Insights from Birmingham, Alabama: An Interview with Judge Andra D. Sparks, Mankinta Holloway, and Melanie Colston

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  • Susan L. Moffitt

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What are promising interventions to reconstruct the safety net? What are paths forward for complementary services? For policymaker and practitioner perspectives on these questions, we turned to experts in the Municipal Court in the City of Birmingham, Alabama: Andra D. Sparks, presiding judge; Mankinta Holloway, court administrator; and Melanie Colston, court administrator and clerk of court. Siloed services loom large as a chief impediment to complementary safety net services. The Birmingham Municipal Court has worked to dismantle traditional silos by developing processes and systems that reach across organizational boundaries. This includes collaborating with local mental health and education providers to prevent individuals from facing criminal prosecution and to facilitate effective treatments to prevent recurring court appearances. Reconstructing the social safety net will depend, in part, on incorporating partners like court systems that operate outside conventional safety net systems. The conversation, led by Susan Moffitt, occurred on November 14, 2022, and has been edited for length.

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  • Susan L. Moffitt, 2023. "Policymaker and Practitioner Perspectives and Insights from Birmingham, Alabama: An Interview with Judge Andra D. Sparks, Mankinta Holloway, and Melanie Colston," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 706(1), pages 276-279, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:706:y:2023:i:1:p:276-279
    DOI: 10.1177/00027162231201767
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