Allison Heffernan Email & Phone Number

Health equity advocate working to advance social service access to all Utahns.

Listed skills include Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Management, Microsoft Word, and 4 others.

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  Program Analyst

  Salt Lake County - Office Of Homelessness And Criminal Justice Reform

  May 2023 - Present

  • Assessed resources for providers surviving people experiencing homelessness and people involved in the criminal justice system to identify gaps.• Research national best practices on policy or programs that could be implemented to improve the criminal justice system. • Conduct qualitative interviews or focus groups by creating an interview protocol and identifying stakeholders.• Use data visualization for analysis of collected data with the use of Excel, MAXQDA, and other visualization software.• Meet with Salt Lake County criminal justice stakeholders to present project proposals or issue-spot with stakeholders for policy solutions.• Coordinated with the Policy Coordinator on the legislative tracker for criminal justice, homelessness, and behavioral health bills.• Support staff for the County's systematic coordination to improve internal and external coordination to reduce homelessness, improve public safety, and increase collaboration internally and with external partners.• Research policy solutions on frequent fliers of the criminal justice system, emergency rooms, and homeless resource shelters to reduce their interactions with the system.t• Led a CJAC subgroup on Mental Health and Substance use crisis response across Salt Lake County, by holding monthly meetings with Law Enforcement Agencies and crisis intervention services to identify gaps and work towards solutions to decrease law enforcement officers' response to crisis calls and divert individuals to the appropriate resources. • Assist in grant opportunities to streamline the criminal justice system.• Present research and data results to the Criminal Justice Advisory Council on policy recommendations on Crisis response workgroups and research projects.