What Is The CLA Partnership Program? As the highest appointed authority over corrections in their respective jurisdictions, CLA members represent approximately 400,000 correctional professionals, oversee over 8 million inmates, parolees and probationers, and are responsible for combined annual spending in excess of $80 billion. CLA leaders confront unique challenges in each of their jurisdictions. Implementing correctional best practices and employing strategies to reduce recidivism requires innovation, shared experience, and a commitment to improve. CLA is excited to introduce a partnership program that furthers our common goal of protecting public safety while supporting meaningful opportunities for people to change. New for 2018, the CLA Corporate Partnership Program allows businesses – large or small, for-profit or not – to participate with the association in meaningful ways. The program features a tiered system to meet the goals of organizations of any size with a shared interested in: Public Safety Facility Construction and/or Management Staffing Transition and Re-Entry Education Probation and Parole Correctional Healthcare Mental Health Services Commissary Food Service Procurement and Logistics IT and Technology Solutions Data collection, reporting and analysis Uniforms Safety Equipment Leadership Development And many other subject areas For more information or to discuss ways your organization can partner with CLA to advance the field of corrections, please contact: Derek Howell, Director of Operations/Corporate Partnership Program CLICK HERE TO EMAIL or CALL (208) 412-2822 .