Policy Advisor
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Washington, District of Columbia
Meg Chapman is Policy Advisor supporting Corrections, Reentry, and Justice Reform Policy Office of the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Meg Chapman has spent the past 25 years working in a variety of social science research, policy development and analysis, and program evaluation roles. Her portfolio of work is focused on the intersection of behavioral health and corrections and includes informing policy related to the identification of individuals with behavioral health disorders at the point of detainment, the assessment and provision of evidence-based treatment to individuals while in custody, and continuation of care upon release. Prior to joining the Bureau of Justice Assistance, she spent over twenty years with Abt Associates Inc., where she managed and executed numerous research studies for federal and non-federal clients. Ms. Chapman served in leadership roles for projects that included providing analytic support for the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Survey of Prison Inmates; designing support for the DOJ's Survey of Inmates in Local Jails; administering the DOJ's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program; researching crisis response, restoration centers, family justice centers, transnational organized crime, and drug trafficking; and, overseeing performance audits of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program. Ms. Chapman received her Masters of Arts in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM