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Peer Exchanges

Rulo Strategies offers opportunities for professionals to connect, learn from each other, and share best practices. This includes supporting staff interested in starting or improving jail-based treatment programming, including medication-assisted treatment. The goal of peer exchanges is to share best practices, real-world examples, and lessons learned, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement across correctional systems.

What are peer exchanges?

Peer exchanges are structured learning opportunities that allow staff from one correctional facility to visit another facility to observe, engage, and learn from promising practices in areas such as medication-assisted treatment, continuity of care, and reentry support. Participants see effective strategies in action, ask questions relevant to their facility’s needs, and return equipped with practical insights and solutions to enhance their operations.

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Focus on Problem-Solving

Peer exchanges center around common challenges or goals, with mentor sites providing feedback, insights, and actionable ideas to help attendees address specific issues.

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Exchange Best Practices

Attendees interact with each other to observe promising practices in action, discuss real-world challenges, and identify solutions that can be adapted or replicated in their own facility.

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Establish Networks

Attendees develop ongoing professional relationships and networks, supporting continuous improvement beyond the site visit.

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Participate in a peer exchange for free.

Typically lasting one and a half days, these exchanges are designed to increase the knowledge and capacity of participating agencies by providing hands-on experiences, guided tours, and interactive discussions with mentor staff.

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions about participating in a peer exchange.

  • Peer exchanges last a day and a half and include facility tours, presentations, meetings with leadership, Q&A sessions, and discussions on policy, implementation challenges, and lessons learned.

  • Requesting sites may apply to send up to three travelers on the peer exchange. Requesting sites are encouraged to send representatives who will benefit most from the exchanges and can steer outcomes and organizational changes upon return to their home agency.

  • There is no cost to participate, as this program is supported by the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. Attendees pay for their travel expenses upfront and are reimbursed within 30 days of the completed peer exchange.

  • After the exchange, the visiting agency is required to complete an assessment to determine if the visit met expectations and to document potential outcomes and areas for further support.