Director Patricia L. Caruso has approved new language for the department’s vision and mission statements.

The language was drafted by members of a work group of the Vision and Values Action Committee representing all areas of the department and was reviewed by Executive Policy Team members who made additional recommendations.

The new vision and mission statements will be published in the next Employee Handbook and will be the basis for a revised statement of purpose policy to be published soon.

"The new statements are intentionally direct so that they get to the point and are memorable," said Darlene Schimmel, committee co-chair.

In addition to new vision and mission statements, the committee developed a ten question input request that was made available to every MDOC employee. Data was compiled from the 1,654 input requests that were returned to them.

From those replies the committee identified common themes and concerns and will soon provide a report to the director.

A short-term and long-term action plan to address those concerns will then be developed combining the four core values of Integrity, Excellence, Inclusion and Teamwork.

Vision and Values Action Committee

Co-Chairs

Steve DeBor, Office of Research & Planning, Darlene Schimmel, FOA Region II, Ray Wolfe, CFA Region II

Correctional Facilities Administration Staff

Darrin Blockett, NRF; Joe Bouchard, AMF; Sherry Burt, JMF; Anthony McCloud, COF; Jackie Nadeau, CKO; Pablo Olvera, SRF; Julie Pfaff, SMT; Mary Robledo, DRF; Joe Sattler, MPF; Robin Welke, LCF

Field Operations Administration Staff

Kathy Arnold, Region III; Cheryl Braxton, Region I; James Brown, Region II; Kristie Dunn, Central Office; Roger Grantham, Region II
Departmental Agency Staff

Jeff Ferris, BHR,Training; Nancy Gassman, A&P, BFM; Pam Nelson, OAIAL, Litigation; Carol Creed, A&P, MSI; Dan Welihan, A&P-Physical Plant; Donna Wilson, BHR-Labor Relations

Action Plan Work Group: Darrin Blockett, Anthony McCloud, Cheryl Braxton, Jackie Nadeau, Sherry Burt, Pam Nelson, Carol Creed, Julie Pfaff, Kristie Dunn, Mary Robledo, Jeff Ferris, Joe Sattler, Nancy Gassman and Roger Grantham

Statement of Purpose Work Group: Kathy Arnold, Joe Bouchard, James Brown, Jeff Ferris, Pablo Olvera, Dan Welihan, Robin Welke and Donna Wilson

Michigan Department of Corrections FYI 101305