Community building is crucial to our development - we have to see each other to help one another. BDEP is always looking for opportunities to engage with and learn from the people within the local community who are most impacted by the criminal legal system. Want to set up a listening session or community event? Contact us.

BDEP welcomed our first two interns from the Chico State School of Social Work in the 2022-2023 academic year.

We are excited to collaborate with Georgia Justice Project, CSU Chico, and North Valley Community Foundation.

In January 2023, BDEP hosted a regional forensic training for criminal defense attorneys put on by the State Public Defenders Indigent Defense Improvement Division.

BDEP is continually seeking grant opportunities and individual donations.

We will be building out our space at 330 Wall St. to accommodate our growing organization.

BDEP engaged Lindsay Miller, a strategic planning consultant who specializes in non-profit development, to support our growth.